| Current Government: |
Head of State – Queen Margrethe II (the monarchy is inherited)
Prime Minister - Mette Frederiksen (since June 2019)
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| Constitutional monarchy with parliamentary government. |
Single chamber Folketing or People's Assembly (179 seats, including 2 from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe Islands). Members are elected by popular vote using proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.
Elections last held September 2011 (next to be held by September 2015). |
EU accession: January 1973. MEPs: 13
Denmark was a founding member (1948) of NATO and the OECD. |
