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
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
Left-conservatism is an ideology that encompasses a range of political stances that combine left-wing economics with social conservatism. Left-conservatism is sometimes referred to as socialist conser
Social Democrats (Denmark)
…advocating detaining asylum seekers offshore and establishing facilities in North African countries instead. Since then, the party is described as a "left conservative" social democratic party that "places itself to the left on issues related to welfare and redistribution, and right on cultural and value‐related…
Sahra Wagenknecht speaking at a BSW electoral campaign event, 2024
Maurice Glasman, founder of the Blue Labour faction