Henrik Urban Brodersen (born 3 June 1964 in

Skælskør Skælskør () is a town in Zealand, Denmark. It is located in Slagelse Municipality. Until 2007 Skælskør was the seat of Skælskør Municipality. The town is located 17 km southwest of Slagelse and 12 km southeast of Korsør. Skæls ...

) is a Danish politician, who was 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

Danish People's Party The Danish People's Party ( da, Dansk Folkeparti, DPP/DF) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Denmark. It was formed in 1995 by former members of the Progress Party (FrP). The DPP lent its support to the Venstre– C ...

from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2019.

Political career

Brodersen sat in the municipal council of

Skælskør Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Skælskør Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former West Zealand County, on the southwestern coast of the island of Zealand, in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 170.02 km2, ...

from 2002 to 2006, where the municipality was merged with

Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Kalundborg and 14 km ...

, Hashøj and

Korsør Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Korsør Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former West Zealand County, on the southwestern coast of the island of Zealand, in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 74.25 km2, and h ...

to form a new

Slagelse Municipality Slagelse Municipality is a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in Region Zealand on the west coast of the island of Zealand (Danish: ''Sjælland'') in Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 571 km². The municipality borders Kalundborg ...

. Brodersen has been in the new Slagelse Municipality's municipal council since its foundation in 2007. From 2014 to 2015 he sat in the regional council of

Region Zealand Region Zealand ( da, Region Sjælland) is the southernmost administrative region of Denmark, established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regi ...

. Brodersen first entered parliament as a substitute member three times during the 2005–2007 term: from 1 March to 16 June 2005, 27 October to 4 November 2005 and 13 March to 28 May 2007. At the

2007 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 13 November 2007. The elections allowed prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to continue for a third term in a coalition government consisting of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party with parliam ...

he was elected into parliament on his own mandate. He was not reelected in

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, but was elected back in at the 2015 election. He was not reelected at the 2019 election.

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
Living people 1964 births People from Slagelse Municipality Danish People's Party politicians Danish municipal councillors Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 {{Denmark-politician-stub