Bjørn Brandenborg (born 10 December 1991 in
Svendborg
Svendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,300 (1 January 2022), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city.[Folketing
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for the
Social Democrats
Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so ...
political party. He was elected into 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
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
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