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List of Danish political parties - Indfødretsprøven
Danish Name English Name Date of Formation Date First Elected to Parliament Founder(s) Current Leader Prime Ministers from Party (all) Current Members in Folketing Status
Højre Party of the Right c. 1881 (roots in 1848 conservative clubs) 1881 Conservative landowners & civil servants (no single founder) Defunct (merged into Det Konservative Folkeparti in 1915) Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1852–53, 1864–65), J.B.S. Estrup (1875–94), Hugo Egmont Hørring (1897–1900), Hannibal Sehested (1900–01) N/A Merged
Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti Left, Denmark’s Liberal Party 30 Jun 1870 1870 Various liberal farmer leaders Troels Lund Poulsen Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1874–75), J.C. Christensen (1905–08), Klaus Berntsen (1910–13), Niels Neergaard (1908–09, 1920–24), Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (1926–29), Knud Kristensen (1945–47), Erik Eriksen (1950–53), Poul Hartling (1973–75), Anders Fogh Rasmussen (2001–09), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (2009–11, 2015–19) 23 Active
Socialdemokratiet Social Democrats 1871 1884 Louis Pio, Harald Brix, Paul Geleff Mette Frederiksen Thorvald Stauning (1924–26, 1929–42), Vilhelm Buhl (1942, 1945–47), Hans Hedtoft (1947–50, 1953–55), H.C. Hansen (1955–60), Viggo Kampmann (1960–62), Jens Otto Krag (1962–68, 1971–72), Anker Jørgensen (1972–73, 1975–82), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1993–2001), Helle Thorning-Schmidt (2011–15), Mette Frederiksen (2019– ) 50 Active
Radikale Venstre Danish Social Liberal Party 21 May 1905 1906 Carl Theodor Zahle & others from Venstre’s left wing Martin Lidegaard Carl Theodor Zahle (1909–10, 1913–20), Erik Scavenius (1942–45) 6 Active
Det Konservative Folkeparti Conservative People’s Party 1915 1915 Emil Piper & others from Højre Mona Juul Poul Schlüter (1982–93) 10 Active
Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti Communist Party of Denmark 9 Nov 1919 1920 Marie Nielsen & others Defunct (merged into Enhedslisten in 1991) None N/A Merged
Socialistisk Folkeparti Socialist People’s Party 15 Feb 1959 1960 Aksel Larsen Pia Olsen Dyhr None 15 Active
Dansk Folkeparti Danish People’s Party 6 Oct 1995 1998 Pia Kjærsgaard, Kristian Thulesen Dahl, Poul Nødgaard Morten Messerschmidt None 7 Active
Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne Red–Green Alliance 1 Apr 1989 1994 Collective of DKP, VS, SAP Collective leadership None 9 Active
Liberal Alliance Liberal Alliance 7 May 2007 (as Ny Alliance) 2007 Naser Khader, Anders Samuelsen, Gitte Seeberg Alex Vanopslagh None 15 Active
Alternativet The Alternative 27 Nov 2013 2015 Uffe Elbæk Franciska Rosenkilde None 5 Active
Moderaterne The Moderates 5 Jun 2021 2022 Lars Løkke Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen Lars Løkke Rasmussen (2022– ) 13 Active
Danmarksdemokraterne Denmark Democrats 23 Jun 2022 2022 Inger Støjberg Inger Støjberg None 16 Active

Version 2:

Danish Name English Name Founded Founder(s) First Elected to Folketing Prime Ministers from Party Current Leader
De Nationalliberale National Liberal Party 1842 Orla Lehmann, D.G. Monrad 1849 D.G. Monrad (1863–64) Defunct (1882)
Højre Right Party 1848 Conservative landowners 1849 Carl Christian Hall (1857–59, 1860–63), J.B.S. Estrup (1875–94) Defunct (1915)
Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti Liberal Party 1870 Farmers’ movement 1870s Jens Christian Christensen (1905–08), Niels Neergaard (1908–09, 1920–24), Anders Fogh Rasmussen (2001–09), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (2009–11, 2015–19) Troels Lund Poulsen
Socialdemokratiet Social Democrats 1871 Louis Pio, Harald Brix, Paul Geleff 1884 Thorvald Stauning (1924–26, 1929–42), H.C. Hansen (1955–60), Jens Otto Krag (1962–68, 1971–72), Anker Jørgensen (1972–73, 1975–82), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1993–2001), Helle Thorning-Schmidt (2011–15), Mette Frederiksen (2019–present) Mette Frederiksen
Det Radikale Venstre Danish Social Liberal Party 1905 Carl Theodor Zahle, others 1906 Carl Theodor Zahle (1909–10, 1913–20) Martin Lidegaard
Det Konservative Folkeparti Conservative People’s Party 1915 Successors of Højre 1918 Poul Schlüter (1982–93) Mona Juul
Retsforbundet Justice Party 1919 Georgist movement 1920 None Defunct
Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF) Socialist People’s Party 1959 Aksel Larsen 1960 None (coalition partner only) Pia Olsen Dyhr
Fremskridtspartiet Progress Party 1972 Mogens Glistrup 1973 None Defunct
Dansk Folkeparti Danish People’s Party 1995 Pia Kjærsgaard 1998 None (support party only) Morten Messerschmidt
Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne Red–Green Alliance 1989 Left-wing groups 1994 None Collective leadership
Liberal Alliance Liberal Alliance 2007 (as Ny Alliance) Naser Khader, Anders Samuelsen 2007 None (coalition partner only) Alex Vanopslagh
Alternativet The Alternative 2013 Uffe Elbæk 2015 None Franciska Rosenkilde
Moderaterne Moderates 2021 Lars Løkke Rasmussen 2022 Lars Løkke Rasmussen (PM previously under Venstre, now party leader) Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Danmarksdemokraterne Denmark Democrats 2022 Inger Støjberg 2022 None Inger Støjberg

Timeline:

Year Party (Danish Name) Notes / Changes Status
1842 De Nationalliberale Founded by Orla Lehmann & D.G. Monrad. National Liberal movement. Dissolved 1882, merged into Venstre/Højre factions
1846 Bondevennernes Selskab Agrarian liberal movement, precursor to Venstre. Dissolved 1872
1848 Højre Conservative landowners’ party. Dissolved 1915, replaced by Det Konservative Folkeparti
1870 Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti Liberal farmers’ party. Active, major party
1871 Socialdemokratiet Founded by Louis Pio, Harald Brix, Paul Geleff. Active, major party
1895 Venstrereformpartiet Split from Venstre. Merged back into Venstre by 1910
1905 Det Radikale Venstre Social Liberal Party founded by Carl Theodor Zahle. Active
1915 Det Konservative Folkeparti Successor to Højre. Active
1919 Retsforbundet Georgist Justice Party. Declined after 1960s, defunct
1959 Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF) Founded by Aksel Larsen (ex-Communist). Active
1972 Fremskridtspartiet Populist anti-tax party by Mogens Glistrup. Declined in 1990s, defunct
1989 Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne Left-wing alliance. Active
1995 Dansk Folkeparti Founded by Pia Kjærsgaard. Active
2007 Liberal Alliance (Ny Alliance) Founded by Naser Khader, Anders Samuelsen. Active
2013 Alternativet Founded by Uffe Elbæk. Active
2021 Moderaterne Founded by Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Active
2022 Danmarksdemokraterne Founded by Inger Støjberg. Active
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