Rosa Lund (born 4 December 1986, in

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

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for the

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(Danish: Enhedslisten) political party. She was elected at the

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, and previously sat in parliament from 2011 to 2015.

Education

Lund studied at the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

between 2009-2018 and has a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in law.

Political career

Lund was first elected into parliament at the 2011 election, where she received 1,150 votes. She ran again at the 2015 election, receiving 1,463 votes. Despite this being more votes than she received at the 2011 election, it wasn't enough for a parliamentary seat. This result led her to become the Red-Green Alliance's primary substitute in the Copenhagen constituency. She was called upon once during the term, acting as substitute for

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from 5 March 2018 to 28 February 2019. At the 2019 election, she received 3,653 and was elected directly into parliament.

Sentence

On October 6, 2007, Rosa Lund broke into a private property on Grøndalsvænge Allé in Copenhagen's North East in connection with the abolishment of the Youth House on Jagtvej 69. She was arrested by police and subsequently fined DKK 750 for illegal intrusion following Danish penal code's paragraph 26

When Rosa Lund as political education spokesman and MP for Red–Green Alliance in 2012 was interviewed to MetroXpress about the sentence she said: The legal spokesmen of The Conservative People's Party (Denmark), Conservative and

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 ...

called the remark respectively ”problematic” og ”unheard-of�

In February 2021

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( NB) asked in Parliament whether the quote to MetroXpress was still Rosa Lund's opinion. In response Rosa Lund replied "No
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References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Rosa 1986 births Living people Politicians from Copenhagen Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) politicians Women members of the Folketing 21st-century Danish women politicians Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Members of the Folketing 2022–2026