Rune Lund (born 30 October 1976 in

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) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the

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for the Red–Green Alliance political party. He was elected at the

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, and previously sat in parliament from 2005 to 2007.

Political career

Lund was first elected into parliament at the 2005 election. He was not reelected in

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, but received enough votes to become the Red-Green Alliance's primary substitute in the Fyn constituency. In the 2015 election he received 530, but the Red-Green Alliance received enough overall votes for several levelling seats, one of which went to Lund. He was reelected in

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with 1,157 votes, which was enough for a direct seat in parliament.

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

References

1976 births Living people Politicians from Copenhagen Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 {{Denmark-politician-stub