List of members of the Folketing, 2007–2011

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68th Folketing
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Term13 November 2007 — 15 September 2011
SpeakerV  Thor Pedersen
Prime MinisterV  Anders Fogh Rasmussen
V  Lars Løkke Rasmussen
CabinetFogh Rasmussen III
Lars Løkke Rasmussen I
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This is a list of the 179 members of the Parliament of Denmark, in the 2007 to 2011 session. They were elected at the 2007 general election.

Election results[]

Main article: 2007 Danish general election
Danish Parliament 2007.svg
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Denmark proper
Venstre 908,472 26.2 46 –6
Social Democrats 881,037 25.5 45 –2
Danish People's Party 479,532 13.9 25 +1
Socialist People's Party 450,975 13.0 23 +12
Conservative People's Party 359,404 10.4 18 ±0
Danish Social Liberal Party 177,161 5.1 9 –8
New Alliance 97,295 2.8 5 New
Red-Green Alliance 74,982 2.2 4 –2
Christian Democrats 30,013 0.9 0 ±0
Independents 549 0.0 0 ±0
Invalid/blank votes 24,113 – – –
Total 3,483,533 100 175 0
Faroe Islands
Republic 5,849 25.4 1 ±0
Union Party 5,414 23.5 1 +1
People's Party 4,728 20.5 0 –1
Social Democratic Party 4,702 20.4 0 ±0
Centre Party 1,573 6.8 0 ±0
Self-Government Party 799 3.5 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 149 – – –
Total 23,214 100 2 0
Greenland
Inuit Ataqatigiit 8,068 32.5 1 ±0
Siumut 8,068 32.5 1 ±0
Democrats 4,584 18.5 0 ±0
Atassut 4,094 16.5 0 ±0
Invalid/blank votes 500 – – –
Total 25,589 100 2 0
Source: Nohen & Stöver[1]

Seat distribution[]

Below is the distribution of the 179 seats as it appeared after the 2007 election, as well at the distribution at the end of the term.

On 27 August 2008 New Alliance changed their name to Liberal Alliance. All mentions of the party on this page will be under the name Liberal Alliance.[2]

Party Party leader Elected
seats 		End
seats 		Change
A Social Democrats Helle Thorning-Schmidt 45 45 Steady
B Social Liberal Party Margrethe Vestager 9 9 Steady
C Conservatives Lars Barfoed 18 17 Decrease 1
F Socialist People's Party Villy Søvndal 23 23 Steady
I Liberal Alliance Anders Samuelsen 5 4 Decrease 1
K Christian Democrats - 1 Increase 1
O Danish People's Party Pia Kjærsgaard 25 24 Decrease 1
V Liberals Lars Løkke Rasmussen 46 46 Steady
Ø Red-Green Alliance Collective leadership 4 4 Steady
TJ Republic Høgni Hoydal 1 1 Steady
SP Union Party Kaj Leo Johannesen 1 1 Steady
IA Community of the People Kuupik Kleist 1 1 Steady
SI Forward Aleqa Hammond 1 1 Steady
. Outside group - 2 Increase 2

Parliament members elected at the November 2007 election[]

