The Freedom List () is a Danish political group. A

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party, it brands itself as promoting

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. It was founded during the

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by prominent promoter of

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Flemming Blicher, and promotes refusal of government public health regulations, such as face masks and

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. The group was on the ballot in 26 municipalities and all 5 regions of Denmark in the

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, but did not win any seats.

Background

The group was founded by Flemming Blicher, who had previously been behind several COVID-19 denialist demonstrations and

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against the government's handling of the

. The group describes itself as a collection of individuals, with localists and regionalist focuses, allowing the members of the group to express their own opinions regardless of what the rest of the group might think. The focus for several of the group's members are to fight the government's regulations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark. In the 2021 municipal election, several of the parties candidates in Copenhagen did not have a box next to their name to check off in order to vote for them. The party made official complaints in hopes of issuing a re-election but in avail.

Election results

Local elections

References

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