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Folketing 1998–2001
1998-11-03 – 2001-11-19
Party Groupings
The Social Democratic Party
65 seats
The Liberal Party
41 seats
The Conservative Party
17 seats
The Danish People's Party
13 seats
Socialistisk Folkeparti
12 seats
Centrum-Demokraterne
8 seats
The Social Liberal Party
6 seats
The Red-Green Alliance
5 seats
Fremskridtspartiet
4 seats
Kristendemokraterne
3 seats
unknown
1 seat
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Aase D. Madsen
The Danish People's Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936-07-25 |
| Died | 2017-12-20 |
| wikidata | Q12300364 |
|---|
Anders Mølgaard Jensen
The Liberal Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1958-08-09 |
| Died | 2001-02-03 |
| wikidata | Q12301449 |
|---|
Anne Baastrup
Socialistisk Folkeparti
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952-04-07 |
| wikidata | Q15944705 |
|---|---|
| pace | 3465 |
| dnf | 166035 |
Bendt Bendtsen
The Conservative Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954-03-25 |
| wikidata | Q816805 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05gh9y |
| viaf | 327147665801960670004 |
| gnd | 1115685465 |
| europarlmep | 96705 |
Bjarne Laustsen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953-12-09 |
| bjarne.laustsen@ft.dk |
| wikidata | Q12303652 |
|---|
Carsten Hansen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957-01-10 |
| wikidata | Q531748 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0gmgs47 |
Christian H. Hansen
The Danish People's Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963-08-12 |
| wikidata | Q3431607 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0bhb559 |
Christine Antorini
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965-05-23 |
| christine.antorini@ft.dk |
Claus Larsen-Jensen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953-05-09 |
Dorte Bennedsen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1938-07-02 |
| Died | 2016-03-17 |
| wikidata | Q4938190 |
|---|
Egil Møller
The Danish People's Party
| Gender | male |
|---|
Elisabeth Arnold
The Social Liberal Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1941-10-20 |
| wikidata | Q12309742 |
|---|---|
| pace | 2778 |
Else Marie Mortensen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | female |
|---|
Erling Christensen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|
Eva Kjer Hansen
The Liberal Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964-08-26 |
| eva.kjer.hansen@ft.dk |
| wikidata | Q443987 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05h2tv |
| viaf | 8151897170424072704 |
| pace | 6605 |
| europarlmep | 1924 |
Flemming Hansen
The Conservative Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1939-08-09 |
| wikidata | Q707403 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05fr5d |
Flemming Kofod-Svendsen
Kristendemokraterne
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944-03-21 |
| wikidata | Q511499 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04gm716 |
| pace | 4044 |
Frank Aaen
The Red-Green Alliance
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951-07-25 |
| wikidata | Q2262668 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/09d7z1 |
| pace | 6261 |
Gitte Seeberg
The Conservative Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960-06-25 |
| wikidata | Q470000 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05vh24 |
| pace | 6260 |
| europarlmep | 28158 |
Hans Christian Schmidt
The Liberal Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953-08-25 |
| hans.schmidt@ft.dk |
| wikidata | Q1579014 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05h2s3 |
| pace | 6478 |
Henning Gjellerod
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940-06-24 |
| wikidata | Q12316226 |
|---|---|
| pace | 3209 |
Henning Grove
The Conservative Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1932-04-07 |
| Died | 2014-05-09 |
| wikidata | Q5773186 |
|---|---|
| pace | 2548 |
Henrik Dam Kristensen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957-01-31 |
| henrik.kristensen@ft.dk |
| wikidata | Q1358896 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/054qpw |
| europarlmep | 28152 |
Hugo Sørensen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|
Inge Refshauge
The Danish People's Party
| Gender | female |
|---|
Inger Bierbaum
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943-10-31 |
| Died | 2015-05-01 |
| wikidata | Q12318347 |
|---|
Ivar Hansen
The Liberal Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1938-11-01 |
| Died | 2003-03-11 |
| wikidata | Q3368105 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/027dk6g |
