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This article lists political parties in Denmark.
Denmark has a multi-party system, with two or three major parties complemented by several other significant parties. The government typically consists of a major party in coalition with, or supported by, a number of smaller parties. No party has won an outright majority since 1903. All governments since then have either been one-party minority governments or coalitions between two or more parties. da
The Ministry of the Interior and Housing registers and validates party names and the official party letters for all parties that participate in national elections. On ballots, the parties are sorted alphabetically by party letter. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Election Symbol | Party name | Recent results | Ideology | Leader | ||
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Folketing | European Parliament | Municipal | ||||
K or KD | Christian Democrats, Kristendemokraterne | 18,276 (0.5%) | did not run | 11 / 2,436 | Christian democracy, Environmentalism | Jeppe Hedaa |
Q | Independent Greens, Frie Grønne or: Frie Grønne – Danmarks nye venstrefløjsparti (The Independent Greens – Denmark's New Left-Wing Party) | 31,787 (0.9%) | did not exist | did not run | Green politics | Sikandar Siddique |
N | People's Movement against the EU, Folkebevægelsen mod EU | did not run | 102,101 (3.7%) | did not run | Hard Euroscepticism Sovereignty | Susanna Dyre-Greensite, collective leadership, collective management |
S | Schleswig Party, Slesvigsk Parti Schleswigsche Partei | did not run | did not run | 10 / 2,436 | Regionalism German minority interests | Rainer Naujeck |
The following lists defunct partiet that were previously represented in national parliament, in either the Folketing, Landsting or European Parliament. [11]
Party name | Symbol | Founded | Dissolved | Ideology | Representation | |
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Bjørnbakske Venstre, Bjørnbakkerne | 1862 | 1877 | Antimilitarism Women's rights | Folketing: 1870s | ||
Capital's Venstre Hovedstadens Venstre | V | 1947 | 1947 | Folketing: 1947–1950 | ||
Centre Democrats Centrum-Demokraterne | D | 1973 | 2008 | Centrism Liberal conservatism | Folketing: 1973–2001 European Parliament: 1979–1994 | |
Clear Venstre Rene Venstre | 1884 | 1897 | Liberalism | Folketing: 1887–1897 | ||
Common Course Fælles Kurs | P | 1986 | 2001 | Communism Euroscepticism Populism | Folketing: 1987–1988 | |
Free Conservatives Frikonservative | 1900 | 1915 | Conservatism | Landsting: 1900–1915 | ||
Freedom 2000 Frihed 2000 | 1999 | 2001 | Right-wing populism Anti-Islam | Folketing: 1999–2001 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Hansen's Venstre | Folketing: 1858–1861 | |||||
Højre (1848–1866) Højre | 1848 | 1866 | Constituent assembly: 1848–1849 Folketing: 1849–1866 Landsting: 1849–1866 | |||
Højre (1881–1915) Højre | H | 1881 | 1915 | Folketing: 1881–1915 Landsting: 1882–1915 | ||
Independent Party De Uafhængige | U | 1953 | Classical liberalism Anti-elitism | Folketing: 1960–1966 | ||
Independent Venstre Uafhængigt Venstre | Folketing: 1876–1879 | |||||
Industry Party Erhvervspartiet | Ep | 1918 | 1924 | Populism | Folketing: 1918–1924 | |
June Movement Juni Bevægelsen | J | 1992 | 2009 | Euroscepticism | European Parliament: 1994–2009 | |
Left Socialists Venstresocialisterne | Y | 1967 | 2013 | Socialism Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism | Folketing: 1968–1971, 1975–1987 | |
Liberal Centre Liberalt Centrum | L | 1965 | 1969 | Liberalism | Folketing: 1966–1968 | |
Mellempartiet | 1866 | 1876 | Folketing: 1865–1870s | |||
Moderate Venstre Det Forhandlende Venstre | F | 1877 | 1910 | Folketing: 1879–1910 Landsting: 1878–1910 | ||
National Cooperative of Denmark Nationalt Samvirke | 1939 | 1939 | Folketinget: 1939 | |||
National Liberal Party De Nationalliberale | 1842 | 1882 | National liberalism | Constituent Assembly: 1948–1849 Folketing: 1849–1872, 1876–1881 Landsting: 1849–1882 | ||
National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti | N | 1930 | 1945 | Nazism Fascism | Folketing: 1939–1945 | |
National Venstre Nationale Venstre | 1870 | Liberalism Economic liberalism | Folketing: 1865-1870 | |||
Peace Politics People's Party Fredspolitisk Folkeparti | M | 1963 | after 1971 | Pacifism | Folketing: 1964 | |
People's Venstre Folkelige Venstre | 1866 | Folketing: 1865–1870 | ||||
Society of The Friends of Peasants Bondevennernes Selskab | 1846 | 1872 | Agrarianism, liberalism | Constituent assembly: 1848–1849 Folketing: 1849–1860s Landstings: 1849–1860s | ||
The Center Party of Denmark Centerpartiet | 1978 | 1979 | Folketing: 1978–1979 | |||
The Moderates of Denmark De Moderate | 1964 | 1977 | Folketing: 1976–1979 | |||
Tscherning's Venstre | Folketing: 1858–1872 | |||||
Venstre of the Folketing Folketingets Venstre | 1895 | Liberalism Conservative liberalism | Folketing: 1879–1895 | |||
Venstre Reform Party Venstrereformpartiet | 1870 | 1910 | Folketing: 1898–1910 Landsting: 1898–1910 |
The following lists defunct parties that were never represented in national parliament. [12] [13]
Party name | Symbol | Founded | Dissolved | Ideology | |
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Folkeringen | 2016 | Democratic socialism | |||
Fokus Miljøpartiet Fokus | M | 2010 | 2015 | Green politics Animals rights Animal welfare | |
Forward Fremad | 2019 | 2020 | Liberalism Classical liberalism Pro-Europeanism | ||
The Greens of Denmark De Grønne | 1983 | 2014 | Ecology Local Democracy | ||
The Independent Social Democracy of Denmark Det Uafhængige Socialdemokrati | |||||
The Minority Party of Denmark Minoritetspartiet | M | 2005 | 2007 | Humanism | |
Pensioners' Party Pensionistpartiet | 1976 | 1980 | |||
Self-Governing Party Selvstyrepartiet | 1926 | ||||
Social Balance Social Balance | 2012 | ||||
Socialist Labor Policy Socialistisk Arbejderpolitik, SAP | 1980 | 2014 | |||
Trivselspartiet Trivselspartiet | 1990 | 1999 | |||
Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements Sammenslutning af Bevidst Arbejdssky Elementer | 1979 | 1998 | Political satire | ||
Vegan Party / Green Alliance, Veganerpartiet / Grøn Alliance | G | 2018 | 2022 |
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