Folketing
Sign in to saveThe 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. Established in 1849, the Folketing was the lower house of the bicameral parliament called the Rigsdag until 1953; the upper house was the Landsting.
Key facts
- Legislature.political_groups1
- Government (Frederiksen II Cabinet) (70) Social Democrats (38) (18) Moderates (14) Supported by (4) Union (1) Inuit Ataqatigiit (1) Naleraq (1) Opposition (105) Green Left (20) Danish People's (16) Liberal Alliance (15) The Conservatives (13) Red–Green Alliance (11) Social Liberals (10) Denmark Democrats (10) Alternative (5) Citizens' (3) Independent (2)
- Legislature.voting_system1
- Open list proportional representation through the D'Hondt method (for constituency seats) and Largest remainder method (for leveling seats) with a 2% election threshold for levelling seats
- Legislature.last_election1
- 24 March 2026
- Legislature.session_room
- Martin Lidegaard & Mette Frederiksen (54974948357).jpg
- Legislature.meeting_place
- Folketingssalen, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
- Legislature.name
- Parliament of Denmark
- Legislature.coa_pic
- 2018 Seal of the Folketing of Denmark.svg
- Legislature.coa_res
- 260px
- Legislature.legislature
- 73rd Folketing
- Legislature.house_type
- Unicameral
- Legislature.leader1_type
- Speaker
- Legislature.leader1
- Søren Gade
- Legislature.election1
- 16 November 2022
- Legislature.leader2
- Leif Lahn Jensen
- Legislature.leader2_type
- Deputy Speakers
- Legislature.leader3
- Karina Adsbøl
- Legislature.leader4
- Karsten Hønge
- Legislature.leader5
- Lars-Christian Brask
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Constitutional requirements and electoral system
- Forming a parliament
- Coalition governments
- Organisation
- Speaker
- Standing committees
- Composition
- Demographics
- Historical composition
- Current composition
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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. Established in 1849, the Folketing was the lower house of the bicameral parliament called the Rigsdag until 1953; the upper house was the Landsting.
The Folketing meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen. It passes all laws, approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government. It is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets and approving the state's accounts. As set out in the Constitution of Denmark, the Folketing shares power with the reigning monarch. But in practice, the monarch's role is limited to signing laws passed by the legislature; this must be done within 30 days of adoption.