United Democrats (Denmark)

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United Democrats
Forenede Demokrater
Leader Britta Johansson
Founded April 2013
Ideology Centre-left
Website
fordem.dk

United Democrats (Danish : Forenede Demokrater) is a political party in Denmark.

Danish language North Germanic language spoken in Denmark

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status. Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas, around 15–20% of the population of Greenland speak Danish as their first language.

Denmark constitutional monarchy in Europe

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.

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History

United Democrats was founded in 2013, and ran for municipal council that year in Assens, Frederikshavn, Kalundborg, Morsø, Thisted, Helsingør and Copenhagen Municipality. They did not win any seats in any of those municipalities.

Assens Municipality Municipality in Denmark

Assens Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 513 km² and a total population of 41,443 (2012). Its mayor from 1 January 2014 is Søren Steen Andersen, a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre political party.

Frederikshavn Municipality Municipality in Denmark

Frederikshavn municipality is the northernmost Danish municipality, located in Region Nordjylland.

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Municipal elections

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