Søren Espersen (born 20 July 1953 in Svenstrup) is a Danish politician, journalist, and author, who was elected as 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

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 ...

in 2005. He was also the party's foreign affairs spokesperson. and former chairman of Udenrigspolitisk Nævn. In 2022, he switched affiliation to the

Denmark Democrats The Denmark Democrats ( da, Danmarksdemokraterne), officially DanmarksdemokraterneInger Støjberg, is a Danish political party founded in June 2022 by Inger Støjberg. In the 2022 election, the Denmark Democrats won 14 seats, thereby making them ...

and was re-elected to the Folketing.

Political career

Espersen was a candidate for the Progress Party from 1992-1995. Espersen was first elected into parliament at the 2005 Danish general election. He was reelected in the 2007 election. He was elected again in

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with 6,358 votes, in

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with 14,482 votes and in

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with 5,930 votes. In an interview with a Danish television station in 2017, Søren Espersen expressed that he would consider a connection between southern

Schleswig The Duchy of Schleswig ( da, Hertugdømmet Slesvig; german: Herzogtum Schleswig; nds, Hartogdom Sleswig; frr, Härtochduum Slaswik) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km ...

and Denmark to be desirable, with the Danish-German border being relocated to the

Eider Eiders () are large seaducks in the genus ''Somateria''. The three extant species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. The down feathers of eider ducks, and some other ducks and geese, are used to fill pillows and quilt ...

Bibliography

*''Israels selvstændighedskrig – og de danske frivillige'' (2007) *''Valdemar Rørdam ‒ Nationalskjald og Landsforræder'' (2003) *''Danmarks fremtid – dit land, dit valg…'' (2001, co-author)

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* 1953 births Living people People from Aalborg Municipality Danish writers Danish People's Party 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 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Denmark Democrats politicians Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 {{Denmark-politician-stub