| dnf | 166019 |
Jens Rohde
The Liberal Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970-04-18 |
| wikidata | Q546246 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0bs3jc_ |
| europarlmep | 96710 |
Jørn Pedersen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947-10-01 |
| Died | 2014-12-21 |
| wikidata | Q12320938 |
|---|
Karen J. Klint
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947-10-06 |
| karen.klint@ft.dk |
| wikidata | Q12321318 |
|---|
Klaus Kjær
The Danish People's Party
| Gender | male |
|---|
Kristen Touborg
Socialistisk Folkeparti
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943-11-23 |
| Died | 2017-06-29 |
| wikidata | Q12322894 |
|---|
Lars Kramer Mikkelsen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956-01-26 |
| wikidata | Q12323860 |
|---|---|
| pace | 4664 |
Mogens Andreasen
The Danish People's Party
| Gender | male |
|---|
Mogens Lykketoft
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946-01-09 |
| mogens.lykketoft@ft.dk |
Ole M. Nielsen
The Conservative Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940-04-22 |
| Died | 2004-07-22 |
| wikidata | Q12330116 |
|---|
Ole Stavad
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949-06-01 |
| wikidata | Q3737944 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0d_k4l |
Ove Fich
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949-03-16 |
| Died | 2012-02-20 |
| wikidata | Q12330652 |
|---|---|
| europarlmep | 1676 |
Per Stig Møller
The Conservative Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942-08-27 |
| wikidata | Q697184 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05b9v3 |
| viaf | 54144814314549353342 |
| isni | 0000 0000 5487 955X |
| lcauth | n79113849 |
Peter Duetoft
Centrum-Demokraterne
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950-05-31 |
| wikidata | Q12331515 |
|---|---|
| isni | 0000 0000 4416 848X |
| lcauth | no2003126853 |
| europarlmep | 1742 |
Peter Skaarup
The Danish People's Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964-05-01 |
| dfamgn@ft.dk |
| wikidata | Q12331726 |
|---|---|
| viaf | 149149196492374791804 |
| pace | 4045 |
| google_knowledge | /g/1yp37nfmz |
Pia Christmas-Møller
The Conservative Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961-01-21 |
| wikidata | Q451335 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0fwr4x |
Pia Gjellerup
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959-08-22 |
| wikidata | Q273942 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05ysp6 |
| lcauth | no2015114449 |
Poul Nielson
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943-04-11 |
| wikidata | Q962922 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05wfpz |
| pace | 1907 |
| parlement | vgg51g6sgjxe |
Poul Nødgaard
The Danish People's Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936-11-29 |
| Died | 2013-09-24 |
| wikidata | Q12332211 |
|---|
René Skau Johansen
The Social Democratic Party
| Gender | male |
|---|
Sonja Albrink
Centrum-Demokraterne
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948-08-21 |
| Died | 2012-08-27 |
| wikidata | Q12336425 |
|---|---|
| pace | 2807 |
Svend Erik Hovmand
The Liberal Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945-12-08 |
| wikidata | Q3082121 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05s82j |
| viaf | 3449153596634751900004 |
Thorkild B. Fransgaard
Fremskridtspartiet
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943-06-16 |
| Died | 2012-12-21 |
| wikidata | Q12339277 |
|---|
Tove Fergo
The Liberal Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946-09-24 |
| Died | 2015-10-04 |
| wikidata | Q3081203 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05j7p4 |
Ulla Tørnæs
The Liberal Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962-09-04 |
| wikidata | Q3082669 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/05g74v |
| pace | 3476 |
| europarlmep | 124880 |
Yvonne Herløv Andersen
Centrum-Demokraterne
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942-09-11 |
| wikidata | Q1588959 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/0nbtc1_ |
Ruby programmer? It’s easy to use this data in your own app! Use the gem like this:
require 'everypolitician'
country = Everypolitician::Index.new.country('Denmark')
house = country.legislature('Folketing')
house.popolo.terms.find_by(id: 'term/1998').memberships.each do |membership|
puts "#{membership.person.name} (#{membership.party.name}): #{membership.person.gender}"
end
Main Sources: http://www.thedanishparliament.dk, https://da.wikipedia.org, http://wikidata.org/, http://gender-balance.org/
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