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 Social Democrats is a social-democratic political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists (PES),the Social Democrats have 50 of 179 members of the Danish parliament,Folketing,and three out of fourteen MEPs elected from Denmark.
The Folketing,also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English,is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Established in 1849,until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament,called the Rigsdag;the upper house was Landstinget. It meets in Christiansborg Palace,on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.
Marianne Bruus Jelved is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. She was elected into parliament in the 1994 Danish general election and had previously sat in parliament from 1987 to 1993. She is a former Minister of Economic Affairs,Nordic Cooperation,Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
There are three types of elections in Denmark:elections to the national parliament,local elections,and elections to the European Parliament. Referendums may also be called to consult the Danish citizenry directly on an issue of national concern.
Henrik Dam Kristensen is a Danish politician and the current speaker of the Danish parliament. He has been a member of the Danish parliament for the Social Democrats from 1990–2004 and again from 2007,during which he served as Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (1994–1996),Minister for Food (1996–2000),Minister for Social Affairs (2000–2001),Minister for Transport (2011–2013) and Minister for Employment (2014–2015). He served as President of the Nordic Council in 2011 and 2016.
Martin Raahauge Borreskov Geertsen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He entered parliament in 2018 after Søren Pind resigned his seat. He was previously a member of parliament between 2011 and 2015. He is a former mayor of the Culture Committee in Copenhagen and former political leader of the Venstre party in Copenhagen.
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.
Karen Ellemann Kloch,formerly Karen Ellemann Karabian, is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She is a former minister,having held the positions of Minister of Fisheries,Equality and Nordic Cooperation,Minister of the Environment and Minister of the Interior and Social Affairs.
Inger Støjberg is a Danish politician who served as a government minister in the Danish Parliament.
The politics of Denmark take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy,a constitutional monarchy and a decentralised unitary state in which the monarch of Denmark,Queen Margrethe II,is the head of state. Denmark is described as a nation state. Danish politics and governance are characterized by a common striving for broad consensus on important issues,within both the political community and society as a whole.
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 18 June 2015 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. 175 members were elected in the Denmark proper,two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. Although the ruling Social Democrats became the largest party in the Folketing and increased their seat count,the opposition Venstre party was able to form a minority government headed by Lars Løkke Rasmussen with the support of the Danish People's Party,the Liberal Alliance and the Conservative People's Party.
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.
Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats. She has been the Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs since 2021. She was elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats in 2011. She was appointed Minister of Higher Education and Science in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019. On 16 August 2021,the former Minister of Church and Ecclesiastical Affairs Joy Mogensen resigned and Halsboe-Jørgensen took over the position.
Benny Engelbrecht is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats since the 2007 general elections. He served as the Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Taxation from 2014 to 2015.
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen is a Danish politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of Venstre since 2019. A member of the Folketing since the 2011 general election,he served as Minister for Environment and Food under Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen from 2 May 2018 to 27 June 2019. He was spokesman on political affairs for Venstre from 2015 to 2018 and again briefly in 2019.
Rasmus Jarlov is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party. He was elected into parliament at the 2015 Danish general election,and formerly sat from 2010 to 2011. He is a former Minister of Business Affairs.
Carsten Kissmeyer is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He entered parliament in 2018 after Esben Lunde Larsen resigned his seat.
Jesper Petersen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He is currently serving as Minister of Higher Education and Science. He was elected into parliament at the 2007 Danish general election,as a member of the Socialist People's Party. He switched party to the Social Democrats in 2013.
Tanja Larsson is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She entered parliament on 1 October 2019 as a replacement for Henrik Sass Larsen after he resigned his seat.
