Sinem Dybvad Demir (born 11 April 1992) is a Danish politician and Member of the Folketing. A member of the Red–Green Alliance, she has represented North Zealand since March 2026.
Demir was born on 11 April 1992 in Odense. She is the daughter of Turkish immigrants and gained Danish citizenship in 2018. For more than ten years she worked as a waiter at various restaurants including Mikkeller Faergekroen at the Tivoli Gardens. Demir was a shop steward from 2018 to 2020 and has been on the board of the Copenhagen branch of the United Federation of Danish Workers (3F) since 2020. She took part in the 2020 industrial action against Jensen's Bøfhus after the restaurant reduced waiters' pay by 20kr per hour, abrogated the collective agreement it had with 3F and initiated a lockout. She and other trade union representatives were not re-hired by the restaurant following the end of the dispute.
In December 2024 Demir and her husband opened the 1899 restaurant in Copenhagen. The tabloid Ekstra Bladet has reported that almost all the food served at the restaurant serves comes from conventional farming despite 1899 claiming to use local and organic ingredients to the greatest extent possible. Demir is chair of the Hotel and Restaurant Industry Association in Copenhagen.
Demir has been a board member of the Red–Green Alliance since 2019. She was a member of the Copenhagen City Council from 2020 to 2025. She was elected to the Folketing at the 2026 general election.
Demir is married to Rune Dybvad.
+ Electoral history of Sinem Dybvad DemirElectionConstituencyPartyPersonalvotesTotalvotesResult 2017 local Copenhagen Municipality Red–Green Alliance Not elected 2019 general North Jutland Red–Green Alliance Not elected 2021 local Copenhagen Municipality Red–Green Alliance Elected 2022 general North Zealand Red–Green Alliance Not elected 2026 general North Zealand Red–Green Alliance Elected
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