| 66th Folketing | |
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| Term | 20 November 2001 - 8 February 2005 |
| Speaker | V Ivar Hansen (until 2003) A Svend Auken (acting) V Christian Mejdahl (from 2003) |
| Prime Minister | V Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
| Cabinet | Fogh Rasmussen I |
| Previous | 1998-2001 |
| Next | 2005-2007 |
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This is a list of the 179 members of the Folketing, in the 2001 to 2005 session. They were elected at the 2001 general election.
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| Denmark proper | |||||
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Venstre | 1,077,858 | 31.2 | 56 | +14 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 1,003,323 | 29.1 | 52 | –11 | |
| Danish People's Party | 413,987 | 12.0 | 22 | +9 | |
| Conservative People's Party | 312,770 | 9.1 | 16 | 0 | |
| Socialist People's Party | 219,842 | 6.4 | 12 | –1 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 179,023 | 5.2 | 9 | +2 | |
| Red-Green Alliance | 82,685 | 2.4 | 4 | –1 | |
| Christian People's Party | 78,793 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Centre Democrats | 61,031 | 1.8 | 0 | –8 | |
| Progress Party | 19,340 | 0.5 | 0 | –4 | |
| Independents | 1,016 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 35,247 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 3,484,915 | 100 | 175 | 0 | |
| Faroe Islands | |||||
| Union Party | 7,208 | 27.3 | 1 | +1 | |
| Republican Party | 6,578 | 24.9 | 1 | +1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 6,187 | 23.4 | 0 | –1 | |
| People's Party | 5,417 | 20.5 | 0 | –1 | |
| Centre Party | 569 | 2.2 | 0 | New | |
| Self-Government Party | 434 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 105 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 26,393 | 100 | 2 | 0 | |
| Greenland | |||||
| Inuit Ataqatigiit | 7,172 | 30.8 | 1 | +1 | |
| Siumut | 6,033 | 25.9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Atassut | 5,138 | 22.1 | 0 | –1 | |
| Independents | 4,917 | 21.1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 559 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 23,819 | 100 | 2 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
Below is the distribution of the 179 seats as it appeared after the 2001 election, as well at the distribution at the end of the term. [1]
| Party | Party leader | Elected seats | End seats | Change |
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| A Social Democrats | Mogens Lykketoft | 52 | 52 |  |
| B Social Liberal Party | Marianne Jelved | 9 | 9 | |
| C Conservatives | Bendt Bendtsen | 16 | 16 | |
| F Socialist People's Party | Holger K. Nielsen | 12 | 12 | |
| K Christian Democrats | Marianne Karlsmose | 4 | 4 | |
| O Danish People's Party | Pia Kjærsgaard | 22 | 22 | |
| V Liberals | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | 56 | 53 |  3 |
| Ø Red-Green Alliance | Collective leadership | 4 | 4 | |
| TJ Republic | Høgni Hoydal | 1 | 1 | |
| SP Union Party | Kaj Leo Johannesen | 1 | 1 | |
| IA Community of the People | Josef Motzfeldt | 1 | 1 | |
| SI Forward | Hans Enoksen | 1 | 1 | |
| . Outside group | - | 3 |  3 |
Below are all parliament members that have joined another party or become independent during the term. [2]
| Name | Old party | Constituency | New party | Date |
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| Peter Brixtofte | V Liberals | Fyn | . Independent | 14 May 2002 |
| Anders Møller | V Liberals | Vestsjælland | . Independent | 21 October 2002 |
| Flemming Oppfeldt | V Liberals | København | . Independent | 18 October 2004 |
Below are member changes that lasted through the entire term.
| Replacement | Birth year | Party | Constituency | Replaced MP | Date | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mogens Nørgaard Pedersen | 1957 | K Christian Democrats | Nordjylland | Ole M. Nielsen | 10 September 2002 | Nielsen resigned his seat. |
| Christian Lund Jepsen | 1959 | V Liberals | Ribe | Ivar Hansen | 11 March 2003 | Hansen passed away. |
| Henning Gjellerod | 1940 | A Social Democrats | Ringkøbing | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | 8 July 2004 | Rasmussen resigned his seat. |
| Margot Torp | 1944 | A Social Democrats | Ribe | Henrik Dam Kristensen | 8 July 2004 | Kristensen resigned his seat. |
| Ida Jørgensen | 1964 | B Social Liberal Party | Vestsjælland | Anders Samuelsen | 15 July 2004 | Samuelsen resigned his seat. |
| Poul Henrik Hedeboe | 1946 | F Socialist People's Party | Frederiksborg | Margrete Auken | 16 July 2004 | Auken resigned her seat. |
| Christian Wedell-Neergaard | 1956 | C Conservatives | Roskilde | Gitte Seeberg | 20 July 2004 | Seeberg resigned her seat. |
| Erling Bonnesen | 1955 | V Liberals | Fyn | Mariann Fischer Boel | 7 October 2004 | Boel resigned her seat. |
| Lise Hækkerup | 1947 | V Liberals | København | Karen Jespersen | 11 November 2004 | Jespersen resigned her seat. |
Below are temporary member replacements during the term.
