The Green Left is a democratic socialist political party in Denmark. It was formerly known in English as the Socialist People's Party, the literal translation of its Danish name.
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.
Salling Group A/S is Denmark's largest retailer, with a market share of 34.9%. It owns several chains of stores - Netto, Basalt, Føtex, Bilka and Salling. All of these chains operate exclusively in Denmark except Netto, which has expanded into Germany, and Poland, and has made two unsuccessful attempts at operating in the United Kingdom. Its stores in Sweden were sold off in 2019.
Jysk A/S is a Danish retail chain, selling household goods such as mattresses, furniture, and interior décor. Jysk is the largest Danish retailer operating internationally with over 3,100 stores in 51 countries. Jysk was founded by Lars Larsen, who opened the first store on Silkeborgvej in the Danish city of Aarhus in April 1979. It is owned by the founder Lars Larsen's family through the holding company Lars Larsen Group which also owns wholly or partly the furniture chains ILVA, IDÉmøbler, IDdesign, Bolia.com, and Sengespecialisten. The logo displays a goose, which has a historical thread to the brand. Due to the Scandinavian design for its products, it is also called the Danish IKEA in a small format.
The Liberal Alliance is a classical liberal and right-libertarian political party in Denmark.
Hurup, in postal and railway terms Hurup Thy, is a railway town in the municipality of Thisted in northwestern Jutland, Denmark. It has a population of 2,705.
Lars Larsen (1948–2019) was an entrepreneur and founder of the Jysk retail chain.
Jeppe Sebastian Kofod is a Danish politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark between 27 June 2019 to 15 December 2022.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is a Danish politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2022. He previously served as the 25th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019. He was the leader of the liberal Venstre party from 2009 to 2019.
Jim Larsen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
The Cavling Prize is a prestigious Danish journalist award. It is awarded annually in January to "a journalist or a group of journalists who have shown initiative and talent in the past year." It is generally considered the most prestigious prize for Journalism in Denmark.
Events from the year 2012 in the Denmark.
Lars Kristinus Larsen was a Danish businessman, owner and founder of the Jysk retail chain.
Morten Bødskov is a Danish Social Democratic politician, and member of the Folketing, currently serving as the Minister for Business since 2022. He previously served as Minister of Defence from February to December 2022 and Minister for Taxation under Frederiksen and Minister of Justice in the Government of Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
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.
Jacob Bruun Larsen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Denmark national team. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Pernille Skipper is a former Danish politician. She was a member of the Folketing from 2011 to 2022, and was political spokesperson for the Red–Green Alliance from 2016 to 2021, succeeding Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen. In 2021 she was replaced by Mai Villadsen.
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen is a Danish politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and Minister of Defence since 2022. He has been the leader of Venstre since 2019.
Sejs-Svejbæk is a railway town, with a population of 4,581. It is located in Silkeborg Municipality, Central Jutland Region in Denmark, 7 km southeast of Silkeborg.
Mikkel Bjørn Sørensen is a Danish politician and teacher who since January 2023 has been a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party (DF). He joined the Nye Borgerlige (NB) political party in 2016 and served from that year until 2021 as the first national chairman of its youth wing. At the 2022 general election in November, he was elected a member of the Folketing for the NB but left it in January to join the DF. Before entering politics, he taught history, Danish and social studies in the Danish folkeskole. Growing up near Juelsminde in Jutland, Bjørn has since 2023 lived in Nyborg on Funen.
