Uffe Elbæk is a Danish politician,social worker,author,journalist,entrepreneur. In 2013 he founded the green political party The Alternative,which he led until February 2020. He is an independent member of the Folketing.
Søren Pape Poulsen was a Danish politician who served as a member of the Folketing for the Danish Conservative Party and its leader from 2014 until his death. He was previously Mayor of Viborg Municipality from 2010 to 2014 and Justice Minister of Denmark from 2016 to 2019.
The Alternative is a green and pro-European political party in Denmark. The party was publicly launched on 27 November 2013 by former Minister of Culture Uffe Elbæk and Josephine Fock;Elbæk had been a parliamentarian for the Social Liberal Party. Elbæk was the leader of the party until February 2020,where he stepped down and was succeeded by Fock. Currently the party is led by Franciska Rosenkilde. It collaborates with DiEM25 at the European level.
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 1 November 2022,except in the Faroe Islands,where they were held on 31 October as 1 November was a national day of mourning for victims at sea. Of the 179 members of the Folketing,175 were elected in Denmark proper,two in the Faroes and two in Greenland. The elections were called on 5 October following an ultimatum to the government by the Social Liberals due to the outcome of a report on the 2020 Danish mink cull by the Mink Commission,which was critical of the government. Voter turnout was 84% in Denmark,48% in Greenland,and 71% in the Faroes,with a combined turnout of 84% for the realm as a whole.
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.
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen is a Danish former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and Minister of Defence under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen from 2022 to 2023. He led the Venstre party from 2019 to 2023.
The 2024 European Parliament election in Denmark was held on 9 June 2024. The elections were held as part of the wider 2024 European Parliament election,but did not take place in the Faroe Islands and Greenland,which are not part of the European Union.
Theresa Birgitta Brønnum Scavenius is a Danish politician who currently serves as an independent member of the Folketing. Previously a member of the green political party The Alternative,she was first elected at the 2022 Danish general election as a member of the party,having previously run unsuccessfully for them in the 2019 election. She was a candidate to succeed Uffe Elbæk as leader of the party,after he resigned in February 2020,but lost to Josephine Fock.
The Independent Greens –Denmark's New Left-Wing Party,or simply the Independent Greens (Q),is a left-wing political party in Denmark. It was founded 7 September 2020 by four former members of The Alternative:Sikandar Siddique,Uffe Elbæk,and Susanne Zimmer,who were members of the Danish parliament,and Niko Grünfeld,member of Copenhagen City Council. The party leader is Sikandar Siddique. Elbæk was founder and leader of The Alternative from 2013 to 2020.
Josephine Fock is a Danish politician,who was a member of the Folketing for The Alternative from 2015 to 2018. She was the leader of the party from 1 February to 14 November 2020 after Uffe Elbæk resigned.
Mette Thiesen is a Danish politician and former schoolteacher who has been a member of the Folketing since June 2019,at first representing the Nye Borgerlige political party,but from November 2022 being an independent,and from February 2023 representing the Danish People's Party.
Mai Minna Villadsen is a Danish politician who is a member of the Folketing since the 2019 Danish general election.
Sikandar Siddique is a Danish politician who was a member of the Folketing from 2019 to 2022. He was elected in the 2019 Danish general election as a member of The Alternative. He is the co-founder and leader of Independent Greens.
Susanne Zimmer is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing. She was elected in the 2019 Danish general election as a member of The Alternative. She is the co-founder of Independent Greens,though is an independent politician in the Folketing.
Pelle Dragsted is a Danish author and politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Red-Green Alliance since the 2022 Danish general election. He formerly served as member of the Folketing in 2015 to 2019.
Maria Reumert Gjerding is a former Danish politician and the current president of the Danish Society for Nature Conservation. She was a member of the Folketing for the Red-Green Alliance political party from 2015 to 2018.
Niko Grünfeld is a Danish politician. He served as Mayor of Culture and Leisure to the Copenhagen Municipality from January to October 2018 for The Alternative political party,which he co-founded in 2013. In April 2020,he co-founded the Independent Greens party and has since served on the Copenhagen City Council for that party.
The Denmark Democrats is a right-wing populist political party in Denmark. The party was founded in June 2022 by Inger Støjberg,and is officially titled Denmark Democrats –Inger Støjberg. The party is currently in opposition to the second Frederiksen government.
Sascha Faxe is a Danish politician who has served as Member of the Folketing for The Alternative since the 2022 election.
