The Danish Social Liberal Party (, RV, ) is a

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. The party was founded as a split from the Venstre Reform Party in 1905. Historically, the

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party has played a central role in

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and has supported governments on both sides of the

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, as co-operation is a primary belief of the party. A

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party, it is a member of

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and the ALDE, and has one MEP in the

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group in the

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History

1905–1930s

The party was founded in 1905 as a split from the '' Venstre''. The initial impetus was the expulsion of ''Venstre'''s

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wing from the party in January 1905. The expelled members held a founding conference for the new party in

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, on 21 May 1905. In addition to the differences over military spending, the

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also took a more positive view than Venstre towards measures that aimed to reduce

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. The party also became the political leg of the cultural radical movement. The party was cautiously open to aspects of the

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, and also advocated reforms to improve the position of

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s, an important early group of supporters. The party's social-liberal ideals are said to have been inspired by the political economists

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and

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. Until 1936 party was member of the International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties. The first Social Liberal Cabinet was formed in 1909 with

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serving as Prime Minister (1909–1910). From 1913 to 1920, Zahle led the second Social Liberal Cabinet with the

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serving as parliamentary support, keeping Denmark neutral during

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. During the

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of the 1930s, the party served as coalition partners along with the Social Democrats, led by Prime Minister

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, and managed to lead the country through the recession by implementing far-reaching social reforms.

Post-World War II

After 1945, the party continued with its pragmatic ways, influencing either as coalition partner as parliamentary support. From 1957 to 1964 they served as coalition partners in a Social Democratic led government, while

Hilmar Baunsgaard Hilmar Baunsgaard (26 February 1920 – 30 June 1989) was a Danish politician who served as the prime minister of Denmark from 1968 to 1971. He was a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party and the party's leader from 1968 to 1975. He was prec ...

served as Prime Minister 1968–1971 in a coalition government with Venstre and the Conservative People's Party as partners. In the 1968 general elections the party reached an all-time high of 15% of the vote, while they only received 11.2% in the 1973 landslide election. During the 1980s, the party served either as parliamentary support or as coalition partner in various Conservative led governments. After an all-time low in the 1990 general elections (where the party only received 3.5% of the vote), the party once again started cooperating with the Social Democrats under leadership of

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, participating in a coalition government in 1993.

2001–present

In the early 2000s, the political scene was marked by "bloc"-politics, with "blue bloc" being led by Venstre and "red bloc" by the Social Democrats. The

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overtook the Social Liberals' key position as prime candidate for parliamentary support. Furthermore, the DPP's anti-immigrant policies made the Social Liberals profile themselves as a progressive party being pro-globalisation, pro- EU and more tolerant towards

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and

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. At the same time the party profiled itself on reforming the welfare system, campaigning to abolish "efterløn" and lower taxes. As such the party served to unite a modern social profile with a more liberal economic profile. This served to appeal the more well-educated urbanised parts of the country, resulting in 9.2% of the vote at the 2005 general elections. In a 2006 press release, they tried to mark themselves as once again being able to lead a government, doing away with the presumption of the party only being able to serve as government partner or parliamentary support. The strategy proved unpopular both among voters and within the party itself. On 7 May 2007 MP

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and MEP

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left the party and formed the New Alliance, known today as the Liberal Alliance, along with Conservative MEP Gitte Seeberg. At a press conference on 15 June 2007, it was announced that MP

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would take over leadership of the party after

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, and that the party would rethink its strategy. The party returned to its historical role as possible coalition partner and at the political centre of Danish politics.Haahr, Ulla (15 June 2007)
''Vestager ny radikal dronning''
.

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. Retrieved 11 December 2007. Vestager clarified during the run-up to the 2007 general election that her party would only be supporting a government led by the Social Democrats. Still, the party only won 5.1% of the vote. At the subsequent 2011 general elections, the party support rose to 9.5% and regained eight seats to resume a total of 17. Together with the Social Democrats and the Socialist People's Party, they formed a three-way government coalition. On 31 August 2014, Prime Minister

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nominated Margrethe Vestager as Denmark's EU Commissioner, resulting in her resignation as party leader. The party's parliamentary group subsequently elected

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as new leader. At the 2015 general elections, the party lost nine out of 17 seats and was reduced to 4.6%. The party lost a share of its voters to the newly formed The Alternative, a

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political party formed by former member of the party

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. At the 2019 general elections, the party rose to 8.6% of the vote, doubling its number of seats to 16. Østergaard stated that he would support a government led by the Social Democrats only if changes would be made to the previous government's strict immigration policies. On 7 October 2020, Morten Østergaard stepped down as leader of the party following allegations of

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from within the party.

