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Social Democrats (Denmark)

Social Democrats
Socialdemokratiet
AbbreviationS
A[a]
ChairpersonMette Frederiksen
Deputy chairsLennart Damsbo-Andersen
Christian Rabjerg Madsen
Founded15 October 1871 (1871-10-15)
HeadquartersVester Voldgade 96 1552, Copenhagen
NewspaperSocialdemokraten
Student wingFrit Forum – Social Democratic Students of Denmark
Youth wingSocial Democratic Youth of Denmark
Membership (2020)32,137[1]
IdeologySocial democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left[A][2]
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Nordic affiliationSAMAK
The Social Democratic Group
Colours  Red
AnthemNår jeg ser et rødt flag smælde[3]
('When I See a Red Flag Billow')
Folketing
50 / 179[b]
European Parliament
3 / 14
Regions[4]
64 / 205
Municipalities[5]
756 / 2,436
Mayors
44 / 98
Election symbol
Website
socialdemokratiet.dk
^ A: The party has also been described as left-conservative,[6] given its more conservative stances on some socio-cultural issues.[7]
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The Social Democrats (Danish: Socialdemokratiet, pronounced [soˈɕɛˀlte̝moˌkʰʁɑˀtɪət], lit. 'The Social Democracy', S) is a social democratic[8][9] political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists, the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish parliament (following the latest Danish general election held in 2022), Folketing, and three out of fourteen MEPs elected from Denmark.

Founded by Louis Pio in 1871, the party first entered the Folketing in the 1884 Danish Folketing election. By the early 20th century, it had become the party with the largest representation in the Folketing, a distinction it would hold for 77 years. It first formed a government after the 1924 Danish Folketing election under Thorvald Stauning, the longest-serving Danish Prime Minister of the 20th century. During Stauning's government which lasted until the 1926 Danish Folketing election, the Social Democrats exerted a profound influence on Danish society, laying the foundation of the Danish welfare state. From 2002 to 2016, the party used the name Socialdemokraterne in some contexts.[10][11] The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International from 1923 to 1940. A member of the Socialist International until 2017, the party withdrew to join the Progressive Alliance, founded in 2013.

The party was the major coalition partner in government from the 2011 Danish general election until the 2015 Danish general election, with then-party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt as Prime Minister. After losing power in the 2015 election, Thorning-Schmidt was succeeded as party leader on 28 June 2015 by the former Vice Leader Mette Frederiksen, who shifted the party back to the political left on economics, while criticising mass immigration.[12][13] Frederiksen led the party to win the 2019 and 2022 Danish general election, forming a single-party minority government from 2019 to 2022 and a majority grand-coalition government with the centre-right Venstre and the centrist Moderates since 2022.


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  3. ^ "Oskar Hansen: "Naar jeg ser et rødt Flag smælde", 1923" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. ^ "AKVA3: Valg til regions råd efter område, parti og stemmer/kandidater/køn" (in Danish). Statistics Denmark. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  5. ^ "VALGK3: Valg til kommunale råd efter område, parti og stemmer/kandidater/køn". Statistics Denmark. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
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  8. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. ^ Merkel, Wolfgang; Petring, Alexander; Henkes, Christian; Egle, Christoph (2008). Social Democracy in Power: the capacity to reform. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-43820-9.
  10. ^ "Socialdemokratiet skifter navn". BT/Ritzau. 14 September 2002. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  11. ^ Lange, Lasse; Holsten, Erik (24 September 2016). "Socialdemokratiet laver lille navneændring". Altinget. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  12. ^ Orange, Richard (11 May 2018). "Mette Frederiksen: the anti-migrant left leader set to win power in Denmark". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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