Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was attacked by a man in a square in the capital Copenhagen on Friday.
"Prime Minister Metta Frederiksen was hit on Friday evening on Kultorvet (square) in Copenhagen by a man who was later arrested. The prime minister is shocked by the incident," her office said in a statement, without providing details.
Police told X Network that they have arrested a man and are investigating the incident.
"She looked a little stressed," Soren Kjergaard, a barista at a cafe in the square, told Reuters after seeing the prime minister being led away by security after the attack.
So far, there is no information about the background of the attack.
Danes are going to the European Parliament elections on Sunday and Frederiksen participated in the campaign of her social democrats, although the Danish media say that the attack is not connected to any pre-election event.
Convictions from the EU
The news of the attack caused a shock in Denmark and was met with condemnations in that country and abroad.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, strongly condemned the attack on the Danish Prime Minister.
Michel said on the X Network that he was "outraged" and "strongly condemns this cowardly act of aggression".
Metsola, who called the attack "terrible", stated that "violence has no place in politics".
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristerson said that "an attack on a democratically elected leader is also an attack on our democracy".
Three weeks ago, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was seriously injured in an attack.
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