List of Speakers of the Folketing

Speaker of the Folketing
Logo of the Folketing
Incumbent
Pia Kjærsgaard
since 3 July 2015
Parliament of Denmark
Style Mister Speaker/Madam Speaker
Reports to Monarch of Denmark
Residence Christiansborg
Seat Copenhagen, Denmark
Nominator Prime Minister of Denmark
Appointer Elected by the Parliament
Term length One year
Constituting instrument Constitution of Denmark
Formation 30 January 1850
First holder Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ
Website http://www.ft.dk

The position of Speaker (Danish: Formand) of the Folketing (the Danish Parliament) was created in 1850.

List of Speakers of the Danish Parliament

Below is a list of office-holders:[1][2][3]

FromToSpeaker of the FolketingLifespan
30 January 18503 August 1852Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, NL1812–1893
4 October 185212 June 1853Johan Nicolai Madvig, NL1804–1886
13 June 18532 December 1859Carl Edvard Rotwitt, BV1812–1860
3 December 18592 December 1870Laurids Nørgaard Bregendahl, NL1811–1872
3 December 187030 September 1883Christopher Krabbe, V1833–1913
1 October 18832 October 1887[note 1]Christen Berg, V1829–1891
3 October 188716 December 1894Sofus Høgsbro, V1822–1902
17 December 189416 April 1895Rasmus Claussen, V1835–1905
17 April 18954 October 1901Sofus Høgsbro, V1822–1902
5 October 190130 January 1905Herman Trier, V1845–1925
31 January 190514 March 1912Anders Thomsen, V1842–1920
15 March 191213 June 1913Jens Christian Christensen, V1856–1930
14 June 191329 March 1922Niels Pedersen-Nyskov, V1850–1922
7 April 192210 April 1924Jørgen Jensen-Klejs, V1863–1947
30 April 192424 November 1932Hans Peter Hansen, S1872–1953
30 November 19321 May 1933Gerhard Nielsen, S1871–1933
9 May 193330 October 1945Hans Rasmussen, S1873–1949
22 November 194522 February 1950Julius Bomholt, S1896–1969
23 February 195022 September 1964Gustav Pedersen, S1893–1975
6 October 196422 January 1968Julius Bomholt, S1896–1969
6 February 196830 September 1978Karl Skytte, B1908–1986
3 October 19788 December 1981Knud Børge Andersen, S1914–1984
22 December 198110 January 1989Svend Jakobsen, Sb. 1935
10 January 19893 October 1989Erik Ninn-Hansen, C1922-2014
3 October 198915 January 1993H. P. Clausen, C1928–1998
27 January 19935 October 1994Henning Rasmussen, S1926–1997
5 October 199411 March 1998Erling Olsen, S1927–2011
26 March 199811 March 2003†[note 2]Ivar Hansen, V1938–2003
18 March 200313 November 2007Christian Mejdahl, Vb. 1939
28 November 20074 October 2011Thor Pedersen, Vb. 1945
4 October 20113 July 2015Mogens Lykketoft, Sb. 1946
3 July 2015IncumbentPia Kjærsgaard, DFb. 1947

See also

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Sofus Høgsbro, V was acting speaker from 25 January to 24 July 1886
  2. ↑ Ivar Hansen died in office. His successor was not appointed immediately, and in the meantime Svend Auken, S was acting speaker.
Footnotes
  1. ↑ Bomholt, Jul.; Fabricius, Knud; Hjelholt, Holger; Mackeprang, M.; Møller, Andr. (1953). "Rigsdagens formænd 1848–1949". Den danske rigsdag 1849–1949 bind VI (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlag. p. 491.
  2. ↑ Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A-Å (in Danish). Aschehoug. p. 770. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.
  3. ↑ "Folketingets formænd siden 1933" (in Danish). Folketinget. Retrieved 18 May 2007.

Sources

  • Rulers.org
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