List of members of the Folketing, 1998–2001

This is a list of the 179 members of the Folketing, in the 1998 to 2001 session. They were elected at the 1998 general election.

Election results

Denmark properPartyVotes%Seats+/–Social Democratic Party1,223,62035.963+1Venstre817,89424.0420Conservative People's Party303,9658.916–11Socialist People's Party257,4067.6130Danish People's Party252,4297.413NewCentre Democrats146,8024.38+3Danish Social Liberal Party131,2543.97–1Red-Green Alliance91,9332.75–1Christian People's Party85,6562.54+4Progress Party82,4372.44–7Democratic Renewal10,7680.30NewIndependents1,8330.10–1Invalid/blank votes25,929–––Total3,431,9261001750Faroe IslandsPeople's Party5,56926.910Social Democratic Party4,68922.71+1Union Party4,51021.80–1Republican Party4,32520.900Self-Government Party1,6037.700Invalid/blank votes146–––Total20,84210020GreenlandSiumut8,50236.51NewAtassut8,40436.110Inuit Ataqatigiit4,98821.40NewCentre Party990.400Independents1,2935.60–1 Invalid/blank votes891–––Total24,11710020Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution Below is the distribution of the 179 seats as it appeared after the 1998 election, as well at the distribution at the end of the term.Folketinget efter valget 11. marts 1998 (Folketinget, 1998)

+PartyParty leaderElectedseatsEndseatsChangePoul Nyrup Rasmussen6363Marianne Jelved77 Bendt Bendtsen1616Mimi Jakobsen87 1Holger K. Nielsen1313Pia Kjærsgaard1310 3Jann Sjursen45 1Anders Fogh Rasmussen4242Aase Heskjær4 - 4Collective leadership55Anfinn Kallsberg11Jóannes Eidesgaard11Daniel Skifte11Hans Enoksen11 -7 7

