Søren Espersen

Søren Espersen (born 20 July 1953 in Svenstrup) is a Danish politician, journalist, and author, who was elected as a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party in 2005. He was also the party's foreign affairs spokesperson.[1][2][3] and former chairman of Udenrigspolitisk Nævn. In 2022, he switched affiliation to the Denmark Democrats and was re-elected to the Folketing.

Søren Espersen
Espersen in 2010
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
8 February 2005
ConstituencyZealand (from 2015)
Greater Copenhagen (2007-2015)
Copenhagen (2005-2007)
Personal details
Born (1953-07-20) 20 July 1953
Svenstrup, Denmark
Political partyDanish People's Party (until 2022) Denmark Democrats (2022-)

Political career

Espersen was a candidate for the Progress Party from 1992 to 1995. Espersen was first elected into parliament at the 2005 Danish general election. He was reelected in the 2007 election. He was elected again in 2011 with 6,358 votes, in 2015 with 14,482 votes and in 2019 with 5,930 votes.[4][5][6]

In an interview with a Danish television station in 2017, Søren Espersen expressed that he would consider a connection between southern Schleswig and Denmark to be desirable, with the Danish-German border being relocated to the Eider.[7]

Bibliography
  • Israels selvstændighedskrig – og de danske frivillige (2007)
  • Valdemar Rørdam ‒ Nationalskjald og Landsforræder (2003)
  • Danmarks fremtid – dit land, dit valg… (2001, co-author)

References
  1. "Søren Espersen". Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  2. "Partistøtte: DF kræver fuld åbenhed om store bidrag". 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. "EU fails to sway Bush administration on lifting China arms ban". 16 March 2005. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg torsdag 15. september 2011". Dst.dk. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg torsdag 18. juni 2015". Dst.dk. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019". Dst.dk. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. Ulrich Exner (2017-02-23). "Dänischer Politiker will Grenze zu Deutschland neu ziehen". Die Welt. Axel Springer SE. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
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