Lars Løkke Rasmussen: Denmark’s pipe-smoking kingmaker who cleans his teeth with soap
Man credited with cooling Greenland tensions with Donald Trump is poised to play central role in any coalition dealEurope live – latest updatesAt the end of a long, gruelling night for the biggest parties on the right and left, there was one veteran of Danish politics who came out of Tuesday’s...
<p>Man credited with cooling Greenland tensions with Donald Trump is poised to play central role in any coalition deal</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/25/denmark-election-results-mette-frederiksen-europe-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>At the end of a long, gruelling night for the biggest parties on the right and left, there was one veteran of Danish politics who came out of Tuesday’s general election with a smile on his face – and a pipe in his mouth.</p><p>Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the two-time prime minister whose Moderates party is not aligned with the country’s left or right-leaning political blocs, is poised to play a central role in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/25/denmark-braces-lengthy-challenging-coalition-talks">any coalition deal reached in the coming weeks</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/25/lars-lokke-rasmussen-denmark-general-election-coalition-deal-profile">Continue reading...</a>
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