Crystal Democrats

Crystal Democrats
Party leader	Stig Grenov
founding	April 13, 1970
Place of foundation	Aarhus
Alignment	Christian Democracy
Headquarters	Copenhagen
Number of members	2,060 (2016)
Youth association	About Kristian Democrats
Electoral list	K
Sit in the Folketing	0/179
International connections	CDI
MEPs	0/14
European party	EPP
www.kd.dk

Kristdemokraterne ( KD ), dan. for Christian Democrats , form a Christian Democratic party in Denmark .

History and program

The party was founded in 1970 under the name Kristeligt Folkeparti (KrF for short, Danish for Christian People's Party ) in protest against the legalization of abortion and pornography. Until 1994, the KrF always succeeded in overcoming the two percent hurdle and entering the Folketing . She was involved in a number of coalition governments, from 1982 to 1988 with Conservatives , Liberals and Center Democrats with Christian Christensen as Environment Minister and in 1993/1994 with Social Democrats , Social Liberals and Center with Jann Sjursen as Energy and Flemming Kofod-Svendsen as Housing Minister .

From 2002 to 2005 the party was led by Marianne Karlsmose. In 2003 the Christian People's Party renamed itself Christian Democrats ; in the following year, the electoral list name changed from Q to K. In October 2005 Bodil Kornbek was elected as the new chairman. Bjarne Hartung Kirkegaard followed her at the 2008 party conference. Kornbek then left the KD and became a member of the Social Democratic Party to run for the Folketing there.

In 2010/11, the KD were temporarily represented again in Parliament after the MP Per Ørum Jørgensen left the Conservatives and joined the KD. This meant that the KD were automatically allowed to vote in parliamentary elections in 2011 , but again, with 0.8%, won no seats. Ørum Jørgensen was promoted to party chairman, but left the party in September 2012 after he had not been nominated for re-election by a regional division.

The basic program of October 25, 2008 includes: a. The following points:

• Defense of Christian values, protection of marriage and family
• Preservation of creation
• Ambitious social and health service, combating alcohol and drug abuse
• Protection of unborn life from the start, prohibition of active euthanasia
• Equality between men and women, equal pay for equal work
• Enrichment of Denmark through migrants with a foreign cultural background
• Increase green taxes and save small incomes
• Full participation of Denmark in the European project: lifting of Edinburgh reservations ( opt-outs )
• Cooperation with the Christian Democratic parties in Europe

In August 2018, the party executive voted to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel .

Folk elections

Source: Folketingets Oplysning

1971 1.9% 1973 4.0% 1975 5.3% 1977 3.4% 1979 2.6% 1981 2.3% 1984 2.7% 1987 2.4% 1988 2.0%

1990 2.3% 1994 1.9% 1998 2.5% 2001 2.3% 2005 1.7% 2007 0.9% 2011 0.8% 2015 0.8% 2019 1.7%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PDF membership figures 2016 Folketingets Oplysning, accessed on October 28, 2018
2. ↑ Bodil Kornbek becomes a social democrat. (No longer available online.) Politiken.dk, November 2, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 14, 2010 (Danish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Michala Rask Mikkelsen: That's why Per Ørum quits as chairman (Danish) Berlingske online, September 5, 2012, accessed on September 6, 2012
4. ↑ Basic program. (No longer available online.) KD, October 25, 2008, archived from the original on August 9, 2011 ; Retrieved January 8, 2012 (Danish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Henri Nissen: Anerkender Jerusalem som Israel Hovedstad ( Danish ) in: udfordringen.dk . September 7, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
6. ↑ Stig Grenov: KristenDemokraterne lykønsker staten Israel med 70-årsjubilæet ( Danish ) In: KD . Retrieved October 28, 2018.

Web links

• Kristdemokraterne Official Website (Danish)