The Danish People's Party is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. It was formed in 1995 by former members of the Progress Party (FrP).
The Folketing,also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English,is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Established in 1849,until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament,called the Rigsdag;the upper house was the Landsting. It meets in Christiansborg Palace,on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.
Kristian Thulesen Dahl is a Danish director and former politician who served as Leader of the Danish People's Party (DPP) from 2012 to 2022. He was a Member of the Folketing (MF) from September 1994 until July 2022,first representing Fremskridtspartiet until 6 October 1995 and then the DPP from that date until 29 June 2022,when he became an independent.
General elections were held in Denmark on 15 September 2011 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. Of those 179,175 members were elected in Denmark,two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland.
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.
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.
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.
Nye Borgerlige is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. Formed by Pernille Vermund and Peter Seier Christensen in 2015,the party first entered the Danish Parliament,the Folketing,in the 2019 general election with four seats and again in the 2022 general election with six seats. After three later defections,the party's number of seats in the Folketing is three,and it is in opposition.
Peter Skaarup is a Danish politician,is currently serving as a member of the Folketing for Copenhagen. Skaarup has served in the Danish Folketing since 11 March 1998,was deputy chairman from 1998 to 2012,and was parliamentary leader for the Danish People's Party from 27 September 2012 to June 2022.
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.
The 2019 European Parliament election in Denmark was held on 26 May 2019,and elected the Danish members to the European Parliament. The elections are part of the EU-wide elections for the parliament. Denmark had 13 seats in parliament,which increased by one additional seat following Brexit.
Rasmus Prehn is a Danish politician who is currently serving as the Minister for Food,Agriculture and Fisheries. He previously served as Minister for Development Cooperation from 2019 to 2020. He has been a member of the Folketing since the 2005 Danish general election.
Karsten Hønge is a Danish politician,who is member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party. Karsten Hønge is one of few people who has both been elected to city councils,county councils,regional council,Folketing,and the European Parliament.
Danish withdrawal from the European Union is the hypothesis that Denmark might leave the European Union (EU). Leaving the EU is officially supported by just two of the political parties represented in the Danish Parliament,with less than 8% of the total seats.
Mette Thiesen is a Danish politician and former schoolteacher who has been a member of the Folketing since June 2019,at first representing the Nye Borgerlige political party,but from November 2022 being an independent,and from February 2023 representing the Danish People's Party.
Lars Boje Mathiesen is a Danish politician who,since March 2023,has been an independent member of the Danish Parliament,the Folketing. From February until March 2023,he succeeded Pernille Vermund as leader of the Nye Borgerlige political party,for which he was elected a member of the Folketing at the 2019 general election and again at the 2022 general election. However,he was dismissed and expelled from the party only the following month after disputes over remuneration and campaign finances.
Pelle Dragsted is a Danish author and politician,who has been a member of the Folketing for the Red-Green Alliance since the 2022 Danish general election. He formerly served as member of the Folketing in 2015 to 2019.
Mikkel Bjørn Sørensen is a Danish politician and former teacher. In November 2022,he became a member of the Folketing for the Nye Borgerlige (NB) party,but in January 2023 changed his party allegiance to the Danish People's Party (DF). Formerly,in 2016-2021 he was the first national chairman of Nye Borgerliges youth wing. Growing up near Juelsminde in Jutland,Bjørn has since 2022 lived in Nyborg on Funen.
The Denmark Democrats is a right-wing populist political party in Denmark. The party was founded in June 2022 by Inger Støjberg,and is officially titled Denmark Democrats –Inger Støjberg. The party is currently in opposition to the second Frederiksen government.
Marlene Harpsøe is a Danish politician who served as a Member of the Folketing from 2007 to 2011 and then from 2015 to 2019 representing the Danish People's Party. She was again elected in 2022 as a member of the Denmark Democrats for the North Zealand constituency.
