This article lists political parties in Denmark.
Denmark has a multi-party system, with two or three major parties complemented by several other significant parties. The government typically consists of a major party in coalition with, or supported by, a number of smaller parties. No party has won an outright majority since 1903. All governments since then have either been one-party minority governments or coalitions between two or more parties.
The Ministry of Social Welfare registers and validates party names and the official party letters for all parties that participate in national elections. On ballots, the parties are sorted alphabetically by party letter.
Parties represented in the Folketing or the European ParliamentEdit
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Parties without Folketing or European Parliament representationEdit
| Election Symbol |
Party name | Recent results | Ideology | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folketing | European Parliament | Municipal | ||||
 N |
People's Movement against the EU Folkebevægelsen mod EU |
Did not run | 102,101 (3.7%) |
Did not run | Hard Euroscepticism Sovereignty Nonpartisan |
collective leadership |
G |
Vegan Party Veganerpartiet |
Did not exist | Did not exist | 0 / 2,436
|
Veganism Green politics Ecocentrism |
Lærke Lina Skovbjerg (Chairperson of the board of directors of the party) |
 S |
Schleswig Party Slesvigsk Parti Schleswigsche Partei |
Did not run | Did not run | 10 / 2,436
|
Regionalism German minority interests |
Carsten Leth Schmidt |
Marginal partiesEdit
Local partiesEdit
Defunct partiesEdit
Formerly representedEdit
| Party name | Symbol | Founded | Dissolved | Ideology | Representation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bjørnbakske Venstre | 1862 | 1877 | Antimilitarism Women's rights |
Folketing: 1870s | ||
| Capital's Venstre Hovedstadens Venstre |
V | 1947 | 1947 | Folketing: 1947[a] | ||
| Centre Democrats Centrum-Demokraterne |
D | 1973 | 2008 | Centrism Liberal conservatism |
Folketing: 1973–2001 | |
| Clear Venstre Rene Venstre |
1884 | 1897 | Folketing: 1887–1897 | |||
| Common Course Fælles Kurs |
P | 1986 | 2001 | Communism Euroskepticism Populism |
Folketing: 1987–1988 | |
| Farmers' Party Bondepartiet |
F | 1923 | 1945 | Agrarianism | Folketing: 1935–1945 Landsting: 1939–1945 | |
| Free Conservatives Frikonservative |
1902 | 1915 | Conservatism | Landsting: 1902–1915 | ||
| Free Democrats De Frie Demokrater |
1984 | 1986 | Folketing: 1984–1986 | |||
| Freedom 2000 Frihed 2000 |
1999 | 2001 | Right-wing populism Anti-Islam |
Folketing: 1999–2001[b] | ||
| Hansen's Venstre | Folketing: 1858–1861 | |||||
| Højre (1848–1866) Højre |
1848 | 1866 | Constituent assembly: 1848–1849 Folketing: 1849–1866 Landsting: 1849–1866 | |||
| Højre (1881–1915) Højre |
H | 1881 | 1915 | Folketing: 1881–1915 Landsting: 1882–1915 | ||
| Independent Party De Uafhængige |
U | 1953 | Classical liberalism Anti-elitism |
Folketing: 1960–1966 | ||
| Independent Venstre Uafhængigt Venstre |
Folketing: 1876–1879 | |||||
| Industry Party Erhvervspartiet |
Ep | 1918 | 1924 | Folketing: 1918–1924 | ||
| June Movement Juni Bevægelsen |
J | 1992 | 2009 | Euroskepticism | European Parliament: 1994–2009 | |
| Left Socialists Venstresocialisterne |
Y | 1967 | 2013 | Socialism Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism |
Folketing: 1968–1971, 1975–1984 | |
| Liberal Centre Liberalt Centrum |
L | 1965 | 1969 | Folketing: 1966–1968 | ||
| Mellempartiet | 1866 | Folketing: 1865–1870s | ||||
| Moderate Venstre Det Forhandlende Venstre |
F | 1877 | 1910 | Folketing: 1879–1910 Landsting: 1878–1910 | ||
| National Liberal Party De Nationalliberale |
1842 | 1882 | National liberalism | Constituent Assembly: 1948–1849 Folketing: 1849–1872, 1876–1881 Landsting: 1849–1882 | ||
| National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti |
N | 1930 | 1945 | Nazism Fascism |
Folketing: 1939–1945 | |
| National Venstre Nationale Venstre |
1870 | Folketing: 1865–1870 | ||||
| Peace Politics People's Party Fredspolitisk Folkeparti |
M | 1963 | Pacifism | Folketing: 1964 | ||
| People's Venstre Folkelige Venstre |
1866 | Folketing: 1865–1870 | ||||
| Society of the Friends of Peasants Bondevennernes Selskab |
1846 | 1872 | Agrarianism, liberalism | Constituent assembly: 1848–1849 Folketing: 1849–1860s Landstings: 1849–1860s | ||
| Tscherning's Venstre | Folketing: 1858–1872 | |||||
| United Venstre Det Forenede Venstre |
1870 | 1879 | Folketing: 1872–1879 Landsting: 1870s | |||
| Venstre of the Folketing Folketingets Venstre |
1895 | Folketing: 1879–1895 | ||||
| Venstre Reform Party Venstrereformpartiet |
1895 | 1910 | Folketing: 1898–1910 Landsting: 1898–1910 | |||
Marginal partiesEdit
See alsoEdit
NotesEdit
- ^ (split of Venstre that only existed to contest the 1947 Folketing election in order to exploit a peculiarity of the election law)
- ^ not registered as a party but represented in parliament as a parliamentary group
ReferencesEdit
- ^ The party's former name, "Socialdemokraterne", is still frequently used.