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Key facts
- Abbreviation
- V
- Leader
- Troels Lund Poulsen
- Deputy leader
- Stephanie Lose
- Founded
- 30 June 1870 ( 1870-06-30 ) (original form), 1910 (current form)
- Headquarters
- Søllerødvej 30, 2840 Holte
- Youth wing
- Venstres Ungdom
- Student wing
- Liberal Students of Denmark
- Membership 2021
- 28,007
- Ideology
- Conservative liberalism Agrarianism ( Nordic )
- Political position
- Centre-right
- European affiliation
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
- European parliament group
- Renew Europe
- International affiliation
- Liberal International
- Nordic affiliation
- Centre Group
- Colours
- Navy blue
- Slogan
- Frihed og fællesskab , ('Freedom and Community')
- Folketing
- 18 / 179 (10%)
- European parliament
- 2 / 15 (13%)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political party
- Country
- Denmark
- Headquarters
- Copenhagen
- Chairperson
- Troels Lund Poulsen
- Employees
- 35
- Official website
- venstre.dk
- Political ideology
- economic liberalism
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- topic's main category
- Category:Venstre (Denmark)
- member of
- Liberal International
- Commons category
- Venstre (Denmark)
- inception
- 1870-01-01
- member count
- 30791
- native label
- Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti
- political alignment
- centre-right
- member category
- Category:Venstre (Denmark) politicians
- sRGB color hex triplet
- 01438E
- short name
- V
- social media followers
- 58960
- youth wing
- Venstres Ungdom
- street address
- Søllerødvej 30, Søllerød, 2840 Holte
- number of seats in assembly
- 18
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Encyclopedic overview
Venstre ( Danish: [ˈvenstʁɐ], lit. 'Left', V), full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti (English: Left, Denmark's Liberal Party), is a conservative-liberal, agrarian political party in Denmark. Founded as part of a peasants' movement against the landed aristocracy, today it espouses an economically liberal, pro-free-market ideology.
Venstre is the major party of the centre-right in Denmark, and the third-largest party in the country. The party has produced many Prime Ministers. In the 2022 general elections, Venstre received 13.3% of the vote and 23 out of 179 seats. Following the resignation of Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, the party is led by Troels Lund Poulsen who serves as the country's Deputy Prime Minister. Since December 2022, the party has been a junior partner in the second Frederiksen government.
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