Svend Auken
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Svend Gunnarsen Auken was a Danish politician. He represented the Social Democrats as a member of the Danish parliament (Folketinget) from 1971 until his death.
Svend Auken, 1998
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 (PES), the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish parliament, Folketing, and three out of fourteen MEPs elected from Denmark.
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.
Current chairperson of the Social Democrats and Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen.