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Fyn (Folketing Constituency)
Funen ( da, Fyn) is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing, the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Ærø, Assens, Faaborg-Midtfyn, Kerteminde, Langeland, Middelfart, Nordfyn, Nyborg, Odense and Svendborg. The constituency currently elects 12 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 general election it had 374,322 registered electors. Electoral system Funen currently elects 12 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. Constituency seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method. Compensatory seats are calculated based on the national vote and are allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method, initially at the provincial level and finally at the constituency level. Only parties that reach any one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folketing
The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), 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 Landstinget. It meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen. The Folketing passes all laws, approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government. It is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets and approving the state's accounts. As set out in the Constitution of Denmark, the Folketing shares power with the reigning monarch. In practice, however, the monarch's role is limited to signing laws passed by the legislature; this must be done within 30 days of adoption. The Folketing consists of 179 MPs; including two from Greenland and two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlene Ambo-Rasmussen
Marlene Ambo-Rasmussen (born 14 March 1986 in Magleby on Langeland) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She has a background as a disability assistant. She was elected into parliament in the 2019 Danish general election. Political career Ambo-Rasmussen first ran in the 2015 Danish general election, though did not get elected. She received 2,239 personal votes, which got her elected as a substitute member of the Folketing The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), 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 ... in the 2015-2019 term, though she was not called upon during the term. In the 2019 election she received 6,312 personal votes, securing her a seat in the Folketing. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai Mercado
Mai Mercado (born 20 August 1980 in Tønder) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party. She was elected at the 2011 Danish general election. From 2016 to 2019 she was the Minister for Children and Social Affairs in the Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet. Political career Mercado was a member of the municipal council of Odense Municipality from 2006 to 2011, and served as the second deputy mayor from 2009 to 2011. From 2013 to 2016 she sat in the municipal council of Frederiksberg Municipality. She was elected to the Folketing in the 2011 election. On 28 November 2016, she was appointed as Minister for Children and Social Affairs in the Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet. Shortly after introducing laws which would prohibit troublesome minority protests in Freetown Christiania, she had domestic terrorist Thomas Dall, the nephew of Danish politician Benny Dall, arrested for terroristic threats against her on facebook. Afterwards sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Christian Lilleholt
Lars Christian Lilleholt (born 2 March 1965 in Odense) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He was Minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate from 2015 to 2019. He was elected into parliament in the 2001 Danish general election. Political career His political career started as member of Venstres Ungdom's National Committee 1983–88, from 1985 to 1988 serving as deputy chairman. He was a member of the board of Venstre 1985–89. He has been a parliamentary candidate for Venstre since 1993 He served as temporary Member of Parliament 14 January – 31 January 1997 and 18 January – 10 February 2000. Lilleholt is a journalist by profession. Former places of employment include ''Vejle Amts Folkeblad ''Vejle Amts Folkeblad'' is a regional Danish newspaper. It is now published by Jysl Gynske Medier. History The newspaper was first published on 20 October 1865 by Thomas Nielsen. Later that year, H Kleine bought the newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Jørgensen
Dan Jannik Jørgensen (born 12 June 1975) is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who is has been serving as Ministry for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy in the government of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen since 2022. Jørgensen previously served as Minister of Climate and Energy and Public Utilities (2019–2022) under Frederiksen and as Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (2013–2015) under Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. From 2004 to 2013 he was a Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democrats, as a part of the Party of European Socialists. Early life and education Jørgensen grew up in Morud on the Danish island of Funen, attended high school at Nordfyns Gymnasium, and university at the University of Aarhus, from which he holds a master's degree in Political Science. He also studied Political Science at the University of Washington. Political career Member of the European Parliament, 2004–2013 Jørgensen became a M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Johansen (politician)
