Marie Krarup Soelberg (born 6 December 1965 in Seem near

Ribe Ribe () is a town in south-west Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,257 (2022). It is the seat of the Diocese of Ribe covering southwestern Jutland. Until 1 January 2007, Ribe was the seat of both a surrounding Ribe Municipality, municipali ...

) is a Danish politician, 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

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 ...

. She was elected into parliament in the

2011 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 15 September 2011 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. Of those 179, 175 members were elected in Denmark, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The incumbent centre-right coalition led by ...

Political career

Krarup was elected into parliament in the 2011 election, where she received 1,659 votes. This was enough for one of the Danish People's Party's levelling seats. She was reelected in

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, receiving 2,436 votes, winning a direct seat into parliament. She was elected again in

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, where she received 1,618 votes. She left the party in February 2022, following an internal dispute in the party about the recently elected chairman

Morten Messerschmidt Morten Messerschmidt (born 13 November 1980) is a Danish politician and current leader of the Danish People's Party. He was a elected Member of the Folketing at the 2019 Danish general election having previously served from 2005 to 2009. At the 2 ...

Bibliography

*''Ny kold krig - Marie Krarup taler med 17 eksperter fra øst til vest'' (2018)

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krarup, Marie Living people 1965 births People from Esbjerg Municipality Danish People's Party politicians Women members of the Folketing 21st-century Danish women politicians Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022