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was elected new leader the same day. Nielsen resigned on 2 November 2022, following the loss of nine out of 16 seats in the

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. The Social Liberal Party had instigated the election by threatening a

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against

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's government in July 2022 due to the

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. One day later,

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became leader of the party.

Relationship to other parties

The Danish Social Liberal Party has traditionally kept itself in the centre of the political scale. Since the early 1990s, though, it has primarily cooperated with the

. Internationally, the party has cooperated with the Swedish Centre Party and Liberals, the Norwegian Venstre party, the Dutch

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, and the British Liberal Democrats.

Etymology

The literal translation of the party's name ''Radical Left'' refers to its origin as the historically radical wing of its parent party Venstre (''Left''). In a modern context, this literal translation is somewhat misleading, as the party is considered to be

in the Danish

. The use of ''Left'' in the name of the party, as with the Norwegian party Venstre, is meant to refer to

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and not modern

left-wing politics Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...

. The Danish Venstre was originally to the left of the

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and

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party

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, whose name meant ''Right''.

Prominent members

Prime Ministers

, Prime Minister 1909–1910 and 1913–1920, (Minister of Justice 1929–1935) *

Erik Scavenius Erik Julius Christian Scavenius (; 13 July 1877 – 29 November 1962) was the Danish foreign minister from 1909 to 1910, 1913 to 1920 and 1940 to 1943, and prime minister from 1942 to 1943, during the occupation of Denmark until the Danish elect ...

, Prime Minister 1942–1945 (de facto until 29 August 1943), (Foreign Minister 1909–1910, 1913–1920 and 1940–1943 de facto/–1945 de jure ) *

, Prime Minister 1968–1971, (Trade Minister 1961–1964)

Other ministers

Edvard Brandes Carl Edvard Cohen Brandes (21 October 1847 – 20 December 1931) was a Danish politician, critic and author, and the younger brother of Georg Brandes and Ernst Brandes. He had a Ph.D. in eastern philology. Biography Brandes was a member of th ...

, Finance Minister 1909–1910 and 1913–1920 *

Christopher Krabbe Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρε� ...

, Defence Minister 1909–1910 *

Peter Rochegune Munch Peter Rochegune Munch (in Danish usually referred to as ''P. Munch''; 30 April 1870 – 8 July 1948) was a prominent Danish historian and politician. He was a leading member of the '' Radikale Venstre'', and represented Langeland in parliament. ...

, Minister of the Interior 1909–1910, Defence Minister 1913–1920, Foreign Minister 1929–1940 *

Poul Christensen Poul is a Danish masculine given name. It is the Danish cognate of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include: People * Poul Andersen (1922–2006), Danish printer *Poul Anderson (1926–2001), American writer *Poul Erik Andreasen (bor ...

, Agriculture Minister 1909–1910 *

Ove Rode Ove Rode (31 August 1867 – 11 July 1933) was a Denmark, Danish politician, writer, newspaper editor, and Minister of the Interior and Health (Denmark), Minister of Interior Affairs for Det Radikale Venstre. Biography As a young journalist, ...

, Minister of the Interior 1913–1920 * J. Hassing-Jørgensen, Minister for Public Works 1913–1920 *

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, Agriculture Minister 1913–1920 *

Bertel Dahlgaard Bertel Dahlgaard (7 November 1887 – 31 March 1972), was a Danish politician, member of Folketinget The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral List of legislatures ...

, Minister of the Interior 1929–1940, Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister for Nordic Co-operation 1957–1960 *

Jørgen Jørgensen Jørgen Jørgensen (name of birth: Jürgensen, and changed to Jorgenson from 1817) (29 March 1780 – 20 January 1841) was a Danes, Danish adventurer during the Age of Revolution. During the action of 2 March 1808, his ship was captured by the ...

, Education Minister 1935–1940, 1942–1942, 1957–1960, Minister of the Interior 1942–1943 *

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, Education Minister 1945–1945 *

Kjeld Philip Kjeld Løwenstein Philip (3 April 1912 in Copenhagen – 27 October 1989) was a Danish economist and politician representing the Danish Social Liberal Party. He was Trade Minister from 1957 to 1960 as member of the Cabinet of H. C. Hansen I ...

, Trade Minister 1957–1960, Finance Minister 1960–1961, Minister for Economic Affairs 1961–1962 * Karl Skytte, Agriculture Minister 1957–1964 *

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, Fishery Minister 1960–1964, Fishery Minister and Minister for Greenland 1968–1971 *

Helge Larsen Helge Larsen (25 April 1915 – 24 January 2000) was a Danish politician. He was a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party and served as the minister of education between 1968 and 1971. Early life and education Larsen was born on 25 April 1 ...