Name Birth year Party Constituency
1964 A Social Democrats Zealand
Pia Adelsteen 1963 O Danish People's Party North Zealand
1960 F Socialist People's Party Greater Copenhagen
Yildiz Akdogan 1973 A Social Democrats Copenhagen
Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille 1977 B Social Liberal Party Zealand
1953 F Socialist People's Party East Jutland
1957 V Liberals East Jutland
1952 A Social Democrats Funen
Sophie Hæstorp Andersen 1974 A Social Democrats Greater Copenhagen
Christine Antorini 1965 A Social Democrats Copenhagen
Ida Auken 1978 F Socialist People's Party Copenhagen
Svend Auken 1943 A Social Democrats East Jutland
1975 F Socialist People's Party North Jutland
Line Barfod 1964 Ø Red-Green Alliance Zealand
Lars Barfoed 1957 C Conservatives North Zealand
Gitte Lillelund Bech 1969 V Liberals Greater Copenhagen
1966 C Conservatives East Jutland
Bendt Bendtsen 1954 C Conservatives Funen
Per Bisgaard 1955 V Liberals North Jutland
1967 A Social Democrats East Jutland
Liselott Blixt 1965 O Danish People's Party Zealand
1944 F Socialist People's Party Zealand
Erling Bonnesen 1955 V Liberals Funen
1949 F Socialist People's Party North Jutland
1950 O Danish People's Party Zealand
Henrik Brodersen 1964 O Danish People's Party Zealand
Kirsten Brosbøl 1977 A Social Democrats East Jutland
Morten Bødskov 1970 A Social Democrats Greater Copenhagen
Bent Bøgsted 1956 O Danish People's Party North Jutland
1952 F Socialist People's Party Funen
Mogens Camre 1936 O Danish People's Party South Jutland
Özlem Sara Cekic 1976 F Socialist People's Party Copenhagen
Carina Christensen 1972 C Conservatives South Jutland
1943 A Social Democrats North Jutland
Peter Christensen 1975 V Liberals South Jutland
1954 V Liberals Zealand
1966 V Liberals East Jutland
Kim Christiansen 1956 O Danish People's Party East Jutland
Pia Christmas-Møller 1961 C Conservatives North Zealand
1955 Ø Red-Green Alliance East Jutland
1946 B Social Liberal Party South Jutland
Jonas Dahl 1978 F Socialist People's Party East Jutland
Kristian Thulesen Dahl 1969 O Danish People's Party Funen
Lennart Damsbo-Andersen 1956 A Social Democrats Zealand
Karina Lorentzen Dehnhardt 1973 F Socialist People's Party South Jutland
Mikkel Dencker 1975 O Danish People's Party Greater Copenhagen
Jørn Dohrmann 1969 O Danish People's Party South Jutland
Lone Dybkjær 1940 B Social Liberal Party Copenhagen
Pia Olsen Dyhr 1971 F Socialist People's Party North Zealand
1977 C Conservatives Greater Copenhagen
Louise Schack Elholm 1977 V Liberals Zealand
Karen Ellemann 1969 V Liberals Greater Copenhagen
Benny Engelbrecht 1970 A Social Democrats South Jutland
Lene Espersen 1965 C Conservatives North Jutland
Søren Espersen 1953 O Danish People's Party Greater Copenhagen
1983 O Danish People's Party Zealand
Pernille Frahm 1954 F Socialist People's Party East Jutland
Claus Hjort Frederiksen 1947 V Liberals North Zealand
Mette Frederiksen 1977 A Social Democrats Greater Copenhagen
1945 F Socialist People's Party South Jutland
Søren Gade 1963 V Liberals West Jutland
Mette Gjerskov 1966 A Social Democrats Zealand
Carsten Hansen 1957 A Social Democrats Funen
1963 O Danish People's Party West Jutland
Eva Kjer Hansen 1964 V Liberals South Jutland
1948 A Social Democrats North Jutland
Torben Hansen 1965 A Social Democrats East Jutland
1983 O Danish People's Party North Zealand
Orla Hav 1952 A Social Democrats North Jutland
Connie Hedegaard 1960 C Conservatives Greater Copenhagen
Juliane Henningsen 1984 IA Community of the People Greenland
Martin Henriksen 1980 O Danish People's Party Copenhagen
Magnus Heunicke 1975 A Social Democrats Zealand
Britta Schall Holberg 1941 V Liberals Funen
1948 F Socialist People's Party Copenhagen
Birthe Rønn Hornbech 1943 V Liberals Zealand
Høgni Hoydal 1966 TJ Republic Faroe Islands
Rikke Hvilshøj 1970 V Liberals Copenhagen
Karen Hækkerup 1974 A Social Democrats Copenhagen
1943 A Social Democrats North Zealand
Nick Hækkerup 1968 A Social Democrats North Zealand
1971 A Social Democrats Zealand
1952 V Liberals Zealand
Karsten Hønge 1958 F Socialist People's Party Funen
Bertel Haarder 1944 V Liberals Greater Copenhagen
Marianne Jelved 1943 B Social Liberal Party North Jutland
Jacob Jensen 1973 V Liberals Zealand
