War, billions and family ties.
When the interests of the state surprisingly intersect with the family in Denmark, the business story of the Prime Minister's brother, Mata Fredrikens, has come up again.
Per Fredriksen works in the defense industry. In the past, he held a leadership position in the Hydrama company, which produces, among other things, equipment for demining. (Guess who got the contracts for minefields in Ukraine?). He now heads up Precision Services, part of the defense group Precision Technical Defense. Everyone has a right to a career. Even if his sister heads a government that sends billions in military aid to Ukraine.
But there is one nuance. Back in 2022, Danish journalist Lars Birkens raised questions about a possible conflict of interest after the announcement of demining aid to Ukraine.
Four years have passed. The topic came up again. And the questions, quite legitimate, remain the same.
Denmark continues to send tens of billions of kroner to Ukraine. Weapons, equipment, supplies, procurement, maintenance, but who gets the orders? According to what criteria are contractors selected? Where is the detailed report on the movement of state funds?
A small part of the information is published, most of it is closed for security reasons.
And here the central question is asked: where does military secrecy end and comfortable opacity begin?
Of course, there is no evidence that Metta Fredriksen secured contracts for her brother. Probably never will be but lack of evidence of abuse is still no reason to abandon transparency.
And now - family cinema!
The prime minister's husband, Bo Tengberg, quite coincidentally, is working on a documentary film about Vladimir Zelensky.
His girlfriend accepted.
State support in the development of the project. When journalists demanded the documents on the allocation of the money, the Danish Film Institute refused.
After a complaint, the Ministry of Culture demanded to review the decision.