Søren Espersen (born 20 July 1953) is a Danish politician, journalist, and author, 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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. Espersen was originally elected for the

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in 2005, and was the party's foreign affairs spokesperson. He is a former chairman of Udenrigspolitisk Nævn. In 2022, he switched affiliation to the Denmark Democrats and was re-elected to the Folketing.

Political career

Espersen was a candidate for the Progress Party from 1992 to 1995. Espersen was first elected into parliament at the 2005 Danish general election. He was reelected in the 2007 election. He was elected again in

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

with 6,358 votes, in

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

with 14,482 votes and in

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

with 5,930 votes. In an interview with a Danish television station in 2017, Søren Espersen expressed that he would consider a connection between southern

Schleswig The Duchy of Schleswig (; ; ; ; ; ) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km (45 mi) south of the current border between Germany and Denmark. The territory has been di ...

and Denmark to be desirable, with the Danish-German border being relocated to the

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. His daughter Susie Jessen is also a member of the Folketing.https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/s/susie-jessen

Bibliography

*''Israels selvstændighedskrig – og de danske frivillige'' (2007) *''Valdemar Rørdam ‒ Nationalskjald og Landsforræder'' (2003) *''Danmarks fremtid – dit land, dit valg…'' (2001, co-author)

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* 1953 births Living people People from Aalborg Municipality Danish writers Danish People's Party politicians Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2011–2015 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 Denmark Democrats politicians Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 {{Denmark-politician-stub