Mayors in Denmark must live with physical threats and vandalism

Politicians in Denmark receive threats, are being stalked and have to worry about their families. It is a troubling development in a democracy that wants to be open and based on trust

Mayor of Health and Care in Copenhagen, Sisse Marie Welling, has been given a secret address and always has an assault alarm within reach Photo: Københavns Kommune

The Copenhagen Post

Jul 1, 2024

A few weeks ago, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted and beaten on the street in Copenhagen. Subsequently, top politicians Inger Støjberg and Pia Olsen Dyhr talked about men who have pursued them and repeatedly made threats.Now several of Denmark’s mayors go on record about attacks and physical threats that have required measures against being […]

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