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Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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Also known as H.E. Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Danish retired politician, former Prime Minister of Denmark

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Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a Danish politician and member of the Social Democrats. Born on 14 December 1966 in Rødovre, she holds citizenship in the Danish Realm. She has served as Prime Minister of Denmark and as a Member of the European Parliament. Her work locations have included Copenhagen, Brussels, and Strasbourg. She is married to Stephen Kinnock and resides in London.

Thorning-Schmidt was educated at the University of Copenhagen and the College of Europe. She speaks Danish, English, and French. Her professional history includes employment with Bilka and Save the Children. She is the author of the work *Blondinens betragtninger*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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  • Blondinens betragtninger

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Acting · Rødovre, Danmark

Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a retired Danish politician who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to hold each post.

Known for

  • 100 år der gik — Sig selv2025
  • Ørkenens Sønner: Fingeren på pølsen — Medvirkende i indslag2025
  • Insider — Sig selv2025
  • Caroline & Dr. Kølle — Sig selv2025
  • Suspekt - Det Kan Godt Blive Vildere — Self2024
  • The Queen and the Prime Ministers — Sig selv2024
  • Statsministeren Helle Thorning-Schmidt — Sig selv2023
  • Agent — Helle Thorning2023
  • All Exclusive — Sig selv2022
  • Medina: Hele min historie — Sig selv2022

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
AT
Active from
1874-12-22
Active to
1939-02-11

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4
Total plays
48

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies

    · 2014 · cited 24,482x

  2. General atomic and molecular electronic structure system

    · 1993 · cited 19,126x

  3. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,770x

  4. IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era

    · 2020 · cited 16,349x

  5. Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant

    · 1998 · cited 16,268x

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Encyclopedic overview

Helle Thorning-Schmidt ( Danish: [ˈhelə ˈtsʰoɐ̯ne̝ŋ ˈsme̝t]; born 14 December 1966) is a Danish retired politician who served as the prime minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015 and leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to have held each post. Following defeat in 2015, she announced that she would step down as both prime minister and party leader. Ending her political career in April 2016, she was the chief executive of the NGO Save the Children until June 2019.

Thorning-Schmidt served as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Denmark from 1999 to 2004 before being elected to the Danish Parliament in 2005. She was elected to replace Mogens Lykketoft as leader of the Social Democrats after the 2005 parliamentary election, leading her party through the 2007 parliamentary election, which was won by the centre-right alliance, and the 2011 parliamentary election, after which she was appointed prime minister by Queen Margrethe II, and the 2015 election. Thorning-Schmidt holds a degree in political science from the University of Copenhagen and a master's degree from the College of Europe.

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