Conservative Students (KS) is a centre-right student organization in Denmark.

Origins Conservative Students originally emerged within the Student Association in Copenhagen and was formally founded in Copenhagen on 16 May 1903 under the name "The Conservative Voter Association in the Student Association" as a faction affiliated with the political party Højre (The Right).

In the spring of 1909, it was established as an independent association under the name "The Student Association's Conservatives". Over time, this Copenhagen organization became known as "Conservative Students". The Copenhagen association was an important player in the student community of the capital and supplied the Conservative People's Party with political figures such as Aage Kidde, John Christmas Møller, Ole Bjørn Kraft, Aksel Møller, Per Stig Møller and others.

On 4 September 1934, a similar student association was established at Aarhus University, following the Copenhagen model, and also adopted the name Conservative Students. However, it took many years before the Aarhus association reached a comparable size, and in the absence of a formalized collaboration, the Copenhagen association set the tone. The Copenhagen branch later became known as "Conservative Students in the Capital", while the Aarhus branch retained the name Conservative Students. Today, the designation Conservative Students refers exclusively to the association at Aarhus University.

National Organization of Conservative Students In 1964, the Copenhagen and Aarhus KS associations merged to form the National Organization of Conservative Students. The association is entirely independent and is therefore not subordinate to the Conservative People's Party or its sister organization Young Conservatives. The national organization later changed its name to Denmark's Conservative Students (DKS), and in 2011 it was renamed the National Organization of Conservative Students (KSL). In everyday use, the organization is simply referred to as Conservative Students or KS.

Today, Conservative Students is a broad centre-right student organization, and as the only centre-right student organization in Denmark, it also includes members who are not formally affiliated with any political party. Its highest authority is the National Council (landsrådet), which meets annually in October and elects the executive committee.

KS is also heavily engaged in international work and is a member of the Nordic Conservative Student Union (NKSU) and the European Democrat Students (EDS).

Member associations The organization has local branches at all Danish universities except the IT University of Copenhagen, and is thus represented at Aarhus, Odense, Roskilde, Copenhagen, Aalborg, Lyngby-Taarbæk and Frederiksberg.

Conservative Students at Copenhagen Business School Conservative Students is the cross-centre-right student association at Copenhagen Business School. The international name of the association is CBS Conservative & Liberal Students. It is driven by a new generation of young, ambitious students at Copenhagen Business School.

Conservative Students in Aarhus Conservative Students at the University of Copenhagen In 1989, the entire Copenhagen association (Conservative Students in the Capital) was collectively expelled from the national organization. Instead, the Copenhagen Conservative Student Forum was established by Lars William Hansen and Filip Sundram.

Conservative Students at the Technical University of Denmark The DTU branch was founded in 2019 with the purpose of promoting conservative student politics at the Technical University of Denmark.

Leadership over time

Chairs of Conservative Students at Copenhagen Business School +NameAssumed office Left office Kasper Jensen20202022Casper Øhlers20222023Luna Solhave2023Current

Chairs of The Conservative Voter Association in the Student Association / The Student Association's Conservatives / Conservative Students / Conservative Students in the Capital (incomplete):

1903–19?? Otto Jensen 1909–19?? Ejnar Hansen Aage Kidde 19??–ca. 1920 John Christmas Møller ca. 1920–1926 Carsten Raft 1926–1931 Aksel Møller ... 19??–1939 William Schack Nielsen 1939–1942 Poul Møller 1942–1945 Erik Ninn-Hansen 1945 Leif Nellemose 1945–19?? Kai Engell Jensen 19??–1947 Kristian Mogensen 19??–1951 Erik Andersen 1951–19?? Ole Stæhr ca. 1952 Flemming Hasle ca. 1952 Wilhelm Christmas-Møller ... .... Viggo Fischer ... 1971–1972 Peter La Cour ... 1981–1982 Connie Hedegaard 1982–1983 Hans Bech 1982–1986 Jens Frederik Hansen 1986–1988 Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard 1988–1989 Søren Agerbo 1989– Finn Ziegler

Chairs of Conservative Students at the University of Copenhagen (incomplete):

1990–1991 Lars William Hansen 1991–1993 Filip Sundram ... 2002–2004 Kristian Kolind 2004–2007 Carina Munck Olsén 2007–2008 Lisa Mette Tønder 2008–2009 Claus Christiansen 2009–2011 Lisa Mette Tønder 2011–2014 Andreas Johannes Teckemeier 2014–2015 Phillip Giede Bøvig 2015–2016 Cathrine Wenzzel 2016–2016 Anne Birk Mortensen 2016–2017 Sarah Marie Dahl 2017–2019 Andreas Vindstrup Fjeldsted 2019–2020 Simon Lindkær Andersen 2020–2021 Cille Hald Egholm 2021–present Mads Strange

Chairs of The Student Association's Conservatives / Conservative Students (Aarhus) (incomplete):

1967–1969 Lars P. Gammelgaard 1984–1984 John Amund Andersen 1993–1994 Søren Flinch Midtgaard 20??–2013 Rasmus Pedersen 2013–2015 Hans Henrik Juhl 2015–2016 Anders Staunsbjerg Brogner 2016–2017 Henrik Dahlin 2017–2020 Kim Risbjerg Madsen 2020–2023 Matias Tidemand Sørensen 2023–present Max Manøe Bjerregaard

Chairs of the National Organization of Conservative Students / National Organization of Conservative Students (from 1964) (incomplete):

– 1939/1940 Jørgen Hatting 1939/1940 (approx.) – ?? Poul Meyer Hagen Hagensen –1947 Erik Ninn-Hansen 1947– Kristian Mogensen 1964–1967 Jens Jørgensen 1967–1970 Harald Rømer 1970–1973 Finn Brogaard 1973–1976 Peter Stub Jørgensen 1976–1980 ? 1980–1982 Christian Mallet 1982–1984 Connie Hedegaard 1984–1986 Christian Høm 1986–1987 Jesper Fabricius 1987–1989 Jesper Frank Hansen 1989–1992 Steen Michael Asgreen 1992–1993 Allan Friis 1993–1994 Mads Lebech 1994–1995 Søren Flinch Midtgaard 1995–1997 Henrik Sørensen 1997–1998 Philip Torbøl 1998–1999 Bjarke Stilling 1999–2000 Dan Christiansen 2000–2001 Lasse Bork Schmidt 2001–2002 Jonas Wilstrup 2002–2004 Christian Hejlesen 2004–2005 Martin Christiansen 2005–2007 Anne Marie Lei 2007–2009 Katrine Hovaldt Larsen 2009–2012 Nicolaj Bang 2012–2014 Maria Svejdal 2014–2015 Andreas Johannes Teckemeier 2015–2016 Mikkel Wrang 2016–2017 Anne Birk Mortensen 2017–2018 Magnus Hermann Haraldsson 2018–2020 Kim Risbjerg Madsen 2020–2020 Andreas Schou 2020–2022 Christian Holst Vigilius 2022–2023 Magnus Von Dreiager 2023–2025 Daniel Bekesi 2025–present Johannes Kristensen

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External links Conservative Students Conservative Students (Aarhus)