Ruth Kristiansen (formerly Ruth Evensen, born 1951 in

Gladsaxe Gladsaxe Municipality () is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 70,958 (2025). ...

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) was the co-founder and leader of the now defunct

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free church and cult '' Faderhuset'' which became widely known for its controversial purchase of

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. Ruth Kristiansen does not hold a degree in theology. Besides her leadership role in Faderhuset, she has been self-employed and has owned a hair salon and a cleaning company as well as functioning as a consultant. On 7 July 2007 Ruth Kristiansen announced the founding of a new political party, the Freedom Party (). One of the party's core policies was an opposition to free abortion, and the party announced its creation on the day that the Danish

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announced that it no longer opposed free abortion. In 2012, the party changed its name to Frihedskæmperne ("The Freedom Fighters"). After the national elections of 2015, the party disbanded. In 2015, Ruth Kristiansen and her husband, Lars Kristiansen, launched the YouTube channel Ruth TV.

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External links

Ruth TV - Ruth og Lars Kristiansen's YouTube channel

Ruth TV page on Facebook
Living people 1951 births Danish Christian religious leaders Freedom Party (Denmark) politicians Danish women in politics People from Gladsaxe Municipality {{Christianity-bio-stub