Venstre,full name Venstre,Danmarks Liberale Parti,is a conservative-liberal,agrarian political party in Denmark. Founded as part of a peasants' movement against the landed aristocracy,today it espouses an economically liberal,pro-free-market ideology.
The Danish People's Party is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. It was formed in 1995 by former members of the Progress Party (FrP).
The Christian Democrats are a political party in Denmark. The party was founded in April 1970 as the Christian People's Party to oppose the liberalization of restrictions on pornography and the legalization of abortion. The party renamed itself to its current name in 2003. Originally,the party was not considered part of the European Christian-democratic tradition,and it was better known as a religious conservative party.
Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg,West Jylland,that plays in the 1st division,the second tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1924 as a merger between Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 and Esbjerg Amatørklub af 1911,the first team play their home games at Blue Water Arena which has been the club's home ground since its opening in 1955.
Carl Holst is a Danish politician,representing the liberal party Venstre. He is the first Region Mayor of Region of Southern Denmark,an office he assumed on 1 January 2007. He served as County Mayor of South Jutland County from 1 July 2000,following the unexpected resignation of the former county mayor,Kresten Philipsen. Holst was re-elected in 2001,and served in this capacity until 31 December 2006,when the Danish counties were abolished.
The Liberal Alliance is a classical liberal and right-libertarian political party in Denmark. The party is a component of the centre-right bloc in Danish politics. The party's platform is based upon economic liberalism,promotion of tax cuts and reduction of welfare programmes,and a critical,oppositional stance towards European integration.
Morten Østergaard is a Danish politician who served as Denmark's Minister for Economic and Interior Affairs from 2 September 2014 to 28 June 2015. Leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party from September 2014 to October 2020,he was a member of the Folketing from 2005 to 2021. He was furthermore Minister for Research,Innovation and Higher Education from 2011 to 2014 and for a short term in 2014 also Minister for Taxation.
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing;175 in Denmark proper,two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament elections.
Karsten Styrbæk Lauritzen is a former Danish politician,who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He was first elected into parliament in the 2007 Danish general election and left the parliament on the 31 January 2022. He served as Minister of Taxation from 2015 to 2019.
Nye Borgerlige is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. Formed by Pernille Vermund and Peter Seier Christensen in 2015,it first entered the Folketing in 2019 with four seats and again in 2022 with six. After three defections in the first months after the election,by March 2023 the party's number of seats in the Folketing was reduced to three.
Alex Dominique Kristensen Vanopslagh is a French-born Danish politician. He is a member of the Folketing,and party leader of the Liberal Alliance. He is a former chairman of its youth wing,Liberal Alliance Youth.
Ann Pernille Vermund Bretton-Meyer is a Danish architect (MAA) and politician,being a member of the Folketing since 2019. She is known for co-founding and being the leader of the national-conservative political party Nye Borgerlige from its founding in 2015 until February 2023 and again from October 2023 to January 2024. On 10 January 2024,she surprisingly announced that she had left Nye Borgerlige,recommending its dissolution. A week later,she joined the parliamentary group of the Liberal Alliance.
Danish withdrawal from the European Union is the hypothesis that Denmark might leave the European Union (EU). Leaving the EU is officially supported by just two of the political parties represented in the Danish Parliament,with less than 8% of the total seats.
Liberal Alliance Youth is the youth wing of the Liberal Alliance,a political party in Denmark.
Johan Henrik Dahl is a Danish author and politician who since 2015 has been a member of the Folketing for the Liberal Alliance.
Mikkel Bjørn Sørensen is a Danish politician and former teacher. In November 2022,he became a member of the Folketing for the Nye Borgerlige (NB) party,but in January 2023 changed his party allegiance to the Danish People's Party (DF). Formerly,in 2016-2021 he was the first national chairman of Nye Borgerliges youth wing. Growing up near Juelsminde in Jutland,Bjørn has since 2022 lived in Nyborg on Funen.
Lars Johan Findsen is a Danish jurist and former civil servant who served as chief of the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) from 2015 to 2020 when he was relieved of duty due to concerns from the regulatory body of the DDIS.
Andreas Sebastian Weidinger is a Danish politician and entrepreneur. Weidinger is a member of the Municipal Council in Gentofte Municipality,elected for the Conservative People's Party. From 2016 to 2018,Andreas Weidinger was national chairman of Conservative Youth.
Sigrid Friis Frederiksen is a Danish politician who is the former chairman of Radikal Ungdom. She is also a blogger for Altinget.dk and BT. She also sits on both the executive committee and the main board of the Danish Social Liberal Party. In September 2023,she was chosen to be her party's lead candidate for the 2024 European Parliament election in Denmark.
