The Parliamentary Electoral System in Denmark provides a description in English of the Danish electoral system of proportional representation for the Folketing, the Danish unicameral parliament, with special emphasis on items which are considered particularly interesting in a comparative perspective, such as the establishment and updating of an electoral register, and the handling of advance […]

This leaflet presents information about the majority of the political parties – their basic values and political principles; what social, economic and cultural issues they consider to be most pertinent; in some cases what they think about foreign policy; and for some of the parties a bit about the organisational structure. The parties are presented […]

This leaflet provides you with an introduction to Danish democracy as exerted at Christiansborg Palace. It is one of a series of fact sheets dealing with general elections, MPs, parliamentary work and tasks; Christiansborg Palace and the political parties.

On 31 May 2007, the Danish Government set up a committee whose task was to draw up a democracy canon. The democracy canon contains what the committee believes to be key events, philosophical trends and political texts that have played an important role in the development of Danish democracy. The committee has pointed to 35 […]

This leaflet contains the entire Constitutional Act with comprehensive annotations and explanations for each section.

A historical overview of the “fourth power” in the Danish political system, the media, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.