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.
Morten Østergaard is a Danish politician who served as Denmark's Minister for Economic and Interior Affairs from 2 September 2014 to 28 June 2015. Leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party from September 2014 to October 2020,he was a member of the Folketing from 2005 to 2021. He was furthermore Minister for Research,Innovation and Higher Education from 2011 to 2014 and for a short term in 2014 also Minister for Taxation.
Morten Løkkegaard is a Danish politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and the Danish Parliament intermittently since 2009. He has held his current position as a member of the European Parliament since 2016. He represents the Venstre political party and is affiliated with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
The politics of Denmark take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy,a constitutional monarchy and a decentralised unitary state in which the monarch of Denmark,King Frederik X,is the head of state. Denmark is a nation state. Danish politics and governance are characterized by a common striving for broad consensus on important issues,within both the political community and society as a whole.
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.
Rasmus Helveg Petersen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. He served as Minister for Development Cooperation from 21 November 2013 to 3 February 2014,and as Minister of Climate,Energy and Building from 3 February 2014 to 28 June 2015. He was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election,having previously served from 2011 to 2015. He is the brother of Morten Helveg Petersen,who serves as a member of the European Parliament for the same party.
Morten Helveg Petersen is a Danish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. He is a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party,which is affiliated to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party,and sits in the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament. He was elected to the European Parliament in 2014 and 2019 and served as member of the Folketing 1998–2009.
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.
The Alternative is a green and pro-European 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. The Alternative regards itself as a political movement and a cultural voice,as well as a political party.
Karen Melchior is a Danish lawyer and politician,formerly of the Social Liberal Party,who has served as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019–2024.
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.
Mattias Tesfaye is a Danish politician serving as Minister for Education and Children since 2022. He was previously Minister for Justice from February to December 2022 and Minister for Immigration and Integration from 2019 to 2022,and has been member of the Folketing since the 2015 Danish general election as a member of the Social Democrats.
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.
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.
Jeppe Bruus Christensen is a Danish politician who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats. He was elected to parliament at the 2019 Danish general election. He was previously a member of parliament between 2014 and 2015.
Rasmus Jarlov is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party. He was elected into parliament at the 2015 Danish general election,and formerly sat from 2010 to 2011. He is a former Minister of Business Affairs.
Rasmus Horn Langhoff is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was elected into parliament in the 2011 Danish general election.
Jesper Petersen is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He is currently serving as Minister of Higher Education and Science. He was elected into parliament at the 2007 Danish general election,as a member of the Socialist People's Party. He switched party to the Social Democrats in 2013.
Kasper Roug is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election.
Andreas Raaby Steenberg is a Danish politician,who was a member of the Folketing for the Social Liberal Party. He was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election,and lost his seat in 2022.
