The Farmers' Party ( da, Bondepartiet), initially known as the Free People's Party (''Det Frie Folkeparti''), was an
agrarian. It was founded in 1923 as the political wing of ''
Landbrugernes Sammenslutning''. At the time of the founding of the party, 3 ''
Venstre'' MPs joined it.
In 1939 the name was changed to Farmers' Party.
The new name was inspired by agrarian parties in other Nordic countries, such as the
Farmers' League
Farmers' League (german: Bund der Landwirte, BdL, cs, Německý svaz zemědělců) was an ethnic German agrarian political party in Czechoslovakia. Ideologically the party was moderately conservative, having its base in the Sudetenland countr ...
in Sweden.
In May 1940 the party, LS and
DNSAP formed an alliance, and tried to topple the coalition government. In the June 1939 election the groups created a common front, and worked for the creation of a
National Socialist
Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ...
constitution. During the war and occupation, the political support for the party dwindled, especially after 29 August 1943. The party became politically isolated. It did not contest the 1945 election.
In 1948 Axel Hartel, former MP of the party, was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, the harshest punishment for political collaboration meted out after the war.
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See also
*Nordic agrarian parties The Nordic agrarian parties, also referred to as Nordic Centre parties, Scandinavian agrarian parties or Agrarian Liberal parties are agrarian political parties that belong to a political tradition particular to the Nordic countries. Positioning th ...
References
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Party programmes 1934–1941
1934 establishments in Denmark
Defunct political parties in Denmark
Nordic agrarian parties
Political parties in Denmark
Political parties established in 1934
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
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