Denmark
The Danish Parliament
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Henrik
Dam Kristensen
(Male)
Year of birth
1957
Additional information
Elected on 21 June 2019.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Marie
Hansen
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 11 May 2020.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
75
Oldest member
Marianne Bruus Jelved (Female)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals per age interval | 0 | 17 | 38 | 34 | 28 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 89 | Total >= 46: 90 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
Female | 0 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
900
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
309
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
34.33%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
309
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
34.33%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
109
Number of women elected
70
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
39.11%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
70
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
109
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
70
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Henrik
Dam Kristensen
(Male)
Political party
Social Democratic Party
Date of election
21.06.2019
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1908
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
Local
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1908
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Restricted
Detail of restrictions
Suffrage: Restrictions detail
Tax paying women and at least 25 years old
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Universal suffrage was granted on a local level in 1908.
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1915
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
The right to vote was established in the Constitution of 1915 but was only entered into force after World War One in 1918
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1908
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
Local
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1908
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Restricted
Detail of restrictions
Stand for Election: Restrictions detail
Tax paying women and at least 25 years old
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1915
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
As explained in Suffrage, women were granted the right to vote and stand for election in 1915, a right that came only came to power after World War I in 1918. First women were elected to parliament in 1918.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1918
Notes
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1950