Mette Abildgaard Juulsager (born 12 October 1988 in Føvling at

Brædstrup Brædstrup is a former railway town in Jutland, Denmark at the railway between Horsens and Silkeborg which was closed in 1968. Until 1 January 2007 it was the municipal seat of the former Brædstrup Municipality and today, with a population of 3 ...

near

Horsens Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...

) 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 ...

and the group chairman of the Conservative People's Party. She was elected to Parliament at the 2015 general election. Mette Abildgaard has an MSS from

Roskilde University Roskilde University ( da, Roskilde Universitet, abbreviated RUC or RU) is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD ...

, Master of Social Science. She graduated from the university in June 2013. She has a background with PR and communications. Mette Abildgaard is married to Jens Jacob Abildgaard Juulsager.

Political career

Abildgaard first ran for a political office in the 2009 European Parliament election in Denmark. She received 14.996 votes, but did not get elected. She first ran for the Folketing in the 2011 Folketing election, where she received 1.717 personal votes. This was not enough for a seat in parliament. In the 2013 Danish local elections she ran for the regional council of the Capital Region of Denmark. With 10.262 she gained a seat in the council. In the 2015 Folketing election Abildgaard received 3.206 personal votes and gained a seat in the Folketing. She secured reelection in the 2019 Folketing election, receiving 9.101 votes.

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Living people 1988 births Conservative People's Party (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Women members of the Folketing 21st-century Danish women politicians People from Horsens Municipality Roskilde University alumni Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 {{Denmark-politician-stub