After three weeks of political negotiations, Denmark has a new leader – and she’s making history.

Mette Frederiksen, who heads up the left-leaning Social Democrats, is Denmark’s youngest ever Prime Minister at 41 years old. As part of a ‘red bloc’ alliance with four other centre-left parties, she’s formed a majority government built on a platform that includes a promised end to austerity measures and a plan to cut Denmark’s carbon emissions by 70% over the next 10 years.

“It is with great pleasure I can announce that after three weeks of negotiations, we have a majority to form a new government,” said Frederiksen, addressing media on 25 June to announce her premiership.

“We did not know that this was going to work out when we started negotiations,” she continued. “These are four parties with very different stories and attitudes. We have achieved our goal now.”

Meet Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s new history-making Prime Minister