The Social Democrats is a social democratic political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists,the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish parliament,Folketing,and three out of fourteen MEPs elected from Denmark.
The Prime Minister's Office is the cabinet ministry of the Kingdom of Denmark,tasked with assisting the Prime Minister of Denmark,as well as the Cabinet of Denmark and Council of State.
Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. From 2019 to 2022,she has served as Minister of Children and Education. She was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election. She had previously been a member of parliament from 2001 to 2007 as a member of the Red-Green Alliance. From 2011 to 2014,she was the spokesperson on climate and energy for the Social Democrats.
Diplomatic relations between Denmark and the United States of America began in 1783. Both countries are members of the Arctic Council,OECD,OSCE,NATO and the United Nations.
Jeppe Sebastian Kofod is a former Danish politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark between 27 June 2019 to 15 December 2022.
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,King Frederik X,is the head of state. Denmark is 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.
Mette Frederiksen is a Danish politician who has been serving as prime minister of Denmark since June 2019,and leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office,she is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history,the first to be born after Margrethe II's accession to the throne,and the first to serve under Frederik X.
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.
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 1 November 2022,except in the Faroe Islands,where they were held on 31 October as 1 November was a national day of mourning for victims at sea. Of the 179 members of the Folketing,175 were elected in Denmark proper,two in the Faroes and two in Greenland. The elections were called on 5 October following an ultimatum to the government by the Social Liberals due to the outcome of a report on the 2020 Danish mink cull by the Mink Commission,which was critical of the government. Voter turnout was 84% in Denmark,48% in Greenland,and 71% in the Faroes,with a combined turnout of 84% for the realm as a whole.
Trine Bramsen is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats,who has been a member of the Folketing since 2011. She served as minister of transport from February to December 2022 and minister of defence from 2019 until February 2022.
Aki-Matilda Tilia Ditte Høegh-Dam is a Danish-Greenlandic politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Siumut political party. She was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election,entering parliament at 22 years old,becoming its youngest member.
Since 1867,the United States has considered,or made,several proposals to purchase the island of Greenland from Denmark,as it did with the Danish West Indies in 1917. While Greenland remains an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark,a 1951 treaty gives the United States much control over an island it once partially claimed from exploration.
Events in the year 2022 in Denmark.
A referendum on the abolition of the defence opt-out,one of the country's opt-outs from the European Union,was held in Denmark on 1 June 2022. The referendum was announced on 6 March 2022 following a broad multi-party defence agreement reached during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The referendum resulted in the "Yes" side winning with approximately two-thirds of the vote.
The Frederiksen II Cabinet is the current Government of Denmark,which took office on 15 December 2022. It succeeded the Frederiksen I Cabinet following the 2022 general election.
Christina Markus Lassen R. is a Danish diplomat,who has served as the Permanent representative of Denmark to the United Nations since 2023. She previously served as Ambassador of Denmark to the United States and as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Liselotte Ellegaard Kjærsgaard Plesner is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. She is the current Ambassador of Denmark to Saudi Arabia,concurrently serving as ambassador to Kuwait,Bahrain,Oman and Yemen,and having previously served as Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO,from 2018 to 2022,the first woman to hold that position.
Kristina Miskowiak Beckvard is a Danish diplomat,jurist and civil servant. She is the current Ambassador of Denmark to Sweden,having previously served as Ambassador of Denmark to Estonia,from 2017 to 2022.
Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. He is the current NATO Assistant Secretary General for Innovation,Hybrid and Cyber,having previously served as Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Danish Prime Minister's Office between 2019 and 2024,under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
