with a higher age limit than for the Folketing. During the next decades, law-making mainly took place in the Folketing, and the Landsting came to be regarded...
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Constitution of Denmark (section The Folketing)
and the Folketing. The most significant change in the Constitution of 1953 was the abolishment of the Landsting, leaving the unicameral Folketing. It also...
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support in the Folketing (the National Parliament). Since the beginning of the 20th century, no single party has held a majority in the Folketing so the prime...
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the Folketing is based on proportional representation of political parties, with a 2% electoral threshold. Denmark elects 175 members to the Folketing, with...
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legislatures and the Danish parliament (folketing). Greenland and the Faroe Islands have two members of the Danish folketing each, with full voting privileges...
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Social Democrats (Denmark) (section Folketing)
in 2022), Folketing, and three out of fourteen MEPs elected from Denmark. Founded by Louis Pio in 1871, the party first entered the Folketing in the 1884...
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This is a list of the 179 members of the Folketing in the 2022 session. They were elected at the 2022 Danish general election. Below is the distribution...
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The Danish Folketing election of 1920 may refer to: Danish Folketing election, 1920 (April) held on 26 April 1920 Danish Folketing election, 1920 (July)...
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Members of the Folketing (Danish: Folketingsmedlem, lit. 'Medlem af Folketinget') are members of the Danish parliament, known as the Folketing. The title...
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Mette Frederiksen (category Women members of the Folketing)
never had any employment outside politics. She was first elected to the Folketing in the 2001 general election, representing Copenhagen County. After the...
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Mogens Lykketoft (category Speakers of the Folketing)
an MP in the Folketing, bringing an end to his nearly 40-year tenure. In October 2009 he became member of "the Præsidium of the Folketing" (the unified...
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2015 Danish general election (redirect from Danish Folketing election, 2015)
the Kingdom of Denmark on 18 June 2015 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. 175 members were elected in the Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands...
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favor of a unicameral legislature under the name of the Folketing. The Rigsdag, like today's Folketing, sat in Christiansborg Palace in the centre of Copenhagen...
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Pia Kjærsgaard (category Speakers of the Folketing)
while still with the Progress Party, she secured her first seat in the Folketing (Danish parliament), representing the Copenhagen County constituency (10...
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Elections in Denmark (redirect from Next Folketing election)
types of elections in Denmark: elections to the national parliament (the Folketing), local elections (to municipal and regional councils), and elections...
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variously as the minister for immigration, housing and gender equality in the Folketing for the Venstre party before she was impeached for misconduct in office...
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Folketing elections were held alongside Landsting elections in Denmark on 30 October 1945, except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 20 November...
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The speaker of the Folketing (Danish: Folketingets formand) is the presiding officer of the Danish Parliament, Folketing. It was established on 3 January...
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Green Left (Denmark) (section Members of the Folketing)
Soviet-oriented communism, combining democracy with socialism. SF entered the Folketing in the 1960 Danish general election, while the DKP lost its seats. SF...
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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (category Members of the Folketing 1988–1990)
position as the largest party in the Folketing, a position they had held without interruption since the 1924 Folketing election. On election night Rasmussen...
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2022 Danish general election (category Folketing elections)
elected members of the Folketing must sign a declaration stating that they intend to comply with the Constitution, while the new Folketing must approve the...
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Sandra Skalvig (category Women members of the Folketing)
the Folketing for the Liberal Alliance. She was elected into the Folketing in the 2022 Danish general election. "Sandra Skalvig at The Folketing". Folketing...
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therefore won 6 out of 33 seats. In the 2011 election for the Danish Folketing, the party improved its vote share to 21.0%, and took one of the two Faroese...
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Bertel Haarder (category Members of the Folketing 1975–1977)
2021. Haarder was first elected to the Folketing (Parliament) in 1975. Until 1977 he was a member of the Folketing representing North Jutland County constituency...
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The Centre Democrats (Danish: Centrum-Demokraterne, CD) were a Danish political party. The party was formed in 1973 by Erhard Jakobsen, a former MP and...
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Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (category Women members of the Folketing)
Danish-Greenlandic Siumut politician who currently serves in the Folketing. She was elected to the Folketing during the 2019 Danish general election at the age of...
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elections, with about 5000 members, the party won three seats in the Folketing (parliament), corresponding to 1.8% of the popular vote. DNSAP supported...
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Søren Gade (category Members of the Folketing 2001–2005)
been Speaker of the Folketing since November 2022, representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He was a Liberal member of the Folketing from 2001 to 2019 and...
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1990 Danish general election (category Folketing elections)
54% in the Faroe Islands and 51% in Greenland. List of members of the Folketing, 1990–1994 Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A...
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