Jan Johansen (born 12 December 1955 in

Svendborg Svendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,616 (1 January 2025), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city.Folketing The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. E ...

for the

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political party. He was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election.

Political career

Johansen sat in the municipal council of Munkebo Municipality from 1997 to 2006, and served as deputy mayor from 2001 to 2006. In 2006 the municipality was merged with

Kerteminde Kerteminde (nickname: ''Min Amandas by'', i.e. ''My Amanda's town''), is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 6,128 (1 January 2025).

and Langeskov Municipality to form a new Kerteminde Municipality. He sat in this new municipality's municipal council from 2006 to 2011. Johansen was first elected into parliament in the 2011 election. He was reelected in

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and

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External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

References

1955 births Living people People from Svendborg Danish municipal councillors Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 {{Denmark-politician-stub