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.
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.
Inger Beinov Støjberg is a Danish politician,businesswoman and former reporter who served as a government minister in the Danish Parliament.
Mette Frederiksen is a Danish politician who has served 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.
Uffe Elbæk is a Danish politician,social worker,author,journalist,entrepreneur. In 2013 he founded the green political party The Alternative,which he led until February 2020. He is an independent member of the Folketing.
Astrid Krag is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She served as the Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior in the Cabinet of Mette Frederiksen. She previously served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt from October 2011 until January 2014.
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.
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.
Lea Wermelin is a Danish politician. She has been a member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats from 2015. She was appointed Minister for the Environment in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019.
Nick Hækkerup is a Danish writer and politician of Social Democrats who has been serving as the Minister of Justice in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Defence,and Minister of Health.
Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats. She has been the Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs since 2021. She was elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats in 2011. She was appointed Minister of Higher Education and Science in the Frederiksen Cabinet from 27 June 2019. On 16 August 2021,the former Minister of Church and Ecclesiastical Affairs Joy Mogensen resigned and Halsboe-Jørgensen took over the position.
Magnus Johannes Heunicke is a Danish journalist and politician who serves as a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was the Minister of Health from 2019 to 2022,and minister of elderly affairs from 2019 to 2021.
Benny Engelbrecht is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats since the 2007 general elections. He served as the Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Taxation from 2014 to 2015.
Mogens Jensen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He served as the Minister for Food,Agriculture and Fisheries,Minister for Gender Equality,and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2019 to November 2020,when he was forced to resign following a botched handling of Cluster 5 resulting in an order to cull the mink population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark.
Kaare Dybvad Bek is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was elected into parliament at the 2015 Danish general election. He has been the Minister for Immigration and Integration since 2022,the Minister for Building and Housing from 2019 to 2022 and Minister of the Interior from 2021 to 2022.
Simon Kollerup is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He has been serving as Minister of Economic and Business Affairs in the Frederiksen Cabinet since 2019. Showing off.
Rasmus Prehn is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing since the 2005 Danish general election. He served as Minister for Development Cooperation from 2019 to 2020,and as Minister for Food,Agriculture and Fisheries from 2020 to 2022.
Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen is a Danish writer and politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He has been the Minister of Employment since 2019. He was elected into parliament in the 2015 Danish general election.