Parliament members elected at the March 1998 election +NameBirth yearPartyConstituencyKeld Albrechtsen 1952 ÅrhusSonja Albrink 1948 VejleElse Winther Andersen 1941 ÅrhusHanne Andersen 1939 KøbenhavnJytte Andersen 1942 ØstreKim Andersen 1957 ÅrhusPoul Andersen 1952 FynYvonne Herløv Andersen1942FrederiksborgMogens Andreasen 1931 RoskildeCharlotte Antonsen 1959 FrederiksborgChristine Antorini 1965 ØstreElisabeth Arnold 1941ÅrhusMargrete Auken1945FrederiksborgSvend Auken 1943 ÅrhusKim Behnke1960ÅrhusTom Behnke 1966 KøbenhavnHelen Beim1943RoskildeBendt Bendtsen 1954 FynDorte Bennedsen1938KøbenhavnInger Bierbaum 1943 SønderjyllandRené Skau Björnsson 1967 ÅrhusMariann Fischer Boel 1943 FynÓli Breckmann1948Faroe IslandsPeter Brixtofte1949FynJacob Buksti1947VestreLotte Bundsgaard 1973 FynHans Peter Baadsgaard 1937 ÅrhusAnne Baastrup 1952 RoskildeErling Christensen1942FynOle Vagn Christensen 1943 ViborgPia Christmas-Møller 1961 KøbenhavnSusanne Clemensen 1970 ØstreInge Dahl-Sørensen1947ØstreKristian Thulesen Dahl 1969 FynFrank Dahlgaard1946 ØstreHelle Degn 1946 KøbenhavnOle Donner1939NordjyllandPeter Duetoft 1950 NordjyllandPoul Erik Dyrlund 1949 VestsjællandJóannes Eidesgaard1951Faroe IslandsUffe Ellemann-Jensen1941ÅrhusHans Engell 1948 FrederiksborgLene Espersen 1965 NordjyllandJørgen Estrup 1942 ØstreSvend Aage Fauerholdt1938ViborgTove Fergo 1946 KøbenhavnOve Fich1949RoskildePernille Frahm 1954 VestreAage Frandsen1941ÅrhusThorkild Fransgaard1943NordjyllandSteen Gade 1945 FynHenning Gjellerod 1940 RingkøbingPia Gjellerup 1959 VestreMartin Glerup1943NordjyllandJette Gottlieb 1948 ØstreHolger Graversen1936NordjyllandLis Greibe1939SønderjyllandHenning Grove1932 ViborgPeter Hansen-Nord 1947 VestsjællandAnna-Marie Hansen 1943 ViborgAnnie Lunde Hansen 1936 VestsjællandCarsten Hansen 1957 FynChristian H. Hansen 1963 RingkøbingEva Kjer Hansen 1964 VejleFlemming Hansen 1939 VejleIvar Hansen 1938 RibePernille Blach Hansen 1974 ViborgSøren Hansen1942VestsjællandJens Heimburger 1965 StorstrømSvend Heiselberg 1935 ViborgBirthe Rønn Hornbech 1943 RoskildeSvend Erik Hovmand 1945 StorstrømRikke Hvilshøj 1970 VestreHans Hækkerup1945VestsjællandKlaus Hækkerup 1943 FrederiksborgLise Hækkerup 1947 KøbenhavnOle Hækkerup 1971 ØstreBertel Haarder 1944 KøbenhavnKaj Ikast 1935 SønderjyllandErik Jacobsen 1940 SønderjyllandKirsten Jacobsen1942NordjyllandMimi Jakobsen 1948 KøbenhavnMarianne Jelved 1943 NordjyllandSvend Aage Jensby 1940 NordjyllandAnders Mølgaard Jensen 1958 VejleFrank Jensen 1961 NordjyllandKristian Jensen 1971 RingkøbingJørn Jespersen 1955 StorstrømKaren Jespersen 1947 KøbenhavnEbbe Kalnæs1948FynJens Kirk 1942 RingkøbingKnud Erik Kirkegaard 1942 RingkøbingHenriette Kjær 1966 ÅrhusKlaus Kjær1952VestsjællandPia Kjærsgaard 1947 KøbenhavnHarald Kjøller1936BornholmKaren J. Klint 1947 VejleCarsten Koch1945FrederiksborgFlemming Kofod-Svendsen1944KøbenhavnJeppe Kofod 1974 BornholmSøren Kolstrup1947FynGyda Kongsted1942SøndreEllen Kristensen1972GreenlandHenrik Dam Kristensen 1957 RibePer Kaalund 1937 KøbenhavnClaus Larsen-Jensen 1953 ØstreErik Larsen1944FynEster Larsen1936VestsjællandPia Larsen 1956 KøbenhavnBjarne Laustsen 1953 NordjyllandJes Lunde1956NordjyllandMogens Lykketoft 1946 KøbenhavnJens Hald Madsen 1968 RoskildeAase Dorthea Madsen 1936 KøbenhavnLissa Mathiasen 1948 VejleChristian Mejdahl 1939 NordjyllandArne Melchior 1924 ÅrhusAnne-Marie Meldgaard 1948 ÅrhusBrian Mikkelsen 1966 VestsjællandLars Kramer Mikkelsen 1956 ØstreSonja Mikkelsen 1955 ÅrhusHelga Moos 1951 SønderjyllandElse Marie Mortensen 1946 FynErik Mortensen 1943 NordjyllandHelge Mortensen 1941 RibeEgil Møller 1941 FrederiksborgHelge Adam Møller 1942 StorstrømLone Møller 1949 FrederiksborgPer Stig Møller 1942 VestreElsebeth Gerner Nielsen 1960 VejleHolger K. Nielsen 1950 KøbenhavnOle Møller Nielsen 1940 NordjyllandPoul Nielson1943VejleKarsten Nonbo 1952 StorstrømPoul Nødgaard 1936 ÅrhusJørn Pedersen1947ÅrhusThor Pedersen 1945 FrederiksborgVibeke Peschardt 1939 FrederiksborgJan Petersen 1958 ÅrhusMorten Helveg Petersen 1966 KøbenhavnNiels Helveg Petersen 1939 FynAnders Fogh Rasmussen 1953 ViborgIngrid Rasmussen 1947 StorstrømLars Løkke Rasmussen 1964 FrederiksborgPoul Nyrup Rasmussen 1943 RingkøbingInge Refshauge1937SønderjyllandJens Rohde 1970 ViborgHans-Pavia Rosing1948GreenlandPreben Rudiengaard 1944 RibeKaren Rønde1973ÅrhusPernille Sams1959 ÅrhusPeder Sass1943StorstrømHans Christian Schmidt 1953 SønderjyllandGrete Schødts1945FynGitte Seeberg 1960 RoskildeHanne Severinsen 1944 RingkøbingOle Løvig Simonsen1935StorstrømJann Sjursen1963ÅrhusBirthe Skaarup 1939 VejlePeter Skaarup 1964 ØstreOle Sohn 1954 VestsjællandOle Stavad 1949 NordjyllandAnni Svanholt1947ÅrhusSøren Søndergaard 1955 KøbenhavnFrode Sørensen 1946 SønderjyllandHugo Sørensen1942ÅrhusVilly Søvndal 1952 VejleBodil Thrane1943NordjyllandMargot Torp1944RibeKristen Touborg 1943 RingkøbingJan Trøjborg 1955 VejleUlla Tørnæs 1962 RibeJens Peter Vernersen 1947 RingkøbingJens Vibjerg 1949 VejleTove Videbæk1945RingkøbingBirte Weiss1941SøndreJørgen Winther 1945 ÅrhusJytte Wittrock 1945 StorstrømFrank Aaen 1951 Nordjylland

