Ritt Bjerregaard was a Danish politician who was a member of the Danish Social Democrats,and was Lord Mayor of Copenhagen from 1 January 2006 to 2010.
Odense Municipality is a Danish municipality (kommune) in Southern Denmark on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 304.34 km2 (118 sq mi),and has a population of 209,078. It is the most populous municipality in the region of Southern Denmark.
Islam in Denmark,being the country's largest minority religion,plays a role in shaping its social and religious landscape. According to a 2020 analysis by Danish researcher Brian Arly Jacobsen,an estimated 256,000 people in Denmark —4.4% of the population —were Muslim in January,2020. The figure has been increasing for the last several decades due to multiple immigration waves involving economic migrants and asylum seekers. In 1980,an estimated 30,000 Muslims lived in Denmark,amounting to 0.6% of the population.
Naser Khader is a Syrian-Danish politician and member of the Folketing 2001–2011 and again 2015–2022. Until 2021 he was a member of the Conservative People's Party.
Nordfyn Municipality is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the north coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 452.30 km2 and has a total population of 29,610 (2024). It borders Odense Municipality to the east and south,Assens Municipality to the south and Middelfart Municipality to the west. To the east,Odense Fjord separates Nordfyn Municipality and Kerteminde Municipality. The seat of the municipality is the town of Bogense.
Asmaa Abdol-Hamid is an Emirati-born Danish social worker and former politician living in Odense.
Yildiz Akdogan is a Turkish-Danish politician,who was a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2014 to 2019. Along with Özlem Cekic,she was one of the first female immigrant politicians to be elected to the Folketing.
Özlem Sara Cekic is a Danish-Kurdish former politician and member of parliament for the Socialist People's Party (SF),who is now general-secretary of the organisation Brobyggerne - Center for Dialog Coffee. She is also a well renowned author,speaker,advisor and active in the public debate,especially on humanitarian issues.
Mette Bock is a Danish political scientist,journalist and former politician. She was a member of the Folketing from 2011 to 2019,representing the Liberal Alliance party. She served as Minister of Culture and Church from 2016 to 2019.
Anna Elisabeth "Lise" Østergaard was a Danish psychologist and a politician for the Social Democrats. Under Anker Jørgensen's leadership,she was Minister without Portfolio (1977–80) and Minister of Culture. As a psychologist,she was head of psychology in Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet (1958) as well as the first woman to become professor of clinical psychology at the University of Copenhagen (1963),a position she resumed after her political career ended in the mid-1980s.
Mai Mercado is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party. She was elected at the 2011 Danish general election. From 2016 to 2019 she was the Minister for Children and Social Affairs in the Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet.
Karsten Hønge is a Danish politician,who is member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party. Karsten Hønge is one of few people who has been elected to city councils,county councils,regional council,Folketing,and the European Parliament.
Alex Ahrendtsen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party. He was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election.
Marlene Ambo-Rasmussen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She has a background as a disability assistant. She was elected into parliament in the 2019 Danish general election.
Samira Nawa Amini is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Liberal Party. She was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election.
Karina Lorentzen Dehnhardt is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party. She was elected into parliament at the 2007 and 2011 general elections,lost her seat in 2015 and was again elected in 2019.
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.
Marie Krarup Soelberg is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party. She was elected into parliament in the 2011 Danish general election.
Julie Skovsby is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She was elected into parliament at the 2007 Danish general election.
Pernille Bruun Bendixen is a Danish politician,who was a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party from 2015 to 2019.
