Peder Hvelplund | |
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| Hvelplund in 2025 | |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2019 | |
| Constituency | North Jutland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1967 |
| Party | Red-Green Alliance |
Peder Hvelplund (born 8 September 1967) is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Red-Green Alliance political party. He was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election. [1]
Hvelplund ran in the 2015 Danish general election but was not elected,receiving 423 votes. While not elected,this made him the Red-Green Alliance's primary substitute for the North Jutland constituency. Stine Brix was elected for the party in the constituency,and Hvelplund acted as substitute for her on two occasions:from 22 December 2018 to 7 May 2019 and from 29 March 2016 to 28 February 2017. [2]
Hvelplund was elected into parliament at the 2019 election,where he received 1,028 votes. During the COVID-19 pandemic the Red-Green Alliance made Hvelplund the spokesman of Corona-related issues. [3] [4]