DR reported on August 30 that a group of young women in Dansk Folkeparti have become visible spokespeople for the party on Instagram and other social media platforms.
The reporting by DR centers on 18-year-old Rigmor Käszner from Vesterbro in Copenhagen. She posts videos about women’s liberation, remigration and Dansk Folkeparti policy. One of her Instagram reels has been viewed more than 100,000 times.
Käszner told DR that a picture of the party as old-fashioned has long been repeated, and that she does not recognize it. She joined Dansk Folkeparti last year. Per her account to DR, her first step toward the party came as a teenager, when she dated two Muslim boys and was criticized for showing too much skin.
According to DR, similar content appears on the Instagram profile of Dansk Folkepartis Ungdom and at the conservative youth magazine Modstrømmen. A video featuring DFU profile Clara Lucca has reached nearly one million views on that account.
Researchers see left-wing themes reused
Ditte Shamshiri-Petersen, an election researcher at Aalborg University, told DR the phenomenon is still too new to be called a trend. She noted that the videos tie immigration policy to the gender equality agenda. That combination addresses a conflict the left has long found difficult, as stated by her to DR.
Mads Hove, who researches politics on social media at Aarhus University, said the content can benefit the party. Because it arrives without a party label, he assessed, the positions may make voting for Dansk Folkeparti feel easier.
Figures from the analysis institute Epinion, obtained by DR, show that Dansk Folkeparti in 2026 has the support of 4.1 percent of Danish women aged 18 to 29. Support for SF and Enhedslisten in the same group stands at 13.5 and 12.2 percent. Troels Bøggind, who researches voter behavior at Aarhus University, described it as a large mountain to climb.
As noted by Bøggind, polarization has grown between young men and young women. Young men have moved relatively far to the right, a group the party has a firm hold on. Young women, especially the highly educated in large cities, have moved left.
Party rising in the wider electorate
At the general election in March, Dansk Folkeparti received 9.1 percent of the vote and advanced significantly. In an Epinion poll published by DR in mid-August, 12.2 percent said they would vote for the party. That makes it the largest party in the blue bloc and the second largest in the Folketing.
Käszner told DR that her posts also bring shouts in the street and threats in comment sections. Pressure increased in early summer, when an older photo of her performing a Nazi salute was shared online. She has publicly stated that the photo was part of a game in primary school and does not reflect her political convictions.
