Sigurd Agersnap | |
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Member of the Folketing | |
Assumed office 1 November 2022 | |
Constituency | Greater Copenhagen |
Personal details | |
Born | Sigurd Agersnap Gustavson 2 March 1993 Copenhagen,Denmark |
Political party | Green Left |
Residence | Lyngby |
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Website | sf |
Sigurd Agersnap Gustavson (born 2 March 1993) is a Danish politician and member of the Folketing,the national legislature. A member of the Green Left party,he has represented Greater Copenhagen since November 2022. [1]
Agersnap was born on 2 March 1993 in Copenhagen. [1] He is son of biologist Kim Gustavson and ethnogeographer Hanne Agersnap,a Member of the Folketing for Greater Copenhagen (2007-2011). [1] [2] He was educated at Fuglsanggårdsskolen and Virum Gymnasium in Virum. [3] [4] He has a Master of Science degree in political science from the University of Copenhagen (2020). [1] He was a student assistant for the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) (2016-2018) and an intern at Oxfam IBIS (2019-2020). [1] [4] He was a consultant for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation from 2020-2022. [1] [4] He was on the board of wastewater utility Biofos from 2018 to 2022. [1] He was a member of the municipal council in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality from 2018 to 2022 and was first deputy mayor from 2021 in a Conservative People's Party led administration. [1] [4] [5]
Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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2013 local [6] | Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality | Socialist People's Party | 131 | Not elected | |
2017 local [7] | Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality | Socialist People's Party | 1,114 | Elected | |
2021 local [8] | Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality | Socialist People's Party | 2,077 | Elected | |
2022 general [9] | Greater Copenhagen | Green Left | 2,857 | Elected |
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