Opposition leader Mette Frederiksen of The Danish Social Democrats after the election results at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen during the Parliamentary Elections in Denmark on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via REUTERS
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The leader of Denmark's Social Democrats said on Thursday she would launch talks to form government, although she expected it would take time, after a centre-left election victory put her on course to become the country's youngest ever prime minister.
A bloc of five left-leaning opposition parties led by 41-year-old Mette Frederiksen's party won a majority in Wednesday's vote, prompting centre-right leader Lars Lokke Rasmussen to resign as prime minister.
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