Folketing
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The Folketing, also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Is
Martin Lidegaard & Mette Frederiksen
Christiansborg Palace, the location of the Folketing chamber since 1849
Bertel Haarder (V) making a speech
Social Democrats (Denmark)
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The Social Democrats is a social democratic political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists, the Social Democrats have 38 out of 179 members of the Folketing and three out of
Folketing
…Minister, was widely expected, but on 14 January the Conservative group in the Folketing unanimously elected Barfoed as their new political leader. The Social Democrats under the leadership of Helle Thorning-Schmidt have enjoyed continuing majorities in opinion polls since late 2009 and hope to form a centre-left…
Socialist pioneer Louis Pio, founder and first leader of the Social Democrats (1871–1872) and 1875–1877)
Thorvald Stauning, the party's first Prime Minister (1924–1926 and 1929–1942) on his 1935 Stauning or Chaos election poster
Social Democrats election poster for the October 1945 general election
Mette Frederiksen during a debate with Martin Lidegaard and Mona Juul in Nyborg, January 2026