Party and member changes after the March 1998 elections Party changes Below are all parliament members that have joined another party or become independent during the term.

+NameOld partyConstituencyNew partyDateFrank Dahlgaard Østre16 June 199929 August 2001Kim BehnkeÅrhus11 October 19996 Februar 2001Tom BehnkeKøbenhavn11 October 1999 6 Februar 2001Thorkild FransgaardNordjylland11 October 19996 Februar 2001Kirsten JacobsenNordjylland11 October 19996 Februar 2001Inge RefshaugeSønderjylland21 June 2000Ole DonnerNordjylland5 July 2000Mogens Andreasen Roskilde24 July 2000Arne Melchior Århus28 September 2001

Lasting member changes Below are member changes that lasted through the entire term. +ReplacementBirth yearPartyConstituencyReplaced MPDateReasonSusanne Fast Jensen 1951RoskildeOve Fich28 January 1999Fich resigned his seat.Kaj Aage Stillinger1943 FynSteen Gade29 May 1999Gade resigned his seat.Knud Erik Hansen 1945 VestrePernille Frahm20 July 1999Frahm resigned her seat.Sandy Brinck 1972VejlePoul Nielson16 September 1999Nielson resigned his seat.Gitte Lillelund Bech 1969 KøbenhavnBertel Haarder1 October 1999Haarder resigned his seat.Niels Bloch Jespersen1941FrederiksborgSusanne Fast Jensen5 October 1999Jensen resigned her seat.Thorstein Theilgaard1968 ØstreChristine Antorini1 December 1999Antorini resigned her seat.Inger Marie Bruun-Vierø 1942 ØstreJørgen Estrup1 March 2000Estrup resigned his seat.Eva Møller 1940 FrederiksborgHans Engell17 May 2000Engell resigned his seat.John Vinther1965 StorstrømJens Heimburger15 August 2000Heimburger resigned his seat.Thomas Adelskov 1964FrederiksborgCarsten Koch1 September 2000Koch resigned his seat.Henrik Sass Larsen 1966 KøbenhavnHelle Degn1 October 2000Degn resigned her seat.Svend Erik Larsen1947VestsjællandHans Hækkerup16 January 2001Hækkerup resigned his seat.Ulrik Kragh 1970 VejleAnders Mølgaard Jensen4 February 2001Jensen passed away.Lene Garsdal 1947NordjyllandJes Lunde1 October 2001Lunde resigned his seat.

Temporary member changes Below are temporary member replacements during the term.