The speaker of the Folketing () is the presiding officer of the Danish Parliament, Folketing. It was established on 3 January 1850. The incumbent speaker is Søren Gade who has been serving since 16 November 2022.
List of speakers of the Danish Parliament Below is a list of office-holders:
Portrait Name(born-died) Term of office Political party Folketing Took office Left office Time in office 1 Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ 30 January 1850 3 August 1852 National Liberal 2 Johan Nicolai Madvig 4 October 1852 12 June 1853 National Liberal 3 Carl Edvard Rotwitt 13 June 1853 2 December 1859 Society of the Friends of Peasants 4 3 December 1859 2 December 1870 National Liberal 5 3 December 1870 30 September 1883 United Left 6 Christen Berg 1 October 1883 2 October 1887 People's Left Danish's Left 7 3 October 1887 16 December 1894 Negotiating Venstre 8 17 December 1894 16 April 1895 Negotiating Venstre (7) 17 April 1895 4 October 1901 Moderate Venstre 9 Herman Trier 5 October 1901 30 January 1905 Venstre Reform Party 10 31 January 1905 14 March 1912 Venstre 11 Jens Christian Christensen 15 March 1912 13 June 1913 Venstre 12 14 June 1913 29 March 1922 Venstre 13 7 April 1922 10 April 1924 Venstre 14 Hans Peter Hansen 30 April 1924 24 November 1932 Social Democrats 15 30 November 1932 1 May 1933 Social Democrats 16 9 May 1933 30 October 1945 Social Democrats 17 Julius Bomholt 22 November 1945 22 February 1950 Social Democrats 18 23 February 1950 22 September 1964 Social Democrats (17) Julius Bomholt 6 October 1964 22 January 1968 Social Democrats 19 Karl Skytte 6 February 1968 30 September 1978 Social Liberal 20 Knud Børge Andersen 3 October 1978 8 December 1981 Social Democrats 21 Svend Jakobsen 22 December 1981 10 January 1989 Social Democrats 22 Erik Ninn-Hansen 10 January 1989 3 October 1989 Conservative 23 3 October 1989 15 January 1993 Conservative 24 27 January 1993 5 October 1994 Social Democrats 25 Erling Olsen 5 October 1994 11 March 1998 Social Democrats 26 Ivar Hansen 26 March 1998 11 March 2003 Venstre – Svend Auken 11 March 2003 18 March 2003 Social Democrats 27 Christian Mejdahl 18 March 2003 13 November 2007 Venstre 28 Thor Pedersen 28 November 2007 15 September 2011 Venstre 29 Mogens Lykketoft 4 October 2011 18 June 2015 Social Democrats 30 Pia Kjærsgaard 3 July 2015 20 June 2019 Danish People's Party 31 Henrik Dam Kristensen 21 June 2019 1 November 2022 Social Democrats 32 Søren Gade 16 November 2022 Incumbent Venstre
See also Speaker of the Landsting (1850-1953)
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