Line Barfod is a member of the Folketing

Folketing

The Folketing , is the national parliament of Denmark. The name literally means "People's thing"—that is, the people's governing assembly. It is located in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen....

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Denmark

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Parliament

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Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)

The Red-Green Alliance is a socialist political party in Denmark.- History :The party was formed in 1989 as an electoral alliance by three left-wing parties, Left Socialists , Communist Party of Denmark and Socialist Workers Party...

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Line Barfod is the daughter of retired assistant librarian Werner Brandstrup Andreasen and social worker Åse Barfod. Married to Klaus Hansen. The couple have four children.

Parliamentary career

Member of the Folketing for the Unity List – the Red-Green Alliance in Eastern Copenhagen constituency, November 20, 2001 to February 8, 2005. Temporary Member of the Folketing for the Unity List – the Red-Green Alliance in Århus County constituency from October 8 to November 30, 1998. The Unity List – the Red-Green Alliance's candidate in Glostrup nomination district, in Nørrebro nomination district, 1999 to 2001, in Århus West nomination district, 1998 to 1999, and in Frederiksborg County

Frederiksborg County

Frederiksborg Amt is a former county in the north of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. Effective January 1, 2007, the county was abolished and merged into Region Hovedstaden ....

 nomination district, 1996 to 1998.

Education and Profession

Master of laws, University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...

, 1985-1992. Tidens High School 1983-1984. Rysensteen Upper Secondary School, 1980-1983. Solicitor with Advokatfirmaet Foldschack & Forchhammer from 2002. Junior solicitor and solicitor with Advokaterne Ulla Paabøl & Knud Foldschack 1993-2002. Junior solicitor with Advokat Jørgen Lokdam 1992. Tutor in criminal law at the University of Copenhagen, 1992-2000. Counsellor in study debt with the Students' Council from 1991.

Affiliations

Chairwoman of "Fælles Kurs Ungdom" (Youth on a Common Course), 1984-1985. Technical secretary with the Communist Students 1987-1989. Member of the presidium and finance committee of the Student Council, the University of Copenhagen, 1989-1990. Member of the governing body of the DIS Fund, 1990–1992, Chairwoman of "Studenterbogladens Fond" (Student Bookshop Fund), 1991–1997, Chairwoman of "Foreningen Kulturbyens Venner" (Association of Friends of Culture Town), 1994-1998. Member of the council of representatives of the Housing Fund for single mothers and
fathers from 1997, of the Central Board of the Unity List – The Red-Green Alliance from
1998-2002, and from 2003–2005, of the editorial committee of the Association of Solicitors' legal-political periodical 'Lov & Ret' (Law and Justice) from 1997, and of the council of representatives of the financial institution 'Fælleskassen', from 2000.

External links

• The Danish Red-Green Alliance