Jan Johansen (born 12 December 1955 in Svendborg) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election. Political career Johansen sat in the municipal council of Munkebo Municipality from 1997 to 2006, and served as deputy mayor from 2001 to 2006. In 2006 the municipality was merged with Kerteminde and Langeskov Municipality to form a new Kerteminde Municipality. He sat in this new municipality's municipal council from 2006 to 2011. Johansen was first elected into parliament in the 2011 election. He was reelected in 2015 and 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim .... External links Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist People's Party (Denmark)
The Green Left ( da, Socialistisk Folkeparti, SF) is a democratic socialist political party in Denmark. It was formerly known in English as the Socialist People's Party, the literal translation of its Danish name. History 1959–1969 The SF was founded on 15 February 1959 by Aksel Larsen, a former leader of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP). Larsen was removed from the ranks of the DKP for his criticism over the Soviet intervention in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Larsen and the new SF sought to form a third way between Denmark's United States-oriented social democracy and Soviet Union–oriented communism, which sought to combine democracy with socialism. He was joined by a large share of the members of the DKP. They all supported the idea of independence from the Soviet Union. In the 1960 elections, the party entered the Folketing with eleven seats. The DKP lost all of its six seats. In the 1964 elections the party lost one seat. During the 1960s the SF became inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karsten Hønge
Karsten Hønge (born 25 September 1958 in Nykøbing Mors) 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. Political career He joined SF and its youth wing SFU in 1973. He was a member of the national leadership of SFU in 1974-1977. He was politically active during his time at Thisted Gymnasium, and from 1977 to 1978 vice-chairman in ''Danske Gymnasieelevers Sammenslutning'', the Danish association of gymnasium students. From 1978 to 1979, Hønge was a soldier at Skive Garrison, he was a member of the executive committee for the conscripts. Until 2007 he was chairman of the Fynes chapter of the trade union TIB (Træ Industri Byg), who later merged with 3F. He was a member of the County Council in Fynen County from 2001 to 2006, and in the city council of Odense from 2005 to 2007, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Heitmann
Jane Vallebo Thorngaard Heitmann (born 5 November 1968 in Copenhagen) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election. Political career Heitmann was in the municipal council of Faaborg Municipality from 2006 and until 2007 where it was merged with the municipalities of Broby, Ringe, Ryslinge and Årslev to form the new Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality. She sat in the municipal council in this new municipality from its foundation in 2007 and until 2017, where local political Ole Pedersen took over her seat. Heitmann was first elected into the Folketing at the 2011 election, where she received 4,196 votes. She was reelected in 2015 with 4,677 votes and in 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Henrik Thulesen Dahl
Jens Henrik Winther Thulesen Dahl (born 20 July 1961 in Brædstrup) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Denmark Democrats, and former member of the Danish People's Party. He was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election. Background Jens Henrik Thulesen Dahl is the brother of fellow MF Kristian Thulesen Dahl. Political career Thulesen Dahl has been a member of the municipal council of Assens Municipality since 2010. Thulesen Dahl first ran for parliament in the 2011 general election, where he was elected with 5,594 votes. He was reelected with 9,923 votes in the 2015 election and again in the 2019 election with 2,913 votes. He joined the newly-founded party the Denmark Democrats in August 2022, and was re-elected at the 2022 Danish general election 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Brandenborg
Bjørn Brandenborg (born 10 December 1991 in Svendborg) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was elected into the Folketing in the 2019 Danish general election 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 .... Political career Brandenborg first ran for parliament in the 2019 election, where he received 6,837 votes. This was enough for a seat in parliament. Brandenborg was re-elected in 2022 with 11,167 personal votes. External links Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) References Living people 1991 births People from Svendborg Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 {{Denmark-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democrats (Denmark)
The Social Democrats ( da, Socialdemokraterne, ) is a social democratic political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish parliament (following the latest Danish general election held in 2022), Folketing, and three out of fourteen MEPs elected from Denmark. Founded by Louis Pio in 1871, the party first entered the Folketing in the 1884 Danish Folketing election. By the early 20th century, it had become the party with the largest representation in the Folketing, a distinction it would hold for 77 years. It first formed a government after the 1924 Danish Folketing election under Thorvald Stauning, the longest-serving Danish Prime Minister of the 20th century. During Stauning's government which lasted until the 1926 Danish Folketing election, the Social Democrats exerted a profound influence on Danish society, laying the foundation of the Danish welfare state. From 2002 to 2016, the par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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