Trine Schøning Torp (born 18 February 1970 in

Glostrup Glostrup is a Denmark, Danish town in Capital Region of Denmark, Region Hovedstaden, forming one of the Western suburbs (Copenhagen), western suburbs of Copenhagen. It is the administrative seat of Glostrup Municipality, with an estimated populati ...

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

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for the Socialist People's Party. She was elected into parliament at the

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Political career

Torp was a member of the municipal council of

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from 2009 to 2015. She was first elected into parliament at the 2015 election, where she received 2,494 votes. She was reelected in

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with 4,307 votes.

References

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
1970 births Living people People from Glostrup Municipality Socialist People's Party (Denmark) politicians Danish municipal councillors 21st-century Danish women politicians Women members of the Folketing Members of the Folketing 2015–2019 Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 20th-century Danish women {{Denmark-politician-stub