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34-560: DNSAP may stand for: Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti - the Danish Nazi party Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei - an Austrian Pan-Germanic party in the early 20th century German National Socialist Workers' Party (Czechoslovakia) - a German far-right nationalist party in Czechoslovakia, 1919–1933 See also [ edit ] NSDAP Topics referred to by
68-404: A government to take office without getting a vote of confidence and stay in office as long as it does not lose a vote of no confidence . One consequence is that, unlike in most other parliamentary systems, most Danish governments in modern times are not assured that their legislative agendas will pass, forcing them to assemble a majority for each individual piece of legislation. The 179 members of
102-403: A khaki shirt and tie, and forage cap. On duty, guards wore a Danish army steel helmet with a runic S.A. badge. Folketing Confidence and supply (5) Opposition (88) Crossbench (11) The Folketing ( Danish : Folketinget , pronounced [ˈfʌlkəˌtsʰe̝ŋˀð̩] ; lit. ' The people's thing ' or ' People's assembly ' ), also known as
136-601: A more purely Danish national line. After the end of the Second World War , the party was officially dissolved in May 1945, and lost almost all of its popular support. However, a few individuals continued their work under the old party name. The current National Socialist Movement of Denmark traces its origins back to the DNSAP. The D.N.S.A.P. had its own Storm Troopers — the S.A. ( Danish : Storm Afdeling ) whose normal service dress
170-544: A part of the parliamentary support of a new, centre-left government. In the event the Social Liberals did join the new three-party coalition government formed on 3 October. Following the 2015 general election , Thorning-Schmidt was replaced as prime minister by her predecessor Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Until 28 November 2016, he led a government consisting only of Venstre – a very unusual situation in Danish politics. The Speaker
204-414: A single minister or the entire government to resign. Members are democratically elected by proportional representation : 135 directly in constituencies using the D'Hondt method , alongside 40 leveling seats . The Danish political system has traditionally generated coalitions. Most post-war governments have been minority coalitions ruling with the support of non-government parties. The first sitting of
238-474: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti Parties The National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark ( Danish : Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti ; DNSAP ) was the largest Nazi Party in Denmark before and during the Second World War . The party was founded on 16 November 1930, after
272-502: Is the presiding officer of the Folketing. The Speaker determines which members may speak, and is responsible for maintaining order during debates. The position was created in 1850, and the inaugural holder of the office was Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ . The current Speaker is Søren Gade of Venstre . The Speaker and four Deputy Speakers are elected by MPs at the opening of parliament after each general election and compose presidium of
306-424: Is therefore not a direct representation of the country. About one-third of seats have been switched for new members every election, a figure that has stayed more or less constant over previous elections. The largest change in these figures was seen in the election of 1973, where 45 percent of seats saw new members, and the lowest change was in the election of 1988, when 14.8 percent of members were newcomers. Since
340-850: The Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature ( parliament ) of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland . Established in 1849, the Folketing was the lower house of the bicameral parliament called the Rigsdag until 1953; the upper house was the Landsting . It meets in Christiansborg Palace , on
374-589: The national conservative Danish People's Party and often gained the necessary 90th seat for majority in the Folketing through negotiations with either the sole MP from the Christian Democrats , Ørum-Jørgensen or another MP outside parties, Christmas Møller, both elected in 2007 as conservative MPs and having defected since then. Since the 2007 elections , the Liberal Alliance (previously Ny Alliance) gained momentum in opinion polls, and since early 2010
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#1732848017221408-472: The 2011 election. But there has been considerable debate about the future politics of this coalition, mainly because the Social Liberal Party demands a more liberal economic agenda. Also on immigration issues there are political differences between the three coalition parties. This has led some observers to believe that the Social Liberal Party will not join a government coalition but instead opt to be
442-635: The Conservative group in the Folketing caused Lene Espersen to resign as political leader of the party and focus on her role as Minister of Foreign Affairs . A leadership election between Brian Mikkelsen , the Minister of Economic and Business Affairs and Lars Barfoed , the Justice Minister , was widely expected, but on 14 January the Conservative group in the Folketing unanimously elected Barfoed as their new political leader. The Social Democrats under
476-481: The Folketing. During the next decades, law-making mainly took place in the Folketing, and the Landsting came to be regarded as a superfluous rubber stamp. In 1953 a revised constitution was adopted by a referendum . Among the changes was the elimination of the Landsting and the introduction of a unicameral parliament, known only as the Folketing. Christiansborg Palace (also known by its nickname Borgen , Danish for
510-467: The Germans; as Danish nationalists, they wanted the Danish border to grow to the south to take in the whole of the historical Duchy of Schleswig , a move which would have brought more ethnic Germans under Danish rule. The DNSAP considered the Germans of North and South Schleswig to be in reality Germanized Danes, who could be politically led back to their Danish origin. The Germans wanted to incorporate
544-501: The activities in his home territory of North Schleswig , where the bulk of support for the DNSAP was to come from. At the 1939 elections, with about 5000 members, the party won three seats in the Folketing (parliament), corresponding to 1.8% of the popular vote. DNSAP supported Hitler's invasion and subsequent occupation of Denmark on 9 April 1940. A transition to Nazi government in Denmark
578-401: The body. The members of parliament are allocated into thirty standing parliamentary committees . The standing committees have a portfolio that covers that of one or more government ministers . Although Denmark is a representative democracy , a bias is seen in the demographics of the Folketing as opposed to the demographics of Denmark , with middle-aged men over-represented, the Folketing
