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Folketing

Background Color#d00c33
Text Color#f9f9f9
NameDanish Parliament
Native NameFolketinget
Coa PicFolketing Logo.svg
Coa Res120px
Session RoomChristiansborg Slot.jpg
Session Res257px
House TypeUnicameral
Leader1 TypeSpeaker
Leader1Thor Pedersen
Party1Venstre
Election128 November 2007
Members179
Political Groups112
  Liberals (47)
  Social Democrats (44)
  Danish People's Party (22)
  Social Liberal Party (17)
  Socialist People's Party (16)
  Red-Green Alliance (12)
  Liberal Alliance (9)
  Conservative People's Party (8)
  Union Party (1)
  Social Democratic Party (1)
  Inuit Community (1)
  Forward (1)
Voting System1Open list proportional representation with a 2% election threshold
Last Election115 September 2011
Meeting PlaceChristiansborg Palace, Copenhagen

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The Folketing ( , -daˈfʌlg̊ətˢeŋˀ), is the national parliament of Denmark. The name literally means "People's thing"-that is, the people's governing assembly. It is located in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.

The most recent general election took place on 15 September 2011.


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