Kristian Jensen 1971 V Liberals West Jutland
Leif Lahn Jensen 1967 A Social Democrats East Jutland
Michael Aastrup Jensen 1976 V Liberals East Jutland
Mogens Jensen 1963 A Social Democrats West Jutland
1984 F Socialist People's Party North Jutland
Thomas Jensen 1970 A Social Democrats West Jutland
Karen Jespersen 1947 V Liberals East Jutland
Edmund Joensen 1944 SP Union Party Faroe Islands
Lars-Emil Johansen 1946 SI Forward Greenland
1951 V Liberals North Jutland
Peter Juel-Jensen 1966 V Liberals Bornholm
1970 C Conservatives West Jutland
Naser Khader 1963 I Liberal Alliance Copenhagen
1958 C Conservatives Funen
1942 V Liberals West Jutland
Henriette Kjær 1966 C Conservatives East Jutland
Pia Kjærsgaard 1947 O Danish People's Party Zealand
1947 A Social Democrats South Jutland
1947 O Danish People's Party North Jutland
Jeppe Kofod 1974 A Social Democrats Bornholm
Astrid Krag 1982 F Socialist People's Party Zealand
Søren Krarup 1937 O Danish People's Party South Jutland
Henrik Dam Kristensen 1957 A Social Democrats East Jutland
1953 C Conservatives North Jutland
Jesper Langballe 1939 O Danish People's Party West Jutland
1951 V Liberals Zealand
Henrik Sass Larsen 1966 A Social Democrats Zealand
Karsten Lauritzen 1983 V Liberals North Jutland
Bjarne Laustsen 1953 A Social Democrats North Jutland
1960 C Conservatives South Jutland
Lars Christian Lilleholt 1965 V Liberals Funen
Kristian Pihl Lorentzen 1961 V Liberals West Jutland
1945 A Social Democrats West Jutland
Mogens Lykketoft 1946 A Social Democrats Greater Copenhagen
Sophie Løhde 1983 V Liberals North Zealand
1948 A Social Democrats East Jutland
Morten Messerschmidt 1980 O Danish People's Party East Jutland
Brian Mikkelsen 1966 C Conservatives Zealand
Flemming Møller Mortensen 1963 A Social Democrats North Jutland
1964 A Social Democrats South Jutland
1942 C Conservatives Zealand
1949 A Social Democrats North Zealand
Per Stig Møller 1942 C Conservatives Copenhagen
Tina Nedergaard 1969 V Liberals North Jutland
Holger K. Nielsen 1950 F Socialist People's Party Greater Copenhagen
Jakob Axel Nielsen 1967 C Conservatives North Jutland
1952 V Liberals Zealand
1966 O Danish People's Party South Jutland
Ellen Trane Nørby 1980 V Liberals South Jutland
John Dyrby Paulsen 1963 A Social Democrats Zealand
Thor Pedersen 1945 V Liberals North Zealand
Torsten Schack Pedersen 1976 V Liberals North Jutland
Jesper Petersen 1981 F Socialist People's Party South Jutland
Morten Helveg Petersen 1966 B Social Liberal Party Greater Copenhagen
Niels Helveg Petersen 1939 B Social Liberal Party Funen
1965 O Danish People's Party Funen
Søren Pind 1969 V Liberals Copenhagen
1965 O Danish People's Party North Jutland
1955 B Social Liberal Party West Jutland
1943 I Liberal Alliance South Jutland
Troels Lund Poulsen 1976 V Liberals East Jutland
Rasmus Prehn 1973 A Social Democrats North Jutland
Kamal Qureshi 1970 F Socialist People's Party Copenhagen
1984 A Social Democrats South Jutland
Anders Fogh Rasmussen 1953 V Liberals Zealand
Lars Løkke Rasmussen 1964 V Liberals North Zealand
1944 V Liberals South Jutland
Anders Samuelsen 1967 I Liberal Alliance East Jutland
Helge Sander 1950 V Liberals North Jutland
Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen 1984 Ø Red-Green Alliance Copenhagen
Hans Christian Schmidt 1953 V Liberals South Jutland
Gitte Seeberg 1960 I Liberal Alliance North Zealand
1949 A Social Democrats South Jutland
1950 A Social Democrats Funen
1971 C Conservatives Copenhagen
Hans Kristian Skibby 1969 O Danish People's Party East Jutlands
Julie Skovsby 1978 A Social Democrats Funen
Peter Skaarup 1964 O Danish People's Party Copenhagen
Ole Sohn 1954 A Social Democrats Zealand
Inger Støjberg 1973 V Liberals West Jutland
Villy Søvndal 1952 F Socialist People's Party South Jutland
1952 V Liberals South Jutland
Helle Thorning-Schmidt 1966 A Social Democrats Copenhagen
1943 F Socialist People's Party West Jutland
Ulla Tørnæs 1962 V Liberals South Jutland
1947 A Social Democrats West Jutland
1946 V Liberals East Jutland
Margrethe Vestager 1968 B Social Liberal Party North Zealand
1949 V Liberals South Jutland
Morten Østergaard 1976 B Social Liberal Party East Jutland
Frank Aaen 1951 Ø Red-Green Alliance Greater Copenhagen
Malou Aamund 1969 I Liberal Alliance North Zealand

