List of political parties in Denmark

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.^da

The

Ministry of the Interior and Housing 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Parties represented in the Folketing or the European Parliament

Election Symbol	Party name	Representation (2024)		Ideology	Leader
Election Symbol	Party name	Folketing (175/179 seats)	MEPs (14/705 seats)	Ideology	Leader
A	Social Democrats, Socialdemokratiet	50 / 179	3 / 14	Social democracy	Mette Frederiksen
V	Venstre, Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti (Left, Denmark's Liberal Party)	23 / 179	3 / 14	Conservative liberalism, Agrarianism (Nordic)	Troels Lund Poulsen
M	Moderates, Moderaterne	16 / 179	1 / 14	Liberalism	Lars Løkke Rasmussen
F	Green Left, Socialistisk Folkeparti (Socialist People's Party)	15 / 179	2 / 14	Green politics, Democratic socialism	Pia Olsen Dyhr
Æ	The Denmark Democrats, Danmarksdemokraterne or: Danmarksdemokraterne – Inger Støjberg (The Denmark Democrats – Inger Støjberg)	14 / 179	0 / 14	Right-wing populism	Inger Støjberg
I	Liberal Alliance, Liberal Alliance	14 / 179	0 / 14	Classical liberalism, Right-libertarianism	Alex Vanopslagh
C	Conservative People's Party, Det Konservative Folkeparti	10 / 179	1 / 14	Conservatism, Social conservatism, Liberal conservatism	Mona Juul
Ø	Red-Green Alliance , Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne (Unity List – The Red-Greens)	9 / 179	1 / 14	Euroscepticism	Collective leadership
B	Danish Social Liberal Party, Radikale Venstre (Radical Left)	7 / 179	2 / 14	Social liberalism	Martin Lidegaard
O	Danish People's Party, Dansk Folkeparti	7 / 179	1 / 14	Danish nationalism, National conservatism	Morten Messerschmidt
Å	The Alternative, Alternativet	6 / 179	0 / 14	Green politics	Franciska Rosenkilde
D	The New Right , Nye Borgerlige (The New Bourgeois)	3 / 179	0 / 14	Right-wing populism	Vacant
SP	Union Party (Faroe Islands) Unionist Party, Union Party (Faroe Islands) Sambandsflokkurin	1 / 179	0 / 14	Danish unionism	Bárður á Steig Nielsen
IA	Inuit Ataqatigiit Community of the People (Folkets Samfund)	1 / 179	0 / 14	Greenlandic independence, Democratic socialism, Environmentalism, Left-wing nationalism	Múte Bourup Egede
SIU	Siumut Forward (Fremad)	1 / 179	0 / 14	Social democracy, Greenlandic independence	Erik Jensen
JF	Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands) Javnaðarflokkurin	1 / 179	0 / 14	Danish unionism	Aksel V. Johannesen

Parties without Folketing or European Parliament representation

Election Symbol	Party name	Recent results			Ideology	Leader
Election Symbol	Party name	Folketing	European Parliament	Municipal	Ideology	Leader
K or KD	Christian Democrats, Kristendemokraterne	18,276 (0.5%)	did not run	11 / 2,436	Christian democracy, Environmentalism	Jeppe Hedaa
Q	Independent Greens, Frie Grønne or: Frie Grønne – Danmarks nye venstrefløjsparti (The Independent Greens – Denmark's New Left-Wing Party)	31,787 (0.9%)	did not exist	did not run	Green politics	Sikandar Siddique
N	People's Movement against the EU, Folkebevægelsen mod EU	did not run	102,101 (3.7%)	did not run	Hard Euroscepticism Sovereignty	Susanna Dyre-Greensite, collective leadership, collective management
S	Schleswig Party, Slesvigsk Parti Schleswigsche Partei	did not run	did not run	10 / 2,436	German minority interests	Rainer Naujeck