612-538: The castle ) has been the domicile of parliament since 1849. The palace is in the heart of Copenhagen . Gaining representation in parliament normally requires only 2% of the national vote. With such a low election threshold a large number of parties are represented in the chamber, making it all but impossible for one party to win the 90 seats necessary for a majority. No single party has achieved this since 1901. All Danish governments since then have been coalitions or one-party minority governments . The constitution allows
646-407: The educated classes. From 1866 to 1915 the right to vote for the Landsting was restricted to the wealthiest, and some of its members were appointed by the king; so it predominantly represented the landed gentry and other conservatives. From 1915 both men and women had the right of vote for both houses, and the Landsting was elected by common vote, although indirectly and with a higher age limit than for
680-403: The folketing are directly elected to four-year terms, subject to calls for early elections. All Danish citizens 18 years or older may vote in legislative elections, which are conducted by secret ballot. Folketing seats are allocated among the various parties using the D'Hondt method of party list proportional representation . A party or electoral alliance must pass the election threshold of 2% of
714-532: The governing coalition have not been able to gather a majority in the polls without the support of the Alliance. The continuing rise in the polls is to an extent the result of the internal crisis in the Conservative People's Party over the leadership of Lene Espersen and the continuing debate over a lack of "true" liberal/conservative ideology in government policy. On 13 January 2011 the continuing turmoil in
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#1732848017221748-481: The house is usually attended by the king . From 1849 to 1953 the Folketing was one of the two houses in the bicameral parliament known as the Rigsdag ; the other house was known as Landstinget . The difference between the houses was its size, voter representation, and electoral system. The Folketing was elected by common vote among men and consisted mainly of independent farmers, traders, and merchants as well as
782-471: The islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen . The Folketing passes all laws, approves the cabinet , and supervises the work of the government. It is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets and approving the state's accounts. As set out in the Constitution of Denmark , the Folketing shares power with the reigning monarch . But in practice, the monarch's role is limited to signing laws passed by
816-622: The leadership of Helle Thorning-Schmidt have enjoyed continuing majorities in opinion polls since late 2009 and hope to form a centre-left government coalition consisting of the Socialist People's Party and the Social Liberal Party with parliamentary support from the small Red-Green Alliance . Both Margrethe Vestager (Social Liberal Party) and Villy Søvndal (Socialist People's Party) pledged their support to Thorning-Schmidt before
850-399: The legislature; this must be done within 30 days of adoption. The Folketing consists of 179 members ; including two from Greenland and two from the Faroe Islands . General elections must be held every four years, but it is within the powers of the prime minister to ask the monarch to call for an election before the term has elapsed. On a vote of no confidence , the Folketing may force
884-575: The northern portion of Schleswig into the German state. The DNSAP was also supportive of the principles of loyalty to the Danish monarchy and the Church of Denmark . The party was initially led by Cay Lembcke , although they attracted no more than a few hundred members under his leadership and failed to gain even minor support in the elections of 1932. Lembcke was replaced in 1933 by Frits Clausen , who concentrated
918-431: The overall vote to be allocated a seat. The Danish political system is characterised by a fusion of powers , with the government being drawn from the ranks of the Folketing. Denmark is governed by a cabinet and a prime minister who do not have a majority in the Folketing against them (negative parliamentarism). Since no single party in Denmark has had an absolute majority in the Folketing since 1903, in order to pass laws,
952-565: The prime minister must form alliances with parties outside his or her own party. This either results in a coalition cabinet of multiple parties, or a single-party minority government. During his first term in 2009 to 2011, Lars Løkke Rasmussen led a centre-right minority government consisting of the Liberal Party ( Venstre ) and the Conservative People's Party . This coalition government worked with regular parliamentary support from
986-403: The recruitment for Waffen-SS and Frikorps Danmark (Free Corps Denmark). The DNSAP was not included in the wartime coalition government (1940–1943) and at the 1943 elections it barely improved on its pre-war performance, winning only 2.1% of the votes cast and three seats in the Folketing. The day after the election, the disappointed Clausen renounced German financial support, intending to take
1020-407: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title DNSAP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DNSAP&oldid=1055083343 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1054-423: The signal of the party's takeover of political power in Denmark. The rally was confronted by a huge and hostile crowd, outnumbering the participants several times, and the party members had to be protected by the Danish police. After the rally, the police had to escort the participants to safety to save them from being attacked and beaten up by the bystanders. A rare victory for the DNSAP was its role in organizing
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1088-736: The success of the Nazis in the German Reichstag elections of that year. The party mimicked the Nazi Party in Germany , including the use of the swastika and Hitler salute , the naming of their fighting force as SA , and even the singing of a translated version of the Horst Wessel Song . The party was antisemitic , though not to the same degree as the German Nazis. The party had other differences with
1122-414: Was a brown shirt with black breeches and black top boots, a black tie and a black brassard with white swastika. Headgear could be either a black peaked cap or black forage cap. On the peaked cap was a two-part badge consisting of the nation cockade of Denmark and a runic "S" and "A" within white circle. "Full dress" uniform consisted of a brown tunic, black breeches, Sam Browne belt and a cross strap worn with
1156-425: Was considered by the German administrator, Cecil von Renthe-Fink , in the end of 1940, but due to the policy of co-operation with the legitimate Danish government, it was deemed better to wait until Germany had won the war, although DNSAP did receive some financial and political support from Germany. A major factor influencing Renthe-Fink's decision was the failure of the party's rally on 17 November 1940, planned to be
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