The Danish People’s Party, or Dansk Folkeparti, is the nationalistic right-wing party in Denmark. The party was established in 1995 after breaking away from the Fremskridtspartiet (Progress Party). The party campaigns to protect the culture and...

The Danish People's Party (Danish: Dansk Folkeparti) is a social conservative, nationalist political party in Denmark. In the 2007 parliamentary election, it took 25 seats in the 179-member Folketinget (an unexpected increase of 1 seat), with 13.8% of...

Introduction The 2001 elections represent a watershed in Danish electoral politics. (1) In every national election from 1924 through 1998, the Social Democrats emerged as the strongest party in terms of both popular support and parliamentary representation. (2) From 1924 to 2001,...

COPENHAGEN TO PIA KJAERSGAARD, the xenophobic Danish politician whom a rival recently described as "Jorg Haider's Danish cousin", it was harmless satire. To her opponents, it was a piece of blatant racism. Last weekend, her Danish People's Party (DPP) placed a controversial...