Orla Hav (born 3 April 1952 in

Nørresundby Nørresundby () is a city in Aalborg Municipality, north of Limfjorden, in Vendsyssel, in Denmark. The urban area has a population of 23,718 (1 January 2021). It is located just north of Aalborg, which lies south of Limfjorden. Statistically its ...

) 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 ...

for the

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political party. He was elected into parliament at the

2007 Danish general election General elections were held in Denmark on 13 November 2007. The elections allowed prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to continue for a third term in a coalition government consisting of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party with parliam ...

. He has previously acted as regional council chairman of the

North Jutland Region The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the tra ...

Personal life

Hav was born on 3 April 1952 in

, the son of Kristian Josefsen Hav and Lilly Hav. After graduation he continued his education in Aalborg College of Education from 1972 to 1976 to be a primary school teacher.

Political career

Throughout his life he was involved with various organisations. He has been an active member of the Social Democratic Party since 1965 and North Jutland's County Council since 1983. He was a Member of the Regional Council in North Denmark Region (2006-2007) and Chairman of the Preparatory Committee (2006). He contested the general election in 2007 and won in North Jutland constituency with 29,192 votes, fifth on the list of parliamentary candidates for most votes. Hav was reelected in the

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and

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elections.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hav, Orla 1952 births Living people People from Nørresundby Danish educators Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022