Kristian Würtz Hegaard (born 18 January 1991 in

Frederiksberg Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is formally an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the City of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of ...

) 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 Social Liberal Party The Danish Social Liberal Party ( da, Radikale Venstre, , Radical Left) is a social-liberal political party in Denmark. The party was founded as a split from the Venstre Reform Party in 1905. Historically, the centrist party has played a centra ...

. He was elected into parliament at 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 ...

and the municipal council of

Fredensborg Municipality Fredensborg Kommune is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region). The municipality covers an area of 112.13 km2 and has a total population of 39,551 (as of 1 April 2014). Its mayor, since 2010, is Thomas L ...

in 2010. He resigned both seats in August 2021 due to self-admitted offensive behavior.

Political career

Hegaard became the first proper member of the Folketing to be a wheelchair user. He was the second temporary Folketing member to be a wheelchair user, after Sarah Glerup. He was the substitute member for

Martin Lidegaard Martin Lidegaard (born 12 December 1966 in Copenhagen) is a Danish politician who since 2022 has been political leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party, Social Liberal Party. He was Foreign Minister of Denmark, Denmark's Foreign Minister in the ...

from 18 April 2017 to 1 July 2017. In the 2019 general election Hegaard received 1,945 votes and was elected into parliament. Hegaard was elected into the municipal council of

in 2010. In August 2021 Hegaard resigned his seats in the parliament and in the municipal council due to self-admitted offensive behavior while drunk at a party. Christina Thorholm took over his seat in parliament.

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

References

Living people 1991 births People from Frederiksberg Municipality Danish municipal councillors Danish people with disabilities Danish Social Liberal Party politicians Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 {{Denmark-politician-stub