Party and member changes after the November 2007 elections[]

Party changes[]

Below are all parliament members that have joined another party or become independent during the term.

Name Old party Constituency New party Date
Pia Christmas-Møller C Conservatives North Zealand . Independent 5 December 2007
Gitte Seeberg I Liberal Alliance North Zealand . Independent 29 January 2008
Malou Aamund I Liberal Alliance North Zealand V Liberals 6 February 2008
I Liberal Alliance South Jutland . Independent 23 June 2008
. Independent B Social Liberal Party 12 August 2008
Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille B Social Liberal Party Zealand . Independent 8 October 2008
. Independent I Liberal Alliance 16 June 2009
Naser Khader I Liberal Alliance Copenhagen . Independent 5 January 2009
. Independent C Conservatives 18 March 2009
O Danish People's Party West Jutland . Independent 18 January 2010
C Conservatives West Jutland . Independent 19 May 2010
. Independent K Christian Democrats 21 June 2010

Lasting member changes[]

Below are member changes that lasted through the entire term.

Replacement Birth year Party Constituency Replaced MP Date Reason
1973 O Danish People's Party South Jutland Mogens Camre 15 November 2007 Camre resigned his seat.
1949 V Liberals Copenhagen Rikke Hvilshøj 17 August 2008 Hvilshøj resigned her seat.
Villum Christensen 1954 I Liberal Alliance North Zealand Gitte Seeberg 1 September 2008 Seeberg resigned her seat.
René Christensen 1970 O Danish People's Party Zealand 9 October 2008 Falkenberg resigned her seat.
1950 V Liberals Zealand Anders Fogh Rasmussen 21 April 2009 Rasmussen resigned his seat.
1945 C Conservatives Funen Bendt Bendtsen 18 June 2009 Bendtsen resigned his seat.
1944 O Danish People's Party East Jutland Morten Messerschmidt 19 June 2009 Messerschmidt resigned his seat.
1982 A Social Democrats East Jutland Svend Auken 5 August 2009 Auken passed away.
1981 B Social Liberal Party Greater Copenhagen Morten Helveg Petersen 1 September 2009 Petersen resigned his seat.
1958 A Social Democrats Zealand 1 January 2010 Adelskov resigned his seat.
1966 A Social Democrats North Jutland 1 January 2010 Hanses resigned her seat.
1954 C Conservatives North Jutland 1 January 2010 Kristensen resigned his seat.
Henrik Rasmussen 1971 C Conservatives Greater Copenhagen Connie Hedegaard 4 January 2010 Hedegaard resigned her seat.
Mads Rørvig 1985 V Liberals West Jutland Søren Gade 24 February 2010 Gade resigned his seat.
Rasmus Jarlov 1977 C Conservatives Greater Copenhagen Henrik Rasmussen 1 September 2010 Rasmussen resigned his seat.
1960 F Socialist People's Party Zealand 11 September 2010 Bonne passed away.
1982 C Conservatives North Jutland Jakob Axel Nielsen 1 November 2010 Nielsen resigned his seat.
Niels Høiby 1941 I Liberal Alliance North Zealand Malou Aamund 5 June 2011 Aamund resigned her seat.

