Thorvald August Marinus Stauning was the first social democratic Prime Minister of Denmark. He served as Prime Minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 1942.
Stauning in 1927
Stauning addresses the Rigsdagen in Christiansborg Palace on 9 April 1940
Stauning's election poster for the 1935 general election: "Stauning or Chaos – Vote Social Democrat!"
Social Democrats (Denmark)
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.