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فلکتین
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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.
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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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Rigsdagen
- Country
- Denmark
- Headquarters
- Christiansborg Palace
- Chairperson
- Søren Gade
- Employees
- 750
- Official website
- thedanishparliament.dk
- Image
- Christiansborg Slot Copenhagen 2014 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Folketinget
- topic's main category
- Category:Folketing
- inception
- 1849-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Folketing
- applies to jurisdiction
- Danish Realm
- postal code
- 1218
- native label
- Folketinget
- street address
- Folketinget, Christiansborg, 1240 Copenhagen K, Denmark
- social media followers
- 24834
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.borgerforslag.dk
- number of seats
- 179
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