National politics
Fuglede was selected as a parliamentary candidate for Venstre in the Gladsaxe constituency in 2014. [5] He first ran for parliament in the 2015 Danish general election,where he received 1,968 votes,which was not enough to gain a seat,although he became Venstre's primary substitute in the constituency. [6]
On 5 October 2017,he entered the Folketing as a substitute member for Jakob Engel-Schmidt,who took leave from his parliamentary mandate,and served for the remainder of the term. [7] Fuglede was subsequently elected in his own right at the 2019 general election,receiving 3,622 personal votes, [8] and was re-elected in 2022 after switching to the Ringkøbing constituency in the West Jutland multi-member district.
On 19 March 2024,Fuglede announced that he was leaving Venstre and joining the Denmark Democrats,citing disagreement with his former party's political line. [9]
Local politics
In connection with the 2025 local elections,Fuglede stood for the Denmark Democrats in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality. The party became the second-largest in the municipal council,and on election night an initial coalition agreement between the Denmark Democrats,the Green Left (SF),the Christian Democrats,the Conservatives,the Danish People's Party and the Liberal Alliance designated Fuglede as the municipality's next mayor from 1 January 2026,which would have made him the first mayor from the Denmark Democrats. [10]
Four days later,however,SF signalled that it might withdraw from the agreement,and a new coalition was subsequently formed between the Conservatives,the Social Democrats,Venstre and SF,which instead pointed to Conservative councillor Lennart Qvist as mayor. The new agreement effectively removed Fuglede and the Denmark Democrats from the mayoralty,although the final choice of mayor is formally made at the constitutive council meeting in December 2025. [11]
