Kasper Roug (born 6 June 1979) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the

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

2019 Danish general election General elections were held in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing; 175 in Geography of Denmark, Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place te ...

Political career

Roug has been a member of the municipal council of Lolland Municipality since 2018. Roug has been a substitute member of the Folketing on two occasions: from 3 November 2015 to 3 June 2016 substituting for

Astrid Krag Astrid Krag (born 17 November 1982) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She served as the Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior in the Cabinet of Mette Frederiksen. She prev ...

, and from 12 March 2018 to 31 May 2018 substituting for Rasmus Horn Langhoff. In 2019 he was elected into parliament, receiving 5,249 personal votes in the election.

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External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
Living people 1979 births People from Lolland Municipality Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Danish municipal councillors Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 Roskilde University alumni {{Denmark-politician-stub