Minor parties

Party name		Party logo	Founded	Ideology	Leader
The Black Register Det Sorte Register		Party logo		2011	Tax Reform	Ole Eli Christiansen
CenterParty CenterPartiet	CP		2009	Centrism	Per Schultz-Knudsen
The Citizen List Borgerlisten	E		2018	Populism Reformism	Klaus Riskjær Pedersen
Communist Party Kommunistisk Parti (KP)			2006	Anti-revisionism	Lotte Rørtoft-Madsen
Communist Party in Denmark Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark (KPiD)	N		1990	Marxism-Leninism	Rikke G.F. Carlsson
Communist Party of Denmark, CPD Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti (DKP)	K or DKP		1919	Marxism-Leninism	Henrik Stamer Hedin
Puppet Party Dukkepartiet			2014	Big tent	Unspecified
Folkeringen Folkeringen			2016	Democratic Socialism	Steen D. Hartmann
Freedom List Frihedslisten	Æ		2021	Regionalism Humanism Civil libertarianism Vaccine hesitancy Liberalism	Flemming Blicher
Hard Line or Tight Course Stram Kurs	P		2017	Anti-immigration	Rasmus Paludan
National Party Nationalpartiet	N		2014	Centrism	Asif Ahmad, Kashif Ahmad, Aamer Ahmad
National Socialist Movement of Denmark Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Bevægelse, (DNSB)	DNSB		1991	Neo-Nazism	Esben Kristensen
People's Movement for Justice and Welfare Folkebevægelsen Ret- & Velfærd			2006	Individualism Social Individualism	Kristian Poul Herkild
People's Party JFK21 Folkepartiet JFK21, Folkepartiet - Jorden, Frihed, Kundskab	JFK21		2020	Liberalism Civil libertarianism Regionalism Humanism Vaccine hesitancy^[8]	Mads Palsvig^[9]^[10]
Pirate Party of Denmark Piratpartiet	P		2009	Pirate politics	Ole Husgaard
The Synthetic Party Det Syntetiske Parti	!		2022	Techno-populism Transhumanism Radical democracy	Leader Lars
United Democrats Forenede Demokrater			2013	Centre-left politics	Britta Johansson
Visions-Partiet Visions-Partiet			2002	Holism Spirituality Green politics	Fleming Nielsen, Benny Dyhr Thomsen
Volt Denmark Volt Europa, Volt Danmark			2018	European federalism	Kathrine Richter, Alexander Nielsen
We Local Democrats (Denmark) Vi Lokale Demokrater			2021	Localism
Workers' Communist Party Arbejderpartiet Kommunisterne			2000	Anti-Revisionism

Local parties

See List of regional and local political parties in Denmark

Defunct parties

Formerly represented

The following lists defunct partiet that were previously represented in national parliament, in either the Folketing, Landsting or European Parliament.^[11]

Party name		Founded	Dissolved	Ideology	Representation
Bjørnbakske Venstre, Bjørnbakkerne		1862	1877	Antimilitarism Women's rights	Folketing: 1870s
Capital's Venstre Hovedstadens Venstre	V	1947	1947		Folketing: 1947–1950
Centre Democrats Centrum-Demokraterne	D	1973	2008	Centrism Liberal conservatism	Folketing: 1973–2001 European Parliament: 1979–1994
Clear Venstre Rene Venstre		1884	1897	Liberalism	Folketing: 1887–1897
Common Course Fælles Kurs	P	1986	2001	Communism Euroscepticism Populism	Folketing: 1987–1988
Free Conservatives Frikonservative		1900	1915	Conservatism	Landsting: 1900–1915
Freedom 2000 Frihed 2000		1999	2001	Right-wing populism Anti-Islam	Folketing: 1999–2001^[a]
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		Anti-elitism	Folketing: 1960–1966
Independent Venstre Uafhængigt Venstre					Folketing: 1876–1879
Industry Party Erhvervspartiet	Ep	1918	1924	Populism	Folketing: 1918–1924
June Movement Juni Bevægelsen	J	1992	2009	Euroscepticism	European Parliament: 1994–2009
Left Socialists Venstresocialisterne	Y	1967	2013	Socialism Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism	Folketing: 1968–1971, 1975–1987
Liberal Centre Liberalt Centrum	L	1965	1969	Liberalism	Folketing: 1966–1968
Mellempartiet		1866	1876		Folketing: 1865–1870s
Moderate Venstre Det Forhandlende Venstre	F	1877	1910		Folketing: 1879–1910 Landsting: 1878–1910
National Cooperative of Denmark Nationalt Samvirke		1939	1939		Folketinget: 1939
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	Liberalism Economic liberalism	Folketing: 1865-1870
Peace Politics People's Party Fredspolitisk Folkeparti	M	1963	after 1971	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
The Center Party of Denmark Centerpartiet		1978	1979		Folketing: 1978–1979
The Moderates of Denmark De Moderate		1964	1977		Folketing: 1976–1979
Tscherning's Venstre					Folketing: 1858–1872
Venstre of the Folketing Folketingets Venstre			1895	Liberalism Conservative liberalism	Folketing: 1879–1895
Venstre Reform Party Venstrereformpartiet		1870	1910		Folketing: 1898–1910 Landsting: 1898–1910

