Kim Christiansen (born 14 September 1956 in

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 ...

) is a Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party from 2005 to 2019.

Political career

Christiansen was a member of

Mariager Municipality Until 1 January 2007 Mariager municipality was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Aarhus County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 201 km², and had a total population of 8,300 ( ...

from 2001 to 2006, where most of the municipality was merged with

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, Hobro and parts of

Aalestrup Aalestrup is a town in Vesthimmerland Municipality with a population of 2,780 (1 January 2022) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark. Facilities Aalestrup School has 294 students, divided into 0.-6. Class stage, as well as the SFO Kvisten. After grade ...

and

Nørager Municipality Nørager Municipality is a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The former Nørager municipality covered an area of 168 km², and had a total population of 5,565 (2005). Its la ...

. In this new merged municipality, named

Mariagerfjord Municipality Mariagerfjord is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.63 km² (2011) and a has a population of 42,093 (2014). On 1 January 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality was created as the res ...

, Christiansen sat in the municipal council from 2006 to 2011. He was first elected into national parliament in the

2005 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 8 February 2005.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p525 Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Venstre remained the largest party in the Folketing and his go ...

, and reelected in

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and

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. In the 2019 election, he received 1,156 votes, but the Danish People's Party lost 21 seats, including Christiansen's.

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
Living people 1956 births People from Slagelse Danish People's Party politicians Danish municipal councillors Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 {{Denmark-politician-stub