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Mette Abildgaard

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Mette Abildgaard
Mette Abildgaard in 2010
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 June 2015
ConstituencyNorth Zealand
Personal details
Born (1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 (age 36)
Føvling, Horsens Municipality, Denmark
Political partyConservative People's Party
Alma materRoskilde University
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Mette Abildgaard Juulsager (born 12 October 1988) is a Danish politician and member of the Conservative People's Party. She has been a member of the Folketing in North Zealand greater constituency since 2015.[1] She was chairwoman of the parliamentary group of the Conservative Party during the third cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen.[2]

Background

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Born in Føvling, near Horsens,[3] Abildgaard's father was a truck driver and her mother worked in a nursing home.[4]

Abildgaard has an Master of Social Science from Roskilde University, where she graduated in 2013. Additionally, she has a background in PR and communications. She is married to Jens Jacob Abildgaard Juulsager.[1]

Political career

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Abildgaard first ran for a political office in the 2009 European Parliament election in Denmark. She received 14,996 votes, but did not get elected. She first ran for the Folketing in the 2011 Folketing election, where she received 1,717 personal votes. This was not enough for a seat in parliament.[5]

In the 2013 Danish local elections she ran for the regional council of the Capital Region of Denmark. With 10,262 personal votes, she gained a seat in the council.[6] In the 2015 Folketing election Abildgaard ran and received 3,206 personal votes. This was enough to gain a seat in the Folketing and she therefore left her position in the region council.[7][2] She was reelected in the 2019 Folketing election, receiving 9,101 votes.[8]

In the 2022 Folketing election she received 6,376 personal votes and secured her seat.[9] Since 26 August 2024 she has however been on leave with former member of the Folketing Birgitte Bergman serving as her substitute.[10][11]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Mette Abildgaard". Ft.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Smidt, Poul (3 October 2024). "Mette Abildgaard - Dansk politiker - Biografi". Lex (in Danish). Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  3. ^ Wissendorff, Anya (19 June 2015). "Føvling-pige på vej i Folketinget: Det er så vildt". hsfo.dk. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  4. ^ Mortensen, Mikkel Walentin (11 October 2018). "30 år fredag: Den konservative komet". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Resultater Nordsjællands Storkreds (2011)". Dst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Regionsrådsvalg d. 19. november 2013, Personlige stemmer: Det Konservative Folkeparti". Kmdvalg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Resultater Nordsjællands Storkreds (2015)". Dst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Resultater Nordsjællands Storkreds (2019)". Dst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Resultater - Nordsjællands Storkreds - Folketingsvalg tirsdag 1. november 2022 - Danmarks Statistik". www.dst.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Folketingsmedlemmer på orlov". Folketinget (in Danish). 25 November 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  11. ^ Møller Hansen, Lærke (26 June 2024). "Tidligere folketingsmedlem vikarierer for Mette Abildgaard - Altinget". www.altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 April 2025.
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