Kirsten Brosbøl (born 14 December 1977 in

Odder Odder is a town in Jutland, Denmark. The town is the seat of Odder municipality, and is the biggest town in the municipality. It is located 20 km south of Aarhus and 16 km south-east of Skanderborg. Odder is part of Business Region Aar ...

) is a Danish politician. She represented the

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in the

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from 2005 to 2019, and served as Minister for the Environment from 2014 to 2015.

Political career

From 2001 to 2004, Brosbøl worked as a student assistant for the Social Democrats in the Folketing, and from 2004 to 2005 she worked as a political consultant for the Danish Social Democrats in the

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. She was first elected into parliament at the 2005 Danish general election with 5,479 votes. She sat in parliament until 2019. From 2014 to 2015 she served as Minister for the Environment.

Personal life

Kirsten Brosbøl was born in

, Denmark. Her father is bricklayer and shoemaker Lars Peter Brosbøl and her mother is nurse Bente Skødt Jensen. She studied mathematics at Odder Gymnasium. She has a cand.scient.soc. degree in sociology with a focus on international development from

Roskilde University Roskilde University (, 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 degrees in a wide variet ...

(1997–2005), and an MA in peace and conflict studies from the

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in the

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(2002–2003).

References

External links

on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brosbol, Kirsten 1977 births Living people Alumni of the University of Sussex People from Odder Municipality Government ministers of Denmark Ministers for the environment of Denmark Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Roskilde University alumni Women government ministers of Denmark Women members of the Folketing 21st-century Danish women politicians Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 20th-century Danish women