, Education Minister 1968–1971 * Lauge Dahlgaard, Labour Minister 1968–1971 *

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, Energy Minister 1988–1990 * Kristen Helveg Petersen, Education Minister 1961–1964, Minister of Culture 1968–1971 *

Niels Helveg Petersen Niels Lolk Helveg Petersen (; informally Niels Helveg; 17 January 1939 – 3 June 2017) was a Danish politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 2000, having previously held the role of Minister for Economic Affairs between 1988 ...

, Minister for Economic Affairs 1988–1990, Foreign Minister 1993–2000 * Ole Vig Jensen, Minister of Culture 1988–1990, Education Minister, 1993–1998, Church Minister, 1996–1998 *

Lone Dybkjær Lone Dybkjær (23 May 1940 – 20 July 2020) was a Denmark, Danish politician. She served three non-consecutive terms as a member of the Folketing. Between 1988 and 1990, she was Minister for the Environment (Denmark), Minister for the Environmen ...

, Minister for the Environment 1988–1990 *

Aase Olesen Aase Olesen (; 24 September 1934 – 1 February 2013) was a Danish politician for the Danish Social Liberal Party and teacher. She worked as a teacher at Hørsholm Municipal School before joining the Danish Social Liberal Party in 1967. Olesen was ...

, Social Minister 1988–1990 * Ebbe Lundgaard, Minister of Culture 1996–1998 *

Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen (born 5 January 1960) is a Danish politician, former principal of Design School Kolding, and former Minister of Culture and former Member of Parliament for the Radical Left. She was a Member of Parliament for Vejle County ...

, Minister of Culture 1998–2001 *

, Minister for Economic Affairs 1993–2001, Minister for Nordic Co-operation 1994–2001, Minister for Culture 2012–2015 *

, Education Minister 1998–2001, Church Minister 1998–2000, Minister for Economic and Interior Affairs 2011–2014 *

Anita Bay Bundegaard Anita Bay Bundegaard (born 31 October 1963, in Tejn) is a former politician for the Danish Social Liberal Party. Between 1998 and 2000, she served as editor for the newspaper ''Politiken'', before going on to serve as the Minister for Development ...

, Minister for Development Cooperation 2000–2001 *

Johannes Lebech Niels Johannes Lebech (born 12 September 1948) is a Denmark, Danish politician. He is former Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark, Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs for the Danish Social Liberal PartyChristian Friis Bach, Minister for Development Cooperation 2011–2013 *

, Minister of Culture 2011–2012 *

, Minister for Research, Innovation and Higher Education 2011–2014, Minister for Taxation 2014–2014 Minister for Economic and Interior Affairs 2014–2015 *

, Minister for Climate and Energy 2011–2014, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2014–2015 *

Manu Sareen Manu Sareen (born 16 May 1967) is the former Minister for Equality and former Church and Nordic Cooperation, in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt and former and member of the Copenhagen City Council, elected for the Danish Social Liberal P ...

, Minister for Equality, Church and Nordic Cooperation 2011–2014, Minister for Integration and Social Affairs 2014–2015 *

Rasmus Helveg Petersen Rasmus Helveg Petersen (born 17 June 1968) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. He served as Minister for Development Cooperation from 21 November 2013 to 3 February 2014, and as Minister o ...

, Minister for Development Cooperation 2013–2014, Minister for Climate and Energy 2014–2015 *

, Minister for Research, Innovation and Higher Education 2014–2015

Political leaders

* 1905–1928:

* 1928–1940:

* 1940–1960:

* 1960–1968: Karl Skytte * 1968–1975:

* 1975–1978:

Svend Haugaard Svend Haugaard (1913–2003), was a Danish politician and party leader. Member of Folketinget for the Social Liberal Party 1964–1979. Agronomist. Headmaster of an agricultural high school. Was part of a leftist oppositional party faction du ...

* 1978–1990:

* 1990–2007:

* 2007–2014:

* 2014–2020:

* 2020–2022:

* 2022–present:

Election results

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Parliament

Local elections

European Parliament

European representation

In the

, the Danish Social Liberal Party sits in the

group with one MEP. In the

European Committee of the regions The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the European Union's (EU) assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities (i.e. regions, counties, provinces, municipalities and cities) with a direct voice w ...

, the Danish Social Liberal Party sits in the

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group, with one full and two alternate members for the 2020 – 2025 mandate.

Notes

References

External links

Det Radikale Venstre
official site * official open community site
English summary

Web site of the party's youth organisation
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