Parliamentary elections Denmark: March 24, 2026
The Justice for Prosperity Foundation (JfP) investigated foreign manipulation and disinformation targeting eight European elections between September 2025 and April 2026. In our report, we mapped the operations, domestic amplifiers and their effect for each country. This page focuses entirely on Denmark.
On February 27, 2026, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET), the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE), and the Danish Resilience Agency (SAMSIK) published a joint threat assessment in the run-up to the Danish elections on March 24. The services determined that it is “highly likely” that Denmark is a priority target for Russian influence activities.
It is striking that, in addition to Russia, the services also identify the US and China as potential states that could attempt to influence Danish public opinion.
The American claim to Greenland led to the spread of misinformation and disinformation. On January 20, 2026, Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself with an American flag in Greenland on Truth Social. PET and FE noted that Russia and China could capitalise on this dynamic to sow division.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov immediately seized that opportunity during his annual press conference . “Greenland is not a natural part of Denmark, but a colonial conquest,” said Lavrov. Pro-Kremlin accounts spread fake videos claiming that European support for Ukraine makes Greenland vulnerable.
The pro-Russian hacker group NoName057(16) carried out DDoS attacks on Danish party websites. FE classifies the sabotage threat against Danish critical infrastructure as high. This falls outside the scope of this FIMI investigation but illustrates the broader hybrid threat landscape surrounding the elections.
On 24 March, the Social Democrats became the largest party with 21.9%, their worst result since 1903. According to analysts, Greenland played a limited role in the campaign. TjekDet uncovered a Telegram channel posing as a Danish citizen that reached hundreds of thousands of views through amplification by pro-Russian accounts.
FIMI operations per country
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