List of 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.

This article lists political parties in Denmark.

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 Parliament

Party letter	Party name	Representation (2019)		Ideology	Leader
Party letter	Party name	Folketing	European Parliament	Ideology	Leader
A	Social Democrats Socialdemokraterne[1]	48 / 179	3 / 14	Social democracy	Mette Frederiksen
V	Venstre Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti (Left, Denmark's Liberal Party)	43 / 179	4 / 14	Conservative liberalism Agrarianism (Nordic) Economic liberalism	Jakob Ellemann-Jensen
O	Danish People's Party Dansk Folkeparti	16 / 179	1 / 14	Danish nationalism National conservatism Social conservatism	Kristian Thulesen Dahl
B	Danish Social Liberal Party Det Radikale Venstre (The Radical Left)	16 / 179	2 / 14	Social liberalism Radical centrism Pro-Europeanism	Morten Østergaard
F	Socialist People's Party Socialistisk Folkeparti	15 / 179	2 / 14	Green politics Socialism Popular socialism	Pia Olsen Dyhr
Ø	Red-Green Alliance Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne (Unity List – The Red-Greens)	13 / 179	1 / 14	Socialism Eco-socialism Anti-capitalism	Collective leadership
C	Conservative People's Party Det Konservative Folkeparti	12 / 179	1 / 14	Conservatism Liberal conservatism Green conservatism	Søren Pape Poulsen
D	The New Right Nye Borgerlige	4 / 179	0 / 14	Conservatism National conservatism Economic liberalism	Pernille Vermund
I	Liberal Alliance Liberal Alliance	3 / 179	0 / 14	Liberalism Libertarianism Classical liberalism	Alex Vanopslagh
Å	The Alternative Alternativet	1 / 179	0 / 14	Green politics Progressivism Pro-Europeanism	Josephine Fock
	Independents	4 / 179	0 / 14	N/A	N/A

Parties without Folketing or European Parliament representation

Party letter	Party name	Recent results			Ideology	Leader
Party letter	Party name	Folketing	European Parliament	Municipal	Ideology	Leader
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
P	Hard Line Stram Kurs	63,114 (1.8%)	Did not run	0 / 2,432	Ethnonationalism Identitarianism Right-wing populism	Rasmus Paludan
K	Christian Democrats Kristendemokraterne	60,944 (1.7%)	Did not run	9 / 2,432	Christian democracy Social conservatism Environmentalism	Isabella Arendt
E	Klaus Riskær Pedersen Klaus Riskær Pedersen	29,600 (0.8%)	Did not run	Did not exist	Populism Paternalistic conservatism Social liberalism	Klaus Riskær Pedersen
S	Schleswig Party Slesvigsk Parti Schleswigsche Partei	Did not run	Did not run	10 / 2,432	Regionalism	Carsten Leth Schmidt

Regional parties

See List of regional and local political parties in Denmark.

Marginal parties

CenterParty (CenterPartiet).
Communist Party (Denmark) (Kommunistisk Parti)
Communist Party in Denmark (Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark)
Communist Party of Denmark (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti). Last represented by themselves in the 1977-1979 Folketing. Now part of Red-Green Alliance.
Danish Unity (Dansk Samling)
Dukkepartiet.
Folkeringen. Created 2016.
Friends of the Schiller Institute (Schiller-Instituttets Venner). Only runs for local elections.
Independent Party (De Uafhængige). Last represented in the Folketing 1973-1974.
Justice Party of Denmark (Retsforbundet). Last represented in the 1979-1981 Folketing.
Lower Taxes and Fees (Lavere Skatter og Afgifter).
National Party (Nationalpartiet). Created 2014.
National Socialist Movement of Denmark (Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Bevægelse). Never represented in either Folketing or European Parliament. Considers itself the heir of the DNSAP which was last represented in the 1943 Folketing.
Pirate Party (Piratpartiet).
Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet). Last represented in the 1998-2001 Folketing.
Social Balance. Created 2012.
The Black Register (Det Sorte Register).
United Democrats (Forenede Demokrater).
Visions-Partiet. Created 2002.

Defunct parties

Party name		Founded	Dissolved	Ideology
Bjørnbakkernes Venstre
Capital's Venstre[lower-alpha 1] Hovedstadens Venstre	V
Centre Democrats Centrum-Demokraterne	D	1973	2008	Centrism Liberal conservatism
Common Course Fælles Kurs	P	1986	2001	Communism Euroskepticism Populism
Communist League Kommunistisk Forbund		1973	1980	Communism Marxism-Leninism
Danish People's Party Dansk Folkeparti	G	1941	1943	Corporatism Anti-communism
Denmark's Left Socialist Party Danmarks Venstresocialistiske Parti
Farmers' Party Bondepartiet	F	1923		Agrarianism
Free Conservatives Frikonservative			1915
Free Democrats De Frie Demokrater	D
Free Social Democrats Frie Socialdemokrater		1920
Freedom 2000[lower-alpha 2] Frihed 2000
Fokus Fokus		2010	2015	Green politics Animals rights Animal welfare
Højre (1848) Højre		1848	1866
Højre (1881) Højre		1881	1915
Independent Party De Uafhængige	U	1953		Classical liberalism Anti-elitism
June Movement[lower-alpha 3] Juni Bevægelsen	J	1992	2009	Euroskepticism
Left Socialists[lower-alpha 4] Venstresocialisterne	Y	1967	2013	Socialism Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism
Liberal Centre Liberalt Centrum	L	1965	1969
Minority Party Minoritetspartiet	M	2000	2007
Moderate Venstre Det Forhandlende Venstre	F
National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti	N	1930	1945	Danish nationalism Nazism Fascism
National Liberal Party De Nationalliberale		1842	1882	National liberalism
Peace Politics People's Party Fredspolitisk Folkeparti	M	1963
Pensioners' Party Pensionistpartiet	P	1976	2004	Pensioners' interests
Society of the Friends of Peasants Bondevennernes Selskab		1846	1872
United Venstre Det Forenede Venstre
Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements Sammenslutning af Bevidst Arbejdssky Elementer		1979	1998	Political satire
Venstre Reform Party Venstrereformpartiet

Notes

(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
represented in the European Parliament
Last represented in the 1984-1987 Folketing. Now part of Red-Green Alliance.

References

The party's former name, "Socialdemokratiet", is still frequently used.

External links

NSD: European Election Database - Political parties of Denmark

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[2] (split of Venstre that only existed to contest the 1947 Folketing election in order to exploit a peculiarity of the election law)

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

[4] represented in the European Parliament

[5] Last represented in the 1984-1987 Folketing. Now part of Red-Green Alliance.

[1] The party's former name, "Socialdemokratiet", is still frequently used.

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