Christina Thorholm (born 11 August 1964) is a Danish politician, who is a 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 ...

for the Social Liberal Party. She entered parliament on 31 August 2021 as a replacement for

Kristian Hegaard Kristian Würtz Hegaard (born 18 January 1991 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. He was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election and the municipal cou ...

after he resigned his seat.

Political career

Thorholm has been a member of the municipal council of

Hillerød Municipality Hillerød Kommune is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region"). The municipality covers an area of 191 km² (74 sq. miles), and has a total population of 48,728 (1 April 2014). The mayor of the municipalit ...

since 2009. She ran 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 ...

, where she received 1,524 votes. This was not enough for a seat in parliament, but she became the Social Liberal Party's primary substitute in the North Zealand constituency. Kristian Hegaard resigned his seat on 31 August 2021, following self-admitted offensive behavior while drunk at a party, and Thorholm took over his seat in parliament.

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
1964 births Living people Danish Social Liberal Party politicians 21st-century Danish women politicians Danish municipal councillors Women members of the Folketing Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 {{Denmark-politician-stub