Uffe Ellemann-Jensen was a Danish politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark in the Conservative-led Poul Schlüter Administration from 1982 to 1993. He was leader of the Danish Liberal Party Venstre from 1984 to 1998 and President of the European Liberals 1995–2000.
Sanne Salomonsen is a Danish singer. She is the daughter of ornithologist Finn Salomonsen. Sanne Salomonsen has been performing since 1961,and various songs sung or written by her have been on the local charts.
The Danish Music Awards (DMA) is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989,and was originally called IFPI-prisen ("IFPI-Award") until 1991,when it changed its name to Dansk Grammy. It was changed to its current name,Danish Music Awards in 2001,after the American Grammy Awards registered the name "Grammy" as their trademark. In 2011,IFPI joined together with TV2 and KODA to present the awards ceremony.
Inger Støjberg is a Danish politician,businesswoman and former reporter who served as a government minister in the Danish Parliament.
MGP Junior is a Danish song contest for children aged 8 to 15. It originated in 2000 as a spin-off of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix,before coming the national selection for the now-extinct MGP Nordic in 2002 and from 2006 to 2009. From 2003 to 2005,MGP Junior was Denmark's national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest,a pan-European version of the format.
Morten Messerschmidt is a Danish politician and since 2022 leader of the Danish People's Party. He was an elected Member of the Folketing at the 2019 Danish general election having previously served from 2005 to 2009. At the 2014 European Parliament election,he was elected a Member of the European Parliament for Denmark with 465,758;the highest number of personal votes ever cast at a Danish election.
Pernille Rosendahl is a Danish singer,songwriter,and producer known as a solo artist,the lead singer of the indie rock band Swan Lee,and the rock band The Storm. Since she was 19,Pernille Rosendahl has had an active career,initially as a backing vocalist and since 1997 as a self-releasing solo artist. In 2005,she was named 'Singer of the Year' at the Danish Music Awards and has composed music for films and theater,becoming a prominent voice in Danish cultural debates. Over three decades,she has been one of Denmark's most prominent female singers.
Denice Klarskov is a Danish pornographic actress and entrepreneur.
De Gyldne Laurbær is a Danish literature award,which was established in 1949. The award is handed by The Committee De Gyldne Laurbær,formerly Boghandlerklubben. The prize is given annually in February or March. Originally the award was a laurel wreath,a golden pin with an inscription,some money and a book gift worth 2500 DKK. Today the award is a laurel wreathe,a diploma and a book gift worth 2500 DKK. The award is handed at a ceremony arranged by the publishing house which has published the winning book and by the Committee De Gyldne Laurbær. Early in January every year the committee sends out ballot to all the Danish bookshops,which then give their vote for a Danish book which was published the year before. An author can only win The Golden Laurel once-in-a-lifetime,so the bookshops can not vote for an author who has already won the prize once before. The winner is usually one of the bestsellers among the Danish books. On the day when it is decided who wins the Golden Laurel,the president of the Committee of The Golden Laurel informs the winner about the award,while journalists follow the event.
Jakob Ejersbo was a Danish journalist and writer. His work is considered modern and neorealistic. Authoring the immensely popular novel,Nordkraft,which sold more than 100,000 copies,an unusually high sales figure on the book market in Denmark,Ejersbo became an established writer. A tale about three young people and drug problems in Aalborg,the work was turned into a film in 2005,directed by Ole Christian Madsen. Ejersbo is also well known for writing what is known as the Africa Trilogy,inspired by the author's own childhood experiences in Tanzania.
Søren Pape Poulsen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Conservative Party. He has been the leader of the party since 2014. From 2016 to 2019 he served as Justice Minister of Denmark,and from 2009 to 2014 he served as mayor of Viborg Municipality.
The Alternative is a green political party in Denmark. The party was publicly launched on 27 November 2013 by former Minister of Culture Uffe Elbæk and Josephine Fock;Elbæk had been a parliamentarian for the Social Liberal Party. Elbæk was the leader of the party until February 2020,where he stepped down and was succeeded by Fock. Currently the party is led by Franciska Rosenkilde. It collaborates with DiEM25 at the European level.
In the early hours of 10 July 2016,a 17-year-old Danish girl named Emilie Anine Skovgaard Meng disappeared in Korsør. Five months later,her body was found in Køge Municipality. The case received major media attention and police and civilian investigations. On 26 April 2023,a 32-year-old man was charged with Meng's murder.
Camilla Larsen Degn is a Danish handball player and beach handball player who currently plays for Viborg HK.
Alex Dominique Kristensen Vanopslagh is a French-born Danish politician. He is a member of the Folketing,and party leader of the Liberal Alliance. He is a former chairman of its youth wing,Liberal Alliance Youth.
Marie Bjerre is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She was elected into the Folketing in the 2019 Danish general election,and re-elected in 2022.
The 2020 Danish mink cull,commonly known as the Mink Case or the Mink Scandal,was the government-mandated slaughter of all roughly 17 million mink that were being raised on farms for their fur in Denmark. The cull started in September in response to the detection of Cluster 5,an outbreak of a novel variant of SARS-CoV-2,in the mink during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark. The cluster led to concerns that the potential of spillover to humans could reduce the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. The cull was made nation-wide on 4 November 2020;however,two days later the government announced that the extension of the cull orders had been given without legal authority,causing a political scandal.
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.
Tears was a Danish band formed 1967 in Aarhus,as one of the first jazz-rock bands from Denmark. The first record Tears from 1970 became very rare when a fire at Spectator Records destroyed tapes and stock in 1972. In relation to Holger Laumann's job as a music teacher,Tears also recorded an album in 1970 under the name It's So Easy,which was a children's record with Lis Sørensen.