| Replacement | Birth year | Party | Constituency | Replaced MP | Start | End | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tórbjørn Jacobsen | 1955 | TJ Republic | Faroe Islands | Høgni Hoydal | 14 December 2001 | 17 February 2004 | 795 days |
| Christian Lund Jepsen | 1959 | V Liberals | Ribe | Ulla Tørnæs | 8 January 2002 | 6 February 2002 | 29 days |
| Anders Stenild | C Conservatives | Nordjylland | Lene Espersen | 8 January 2002 | 28 January 2002 | 20 days | |
| Christian Brix Møller | B Social Liberal Party | Vejle | Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen | 15 January 2002 | 14 April 2002 | 89 days | |
| Pernille Falcon | Ø Red-Green Alliance | København | Søren Søndergaard | 21 January 2002 | 27 January 2002 | 6 days | |
| Poul Henrik Hedeboe | 1946 | F Socialist People's Party | Frederiksborg | Margrete Auken | 21 January 2002 | 27 January 2002 | 6 days |
| Morten Østergaard | 1976 | B Social Liberal Party | Århus | Elisabeth Arnold | 21 January 2002 | 27 January 2002 | 6 days |
| Pernille Falcon | Ø Red-Green Alliance | København | Søren Søndergaard | 19 February 2002 | 25 February 2002 | 6 days | |
| Erling Christensen | A Social Democrats | Fyn | Lotte Bundsgaard | 12 March 2002 | 22 May 2002 | 71 days | |
| Hans Kristian Skibby | 1969 | O Danish People's Party | Vejle | Karina Sørensen | 16 April 2002 | 31 May 2002 | 45 days |
| Pernille Falcon | Ø Red-Green Alliance | København | Søren Søndergaard | 20 April 2002 | 26 April 2002 | 6 days | |
| Morten Østergaard | 1976 | B Social Liberal Party | Århus | Elisabeth Arnold | 20 April 2002 | 26 April 2002 | 6 days |
| Holger Gorm Petersen | O Danish People's Party | Vejle | Jørn Dohrmann | 21 May 2002 | 31 May 2002 | 10 days | |
| Søren Egge Rasmussen | 1961 | Ø Red-Green Alliance | Århus | Keld Albrechtsen | 23 May 2002 | 30 May 2002 | 7 days |
| Niels-Ole Hegglands | C Conservatives | Vestre | Per Stig Møller | 3 October 2002 | 11 December 2002 | 69 days | |
| Jørgen S. Lundsgaard | 1945 | C Conservatives | Fyn | Bendt Bendtsen | 3 October 2002 | 11 December 2002 | 69 days |
| Pernille Falcon | Ø Red-Green Alliance | København | Søren Søndergaard | 22 October 2002 | 15 November 2002 | 24 days | |
| Lise Hækkerup | 1947 | A Social Democrats | København | Mogens Lykketoft | 22 October 2002 | 8 November 2002 | 17 days |
| Kenneth Lambrecht | O Danish People's Party | København | Aase D. Madsen | 22 October 2002 | 10 November 2002 | 19 days | |
| Sanne Rubinke | 1961 | F Socialist People's Party | Vejle | Villy Søvndal | 22 October 2002 | 10 November 2002 | 19 days |
| Lise Hækkerup | 1947 | A Social Democrats | København | Mette Frederiksen | 6 December 2002 | 1 April 2003 | 116 days |
| Kenneth Lambrecht | O Danish People's Party | København | Mikkel Dencker | 7 January 2003 | 19 January 2003 | 12 days | |
| Pernille Falcon | Ø Red-Green Alliance | København | Søren Søndergaard | 25 January 2003 | 31 January 2003 | 6 days | |
| Poul Henrik Hedeboe | 1946 | F Socialist People's Party | Frederiksborg | Margrete Auken | 25 January 2003 | 31 January 2003 | 6 days |
| Morten Østergaard | 1976 | B Social Liberal Party | Århus | Elisabeth Arnold | 25 January 2003 | 31 January 2003 | 6 days |
| Kim Sejr | 1959 | B Social Liberal Party | Frederiksborg | Margrethe Vestager | 28 January 2003 | 30 June 2003 | 153 days |
| Ane Hansen | 1961 | IA Community of the People | Greenland | Kuupik Kleist | 18 February 2003 | 28 February 2003 | 10 days |
| Jørgen Bastholm | V Liberals | Vejle | Troels Lund Poulsen | 29 April 2003 | 15 May 2003 | 16 days | |
| Pernille Falcon | Ø Red-Green Alliance | København | Søren Søndergaard | 5 May 2003 | 13 May 2003 | 8 days | |
| Palle Andersen | V Liberals | Vestsjælland | Anders Møller | 6 May 2003 | 4 June 2003 | 29 days | |
| Nina Berrig | 1940 | C Conservatives | Østre | Helle Sjelle | 6 May 2003 | 15 May 2003 | 9 days |
| Anders Stenild | C Conservatives | Nordjylland | Lene Espersen | 9 September 2003 | 26 October 2003 | 47 days | |
