Rikke Karlsson (born 29 April 1965) is a Danish politician and former

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(MEP) from

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. She is an

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, but she is a member of the

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. She is a former member of 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 ...

Rikke Karlsson leaves the Danish People's Party
(19 Oct 2015) Danmarks Radio. She is the niece of fellow Danish People's Party politician

Søren Espersen Søren Espersen (born 20 July 1953 in Svenstrup) is a Danish politician, journalist, and author, who was elected as a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party in 2005. He was also the party's foreign affairs spokesperson. and former ...

. She was elected to the

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(EP) in the 2014 EP election. She was a local politician in

Rebild Municipality Rebild municipality is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 628 km² and a total population of 28,753 (2008). On 1 January 2007 Rebild municipality was created as the result of ''Kom ...

and

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council 2009–2014Anders Holm Nielsen (23 May 2014
Rikke Karlsson: Fra Rebild til Bruxelles

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. Retrieved 6 June 2014 and has been a substitute to the Folketing Karlsson has

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and has worked as a social worker, teacher, leader of a school for children with special problems and in healthcare sector, including

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. Elected a member of the municipal council in Rebild in 2009, she was a critic of the municipal authorises in the Rebild-affair where a man had sexually abused nine children, also after concern had been raised to the municipality. Karlsson's involvement in the affair was in the beginning controversial.

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(27 May 2014
PORTRÆT: DF'eren der satte Rebild-lavinen i gang
Jyllandsposten. Retrieved 6 June 2014 The affair led to the resignation of four leaders in the municipality. A candidate to the Folketing in the 2011 election, she was elected first substitute to the parliament.Kender du dem? Disse tre DF'ere er på vej til Bruxelles
Danmarks Radio. Being a candidate to the European Parliament for the third time in 2014, she was in nominated in second spot at the party's list and was elected with 7,944

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. Karlsson lives in

Støvring Støvring is a town in Rebild municipality in Region Nordjylland in the geographic region of the Jutland peninsula known as ''Himmerland'' in northern Denmark. The town has a population of 9,089 (2022), and is one of the centres of industry and ret ...

and has three children.Rikke Karlsson
Dansk Folkeparti. Retrieved 6 June 2014 She is the niece of fellow Danish People's Party politician

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsson, Rikke 1965 births Living people Danish People's Party politicians Danish People's Party MEPs MEPs for Denmark 2014–2019 21st-century women MEPs for Denmark