Mette is the Danish and Norwegian short form of Margrethe — from the Greek margarites (pearl). **Mette Frederiksen (born 1977)** — **Danish politician; the youngest person and second woman ever to serve as Prime Minister of Denmark (2019-present); leader of the Social Democrats since 2015**. **Her 2021 enactment of a "zero asylum seekers" goal made Denmark's policy among the strictest in the EU and shaped the broader European center-left's immigration positioning**. **Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (born 1973)** — wife of Crown Prince Haakon since 2001; first commoner with a young son from a previous relationship to marry a European heir apparent in the modern era. **Mette Marie Lekfeldt** — Danish painter. **Mette Vestergaard** — Danish CEO of the Mary Foundation founded by Crown Princess Mary.
Featured throughout 2010s-2020s Scandinavian politics.
Mette reduces to six — the number of Danish pearl.