| Helle Christensen | A Social Democrats | Nordjylland | Frank Jensen | 21 October 2003 | 14 November 2003 | 24 days | |
| Betina Hoffmann | K Christian Democrats | Århus | Jann Sjursen | 21 October 2003 | 14 November 2003 | 24 days | |
| Flemming Møller | 1950 | V Liberals | Frederiksborg | Hans Andersen | 21 October 2003 | 14 November 2003 | 24 days |
| Lise von Seelen | 1949 | A Social Democrats | Sønderjylland | Poul Qvist Jørgensen | 21 October 2003 | 14 November 2003 | 24 days |
| Marianne Pedersen | V Liberals | København | Pia Larsen | 30 October 2003 | 7 November 2003 | 8 days | |
| Egil Møller | 1941 | O Danish People's Party | Frederiksborg | Jette Jespersen | 6 November 2003 | 19 December 2003 | 43 days |
| Stiig Wæver | C Conservatives | Storstrøm | Helge Adam Møller | 6 November 2003 | 12 November 2003 | 6 days | |
| Pernille Falcon | Ø Red-Green Alliance | København | Søren Søndergaard | 10 November 2003 | 16 November 2003 | 6 days | |
| Marie Daugaard | F Socialist People's Party | Søndre | Kamal Qureshi | 8 December 2003 | 19 December 2003 | 11 days | |
| Birgitte Josefsen | 1951 | V Liberals | Nordjylland | Tina Nedergaard | 13 January 2004 | 30 April 2004 | 108 days |
| Bjørn Westh | 1944 | A Social Democrats | Viborg | Pernille Blach Hansen | 13 January 2004 | 4 June 2004 | 143 days |
| Bjarne Holm | O Danish People's Party | Viborg | Jesper Langballe | 20 January 2004 | 27 January 2004 | 7 days | |
| Pernille Falcon | Ø Red-Green Alliance | København | Søren Søndergaard | 26 January 2004 | 1 February 2004 | 6 days | |
| Morten Østergaard | 1976 | B Social Liberal Party | Århus | Elisabeth Arnold | 26 January 2004 | 1 February 2004 | 6 days |
| Mogens Lønborg | 1952 | C Conservatives | København | Charlotte Dyremose | 2 February 2004 | 8 February 2004 | 6 days |
| Jan Kristiansen | V Liberals | Nordjylland | Inge-Lene Ebdrup | 9 March 2004 | 30 April 2004 | 52 days | |
| Ejner Jensen | A Social Democrats | Vestre | Sophie Hæstorp Andersen | 13 April 2004 | 4 June 2004 | 52 days | |
| Pernille Falcon | Ø Red-Green Alliance | København | Søren Søndergaard | 19 April 2004 | 29 April 2004 | 10 days | |
| Henning Gjellerod | 1940 | A Social Democrats | Ringkøbing | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | 1 July 2004 | 8 July 2004 | 7 days |
| Margot Torp | 1944 | A Social Democrats | Ribe | Henrik Dam Kristensen | 1 July 2004 | 8 July 2004 | 7 days |
| Poul Henrik Hedeboe | 1946 | F Socialist People's Party | Frederiksborg | Margrete Auken | 1 July 2004 | 16 July 2004 | 15 days |
| Ida Jørgensen | 1967 | B Social Liberal Party | Vestsjælland | Anders Samuelsen | 1 July 2004 | 15 July 2004 | 14 days |
| Christian Wedell-Neergaard | 1956 | C Conservatives | Roskilde | Gitte Seeberg | 1 July 2004 | 20 July 2004 | 19 days |
| Pia Boisen | 1956 | Ø Red-Green Alliance | København | Søren Søndergaard | 18 October 2004 | 12 November 2004 | 25 days |
| Jakob Jensen | A Social Democrats | Viborg | Ole Vagn Christensen | 19 October 2004 | 12 November 2004 | 24 days | |
| Birgitte Josefsen | 1951 | V Liberals | Nordjylland | Svend Aage Jensby | 19 October 2004 | 12 November 2004 | 24 days |
| Lykke Krapalis | O Danish People's Party | Fyn | Poul Fischer | 19 October 2004 | 12 November 2004 | 24 days | |
| Flemming Møller | 1950 | V Liberals | Storstrøm | Karsten Nonbo | 19 October 2004 | 12 November 2004 | 24 days |
| Marion Pedersen | 1949 | V Liberals | København | Gitte Lillelund Bech | 19 October 2004 | 12 November 2004 | 24 days |
| Søren Hansen | A Social Democrats | Vestsjælland | Sandy Brinck | 11 January 2005 | 20 January 2005 | 9 days | |
| Jesper Kiel | 1966 | Ø Red-Green Alliance | Fyn | Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil | 13 January 2005 | 20 January 2005 | 7 days |
| Birgitte Møller | B Social Liberal Party | Østre | Naser Khader | 13 January 2005 | 24 January 2005 | 11 days |
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