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 ...
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 since 2015.
Political career
In autumn 2013, Madsen's tour of the country with
Ahmed Akkari
Ahmed Akkari (born 1978 in Lebanon) ( ar, أحمد عكاري) is a Danish political activist who became known for his involvement
in the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. Widely called an "Imam" in the media, he himself denied being ...
debating on the topic of Islamism led to disturbances including stone-throwing.
Madsen was elected into parliament in the
2015 Danish general election
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 18 June 2015 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. 175 members were elected in the Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. Although the ruling Social Democrats ...
, where he received 5,201 votes. He was reelected 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 gene editing first used to experim ...