Temporary member changes[]

Below are temporary member replacements during the term.

Replacement Birth year Party Constituency Replaced MP Start End Length
Henrik Rasmussen 1971 C Conservatives Greater Copenhagen 29 November 2007 26 March 2008 127 days
Kaj Leo Johannesen 1964 SP Union Party Faroe Islands Edmund Joensen 4 December 2007 14 December 2007 10 days
1950 V Liberals Zealand 8 January 2008 1 April 2008 84 days
René Christensen 1970 O Danish People's Party Zealand 10 January 2008 8 October 2008 272 days
1958 A Social Democrats Zealand Magnus Heunicke 10 January 2008 29 February 2008 50 days
Torben Lund 1948 F Socialist People's Party Copenhagen Özlem Sara Cekic 10 January 2008 8 October 2008 272 days
1961 Ø Red-Green Alliance Zealand Line Barfod 15 January 2008 28 January 2008 13 days
1984 V Liberals North Jutland Torsten Schack Pedersen 22 January 2008 28 January 2008 6 days
Sjúrður Skaale 1967 TJ Republic Faroe Islands Høgni Hoydal 19 February 2008 8 September 2008 202 days
1984 V Liberals North Jutland Torsten Schack Pedersen 1 April 2008 30 April 2008 29 days
1978 F Socialist People's Party East Jutland Pernille Frahm 13 April 2008 19 April 2008 6 days
Annita á Fríðriksmørk 1968 TJ Republic Faroe Islands Høgni Hoydal 9 September 2008 24 October 2008 45 days
1976 A Social Democrats Greater Copenhagen Sophie Hæstorp Andersen 7 October 2008 31 March 2009 175 days
1978 F Socialist People's Party West Jutland 9 October 2008 6 November 2008 28 days
1970 V Liberals East Jutland Michael Aastrup Jensen 29 October 2008 19 November 2008 21 days
1940 O Danish People's Party Copenhagen Martin Henriksen 29 October 2008 19 November 2008 21 days
1972 A Social Democrats North Zealand 29 October 2008 20 November 2008 22 days
Troels Ravn 1961 A Social Democrats South Jutland 29 October 2008 20 November 2008 22 days
Annette Vilhelmsen 1959 F Socialist People's Party Funen 29 October 2008 19 December 2008 51 days
1984 V Liberals North Jutland Karsten Lauritzen 31 October 2008 14 November 2008 14 days
1957 A Social Democrats Funen Julie Skovsby 3 November 2008 31 August 2009 301 days
Dennis Flydtkjær 1978 O Danish People's Party West Jutland 20 November 2008 31 January 2010 437 days
1960 F Socialist People's Party Zealand Astrid Krag 2 February 2009 31 January 2010 363 days
1958 A Social Democrats Zealand Mette Gjerskov 10 March 2009 23 March 2009 13 days
1966 A Social Democrats North Jutland Rasmus Prehn 24 March 2009 20 April 2009 27 days
1969 F Socialist People's Party Copenhagen Ida Auken 14 April 2009 29 May 2009 45 days
1966 A Social Democrats North Jutland Orla Hav 21 April 2009 29 May 2009 38 days
Annette Vilhelmsen 1959 F Socialist People's Party Funen Karsten Hønge 14 May 2009 18 June 2009 35 days
Doris Jakobsen 1978 SI Forward Greenland Lars-Emil Johansen 8 October 2009 30 November 2009 53 days
1972 A Social Democrats North Zealand 28 October 2009 16 November 2009 19 days
Mads Rørvig 1985 V Liberals West Jutland Kristian Pihl Lorentzen 28 October 2009 18 November 2009 21 days
