Danish Social Liberal PartyThe Danish Social Liberal Party (Danish: Radikale Venstre, RV, lit.'Radical Left') is a social-liberal and green-liberal political party in Denmark. The party was founded as a split from the Venstre Reform Party in 1905. Historically, the centrist to centre-left party has played a central role in Danish politics and has supported governments on both sides of the political spectrum, as co-operation is a primary belief of the party.
Moderate PartyThe Moderate Party (Swedish: Moderata samlingspartiet [mʊdɛˈrɑ̌ːta ˈsâmːlɪŋspaˌʈiːɛt] , lit. 'Moderate Coalition Party', M), commonly referred to as the Moderates (Swedish: Moderaterna [mʊdɛˈrɑ̌ːtɛɳa] ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liberalism. Globally, it is a full member of the International Democracy Union and the European People's Party.
Lars Løkke RasmussenLars Løkke RasmussenK.1 (Danish:; born 15 May 1964) is a Danish politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Leader of the Moderates since 2022. He previously served two non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister of Denmark between 2009 and 2011 and then again between 2015 and 2019, and as Leader of Venstre between 2009 and 2019. Rasmussen has been a member of the Folketing since 1994. He also served as County Mayor of Frederiksborg County from 1998 to 2001.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Danish: Udenrigsminister, Faroese: Uttanríkisráðharra, Greenlandic: Nunanut Allanut Ministeri) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. The officeholder is in charge of Danish (Denmark proper, the Faroe Islands and Greenland) foreign policy and international relations. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is former Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen.
Borgen (TV series)Borgen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpɒˀwn̩]) is a Danish political drama television series. Adam Price is the co-writer and developer of the series, together with Jeppe Gjervig Gram and Tobias Lindholm. The first three seasons were produced by the Danish public broadcaster DR, while season 4, Power & Glory, was produced by SAM Productions on behalf of DR, which previously produced The Killing. In Denmark, "Borgen" (lit.
Prime Minister of DenmarkThe prime minister of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks statsminister, literally "state minister"; Faroese: Forsætisráðharri, literally "minister-president"; Greenlandic: Ministeriuneq, literally "head minister") is the head of government in the Kingdom of Denmark comprising the three constituent countries: Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
CentrismPolitical alignment in the middle of the left–right political spectrum Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum. It is associated with moderate politics on the left-right spectrum, including people who strongly support moderate policies and people who are not strongly aligned with left-wing or right-wing policies.
2021 Danish local electionsLocal elections were held in 2021 for Denmark's 98 municipal councils and five regional councils. All 2,436 seats were contested for the 2022–2025 term of office, together with 205 seats in five regional councils. Frederiksberg Municipality had increased their number of councillors from 25 to 29.
DenmarkDenmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionallyunitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutlandpeninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands.
LiberalismPhilosophy of individual rights and liberty
Danish languageNorth Germanic languageDanish (endonym: danskpronounced, dansk sprog) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 5.5 million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, where it has minority language status.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.