Rasmus Nordqvist (born 18 July 1975) 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 Socialist People's Party. He was elected into parliament in the

2015 Danish general election General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 18 June 2015 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. 175 members were elected in the Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. Although the ruling Social Democrats b ...

as a member of The Alternative, but changed party to the SPP in 2020.

Political career

Nordqvist was elected into parliament as a member of The Alternative in the 2015 election. He was reelected in

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, but left the party shortly after - along with

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, Sikandar Siddique and Susanne Zimmer. The three other former Alternative members went on to found a new party, the Independent Greens, while Nordqvist instead remained independent for two months before joining the Socialist People's Party. Nordqvist is a member of the

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community.

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
Living people 1975 births Politicians from Copenhagen Socialist People's Party (Denmark) politicians The Alternative (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 MEPs for Denmark 2024–2029 {{Denmark-politician-stub