Marginal parties

The following lists defunct parties that were never represented in national parliament.^[12]^[13]

Party name		Founded	Dissolved	Ideology
Folkeringen		2016		Democratic socialism
Fokus Miljøpartiet Fokus	M	2010	2015	Animals rights Animal welfare
Forward Fremad		2019	2020	Liberalism Classical liberalism Pro-Europeanism
The Greens of Denmark De Grønne		1983	2014	Ecology Local Democracy
The Independent Social Democracy of Denmark Det Uafhængige Socialdemokrati
The Minority Party of Denmark Minoritetspartiet	M	2005	2007	Humanism
Pensioners' Party Pensionistpartiet		1976	1980
Self-Governing Party Selvstyrepartiet		1926
Social Balance Social Balance			2012
Socialist Labor Policy Socialistisk Arbejderpolitik, SAP		1980	2014
Trivselspartiet Trivselspartiet		1990	1999
Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements Sammenslutning af Bevidst Arbejdssky Elementer		1979	1998	Political satire
Vegan Party / Green Alliance, Veganerpartiet / Grøn Alliance	G	2018	2022

Notes

^ not registered as a party but represented in parliament as a parliamentary group

References

^ "Overblik: Partierne i Danmark". 3 October 2022.
^ "Folketingsvalg 2022 | lex.dk".
^ "Kronologisk oversigt over godkendte partinavne pr. 21. December 2022".
^ "Meningsmåling | Få seneste meningsmåling Danmark | Politik".
^ "Dagsordenspunkt 2 – Tildeling af bogstavbetegnelser til godkendte kandidatlister" (PDF) (in Danish).
^ "Folketingsvalget 1973". danmarkshistorien.dk.
^ "Partigruppernes bogstaver". Folketinget. December 5, 2016.
^ "Partiprogram".
^ "VelstandsPartiet JFK21". jfk21.dk.
^ "Om JFK21".
^ "Partier". Folkevalgte.dk. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "Partibogstaver". Folkevalgte.dk. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "Tal og fakta om partier". Ft.dk. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

External links

NSD: European Election Database - Political parties of Denmark

[12] t registered as a party but represented in parliament as a parliamentary group

[1] "Overblik: Partierne i Danmark". 3 October 2022.

[2] "Folketingsvalg 2022 | lex.dk".

[3] "Kronologisk oversigt over godkendte partinavne pr. 21. December 2022".

[4] "Meningsmåling | Få seneste meningsmåling Danmark | Politik".

[5] "Dagsordenspunkt 2 – Tildeling af bogstavbetegnelser til godkendte kandidatlister" (PDF) (in Danish).

[auto-6] "Folketingsvalget 1973". danmarkshistorien.dk.

[7] "Partigruppernes bogstaver". Folketinget. December 5, 2016.

[8] "Partiprogram".

[9] "VelstandsPartiet JFK21". jfk21.dk.

[10] "Om JFK21".

[11] "Partier". Folkevalgte.dk. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[13] "Partibogstaver". Folkevalgte.dk. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[Fakta-14] "Tal og fakta om partier". Ft.dk. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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