Søren Espersen

Søren Espersen
Espersen in 2010
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 February 2005
Constituency	Zealand (from 2015) Greater Copenhagen (2007–2015) Copenhagen (2005–2007)
Personal details
Born	(1953-07-20) 20 July 1953 (age 71) Svenstrup, Denmark
Political party	Denmark Democrats (2022–)
Other political affiliations	Danish People's Party (until 2022) Progress Party (before 1995)
Children	Susie Jessen (daughter)

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

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]

His daughter Susie Jessen is also a member of the Folketing.^[8]

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.
8. https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/s/susie-jessen

External links

• Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)