Kristian Pihl Lorentzen (born 19 May 1961 in Silkeborg) is a Danish politician and author, 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 Venstre political party. He was elected into parliament at 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 ...

Political career

Lorentzen sat in the municipal council of Kjellerup Municipality from 1993 to 2006. After 2006 the municipality was merged with

Gjern Gjern is a former railway town in central Denmark with a population of 1,398 (1 January 2022),Silkeborg and

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, municipalities to form the new Silkeborg Municipality. Lorentzen was first elected into parliament at the 2005 election and was reelected in

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. He was elected again in

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, where he received 9,488 personal votes. In

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he was reelected with 7,768 votes and in

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with 6,963 votes.

Honours and decorations

Order of the Dannebrog, Knight

Bibliography

*''Stop trafikal egoisme'' (2020, co-author) *''På sporet af Danmark ‒ Jernbanen før, nu og i fremtiden'' (2013) *''Hvor der er vilje, er der vej ‒ Transportpolitiske visioner for Danmark'' (2010)

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
1961 births Living people People from Silkeborg Venstre (Denmark) politicians Danish writers Danish municipal councillors Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 {{Denmark-politician-stub