1978 F Socialist People's Party East Jutland Pernille Frahm 28 October 2009 18 November 2009 21 days
1982 O Danish People's Party West Jutland Jesper Langballe 28 October 2009 19 November 2009 22 days
1962 C Conservatives East Jutland Henriette Kjær 28 October 2009 19 November 2009 22 days
1960 A Social Democrats West Jutland Mogens Jensen 29 October 2009 19 November 2009 21 days
1966 A Social Democrats North Jutland Rasmus Prehn 24 November 2009 18 December 2009 24 days
Henrik Rasmussen 1971 C Conservatives Greater Copenhagen 1 December 2009 3 January 2010 33 days
Rasmus Jarlov 1977 C Conservatives Greater Copenhagen 12 January 2010 31 August 2010 231 days
1961 IA Community of the People Greenland Juliane Henningsen 12 January 2010 4 October 2010 265 days
1958 V Liberals East Jutland Karen Jespersen 12 January 2010 30 April 2010 108 days
1948 C Conservatives West Jutland 11 February 2010 18 April 2010 66 days
1961 F Socialist People's Party East Jutland Jonas Dahl 11 February 2010 5 March 2010 22 days
1948 O Danish People's Party East Jutlands Hans Kristian Skibby 1 March 2010 7 March 2010 6 days
1957 B Social Liberal Party West Jutland 6 April 2010 9 May 2010 33 days
1957 V Liberals Zealand Louise Schack Elholm 3 May 2010 2 July 2010 60 days
1973 V Liberals Greater Copenhagen Gitte Lillelund Bech 10 June 2010 16 June 2010 6 days
1957 V Liberals Zealand Louise Schack Elholm 7 September 2010 17 December 2010 101 days
1956 C Conservatives Greater Copenhagen 7 September 2010 30 November 2010 84 days
1985 F Socialist People's Party North Jutland 5 October 2010 17 December 2010 73 days
1979 F Socialist People's Party South Jutland Jesper Petersen 14 October 2010 21 January 2011 99 days
1956 A Social Democrats East Jutland Kirsten Brosbøl 26 October 2010 28 August 2011 306 days
1951 V Liberals North Jutland Per Bisgaard 27 October 2010 18 November 2010 22 days
1958 F Socialist People's Party Greater Copenhagen 27 October 2010 18 November 2010 22 days
1957 B Social Liberal Party West Jutland 27 October 2010 18 November 2010 22 days
1958 A Social Democrats North Jutland Flemming Møller Mortensen 27 October 2010 18 November 2010 22 days
1958 V Liberals East Jutland 27 October 2010 18 November 2010 22 days
Manu Sareen 1967 B Social Liberal Party Copenhagen Lone Dybkjær 1 January 2011 15 April 2011 104 days
1969 F Socialist People's Party Copenhagen Ida Auken 10 January 2011 1 June 2011 142 days
1960 A Social Democrats Bornholm Jeppe Kofod 25 January 2011 11 February 2011 17 days
Kenneth Kristensen Berth 1977 O Danish People's Party Greater Copenhagen Søren Espersen 22 February 2011 6 March 2011 12 days
1976 B Social Liberal Party Greater Copenhagen 17 March 2011 6 April 2011 20 days
1976 B Social Liberal Party Greater Copenhagen 1 August 2011 28 August 2011 27 days

References[]

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  2. ^ Politiken.dk "Nu dropper Ny Alliance også navnet" Retrieved 15 January 2021
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