Conservative Students originally emerged within the Student Association in Copenhagen and was formally founded in Copenhagen on 16 May 1903 under the name "The Conservative Voter Association in the Student Association" as a faction affiliated with the political party Højre (The Right).
In the spring of 1909, it was established as an independent association under the name "The Student Association's Conservatives". Over time, this Copenhagen organization became known as "Conservative Students". The Copenhagen association was an important player in the student community of the capital and supplied the Conservative People's Party with political figures such as Aage Kidde, John Christmas Møller, Ole Bjørn Kraft, Aksel Møller, Per Stig Møller and others.
On 4 September 1934, a similar student association was established at Aarhus University, following the Copenhagen model, and also adopted the name Conservative Students. However, it took many years before the Aarhus association reached a comparable size, and in the absence of a formalized collaboration, the Copenhagen association set the tone. The Copenhagen branch later became known as "Conservative Students in the Capital", while the Aarhus branch retained the name Conservative Students. Today, the designation Conservative Students refers exclusively to the association at Aarhus University.
National Organization of Conservative Students
In 1964, the Copenhagen and Aarhus KS associations merged to form the National Organization of Conservative Students. The association is entirely independent and is therefore not subordinate to the Conservative People's Party or its sister organization Young Conservatives. The national organization later changed its name to Denmark's Conservative Students (DKS), and in 2011 it was renamed the National Organization of Conservative Students (KSL). In everyday use, the organization is simply referred to as Conservative Students or KS.
Today, Conservative Students is a broad centre-right student organization, and as the only centre-right student organization in Denmark, it also includes members who are not formally affiliated with any political party. Its highest authority is the National Council (landsrådet), which meets annually in October and elects the executive committee.
Conservative Students at Copenhagen Business School
Conservative Students is the cross-centre-right student association at Copenhagen Business School. The international name of the association is CBS Conservative & Liberal Students. It is driven by a new generation of young, ambitious students at Copenhagen Business School.
Conservative Students at the University of Copenhagen
In 1989, the entire Copenhagen association (Conservative Students in the Capital) was collectively expelled from the national organization. Instead, the Copenhagen Conservative Student Forum was established by Lars William Hansen and Filip Sundram.
Conservative Students at the Technical University of Denmark
The DTU branch was founded in 2019 with the purpose of promoting conservative student politics at the Technical University of Denmark.
Leadership over time
Chairs of Conservative Students at Copenhagen Business School
Name
Assumed office
Left office
Kasper Jensen
2020
2022
Casper Øhlers
2022
2023
Luna Solhave
2023
Current
Chairs of The Conservative Voter Association in the Student Association / The Student Association's Conservatives / Conservative Students / Conservative Students in the Capital (incomplete):
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