Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Danish retired politician, former Prime Minister of Denmark

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Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, leading the country during a significant period of its recent history. She matters because as a prominent female political leader in Europe, her tenure and career have made her a notable figure in Danish politics and governance.

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Born: 1966-12-14
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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.

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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 selv

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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.