Peder Hvelplund (born 8 September 1967 in

Ringkøbing Ringkøbing (older spelling ''Ringkjøbing'') is a town in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. It has a population of 9,894 (1 January 2022).

) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the

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for the Red-Green Alliance political party. 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 ...

Political career

Hvelplund ran in the

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but was not elected, receiving 423 votes. While not elected, this made him the Red-Green Alliance's primary substitute for the North Jutland constituency. Stine Brix was elected for the party in the constituency, and Hvelplund acted as substitute for her on two occasions: from 22 December 2018 to 7 May 2019 and from 29 March 2016 to 28 February 2017. Hvelplund was elected into parliament at the 2019 election, where he received 1,028 votes. During the

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the Red-Green Alliance made Hvelplund the spokesman of Corona-related issues.

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

References

Living people 1967 births People from Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hvelplund, Peder