Jonni Hansen (born 5 September 1965) is the former chairman of Denmark's National Socialist Movement (DNSB), of which he has been a member since 1985. He is also editor of DNSB Intern and the online newsletter Nationalsocialisten.

Political career

He stood as the only candidate in the regional and municipal elections in 2005 in Greve Municipality and

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for Denmark's National Socialist Movement on list Å. In the election campaign, he campaigned for several important issues. Jonni Hansen's list Å obtained 73 votes (0.3%) in the municipal election. In the regional election, list Å received 611 votes, of which 453 voted personally for Jonni Hansen (0.1% of the votes in the region).

Confrontations with the authorities

On 29 March 2000 Jonni Hansen was sentenced to one year in prison for serious violence and a two-year suspension of his

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for three months earlier having driven his car directly into a group of protesters who were sawing down the fence in front of his villa in Greve, where the DNSB exists. One of the protesters was seriously injured. Jonni Hansen appealed the sentence to the Eastern High Court, which increased the sentence to 1.5 years in prison. In connection with holding a demonstration in

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for

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's deputy

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on the 20th anniversary of his death, 17 August 2007, Jonni Hansen was arrested and charged with violence against the police. He was subsequently remanded in custody until 30 August. On 1 November, he was sentenced to 60 days in prison for the offense - he asked for time to think about whether to appeal the sentence. On 11 October 2009, Jonni Hansen was charged with

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by the Attorney General. The accusation was that he, as chairman of DNSB, was responsible for the distribution of racist leaflets in

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and

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in October and November 2006 respectively, and that these had been available on DNSB's website. Furthermore, the Attorney General considered it an aggravating circumstance, calling it propaganda. The leaflets with the headline "Denmark – wake up!", among other things, called for throwing out "the foreigners". Jonni Hansen stated to BT.dk that the accusation was an attempt to restrict

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, and that he was prepared to take the case to the

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. In April 2010, Jonni Hansen was indicted for violating the

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, as he was responsible for the content of some Nazi leaflets and for racist propaganda. He was summoned to a hearing at the court in

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on Tuesday 13 April 2010, accused of carrying out racist propaganda - with a demand for 4 months in prison, but was acquitted.http://www.redox.dk/spip.php?article880 (Webside+ikke+længere+tilgængelig)
Jonni Hansen acquitted of racism – Redox.dk

Footnotes

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