Karsten Lauritzen

Danish politician

Karsten Lauritzen

Minister for Taxation
In office
28 June 2015 – 27 June 2019
Prime Minister| Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded by| Benny Engelbrecht
Succeeded by| Morten Bødskov
Member of the Folketing

Incumbent

Assumed office
13 November 2007
Constituency| North Jutland
Personal details
Born|

Karsten Styrbæk Lauritzen

(1983-10-14) 14 October 1983 (age 41)
Løgstør, Denmark
Political party| Venstre

Karsten Styrbæk Lauritzen (born 14 October 1983 in Løgstør) is a former Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He was first elected into parliament in the 2007 Danish general election and left the parliament on the 31 January 2022.[1] He served as Minister of Taxation from 2015 to 2019.

## Background

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Lauritzen was born and raised in Løgstør. His father Jens Lauritzen is a farmer and former mayor of Løgstør Municipality and Vesthimmerland Municipality. Karsten Lauritzen got his high school exam from Fjerritslev Gymnasium and has a bachelor's degree in public administration from Aalborg University.[2]

## Political career

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Karsten Lauritzen began his political career as a member of Venstres Ungdom the official youth party for the Liberal Party of Denmark. He later became deputy chairman for Venstres Ungdom from 2003 to 2005 and then chairman from 2005 to 2007. He was elected into the Folketing in the 2007 general election. In the parliament he previously served as both integration and development spokesman as well as legal spokesman for the Venstre party. He was appointed Tax Minister on 28 June 2015, as part of Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet. He continued in the same position in the Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet.[2][3] He resigned in 2019 due to the stress of the Danish Dividend Scandal. [4]

## References

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1. ^ "Karsten Lauritzen forlader Folketinget til fordel for topjob i DI". altinget.dk. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
2. ^ a b "Karsten Lauritzen". Ft.dk. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
3. ^ "Karsten Lauritzen er ny skatteminister". Skm.dk. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
4. ^ "Karsten Lauritzen: Hvis vi ikke laver om på tingene, så sprænger systemet sig selv i luften". POV (in Danish). 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2024-08-23.

## External links

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* Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

Political offices

Preceded by

Benny Engelbrecht

|  Minister for Taxation
2015–2019  | Succeeded by

Morten Bødskov

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Members of the Folketing

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2019–2022

Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)|

Auken‡ • Bramsen • Brandenborg • Bruus • Bødskov • Damsbo-Andersen • Dybvad • Engelbrecht • Fabricius • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Halsboe-Jørgensen • Hav • Heunicke • Hummelgaard • Hækkerup • Jakobsen • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Joel • Johansen • Jørgensen • Kjær • Kollerup • Krag • Kristensen • Kronborg • Langhoff • H. Larsen • M. Larsen • Larsson • Laustsen • Lind • Madsen • Mortensen • Møller • Paulin • Petersen • Prehn • Rasmussen • Ravn • Rosenkrantz-Theil • Roug • Skovsby • Stoklund • Tesfaye • Vind • Wammen • Wermelin

Liberals (Venstre)|

Ahlers • Ambo-Rasmussen • Andersen • Bank • Bjerre • Bonnesen • Dahlin • Danielsen • Elholm • Ellemann • Ellemann-Jensen • Frederiksen • Fuglede • Geertsen • Hansen • Heitmann • Henriksen • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Juel-Jensen • Jørgensen • Kissmeyer • Knuth • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Matthiesen • Melson • Mikkelsen • Nørby • Pedersen • Poulsen • Rasmussen • Schmidt • Tørnæs • Valentin • Øktem • Østergaard

Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)|

Adsbøl • Ahrendtsen • Bech • Blixt • Bøgsted • Christensen • J. Dahl • K. Dahl • Dencker • Espersen • Flydtkjær • Kjærsgaard • Krarup • Messerschmidt • Skaarup • Skibby

Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)|

Andersen • Bech-Nielsen • Berthelsen • Carøe • Dehnhardt • Dyhr • Hønge • Mark • Munk • Mølbæk • Nordqvist‡ • Oguz • Strøjer-Schmidt • Torp • Valentin

Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)|

Amini • Callesen • Hegaard • Jelved • Kronborg • Lidegaard • Lindgreen • Nielsen • Olldag • Petersen • Robsøe • Rod • Stampe • Steenberg • Thorholm • Østergaard

Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)|

Flyvholm • Gottlieb • Hvelplund • Hyllested • Juhl • Rosa Lund • Rune Lund • Rasmussen • Skipper • Sølvhøj • Søndergaard • Velásquez • Villadsen

Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)|

Abildgaard • Ammitzbøll • Bager‡ • Bergman • Hansen • Jarlov • Jerkel • Juul • Knuth‡ • Larsen • Mercado • Poulsen

The New Right (Nye Borgerlige)|

Christensen • Mathiesen • Thiesen • Vermund

Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)|

Dahl • Olesen • Vanopslagh

Independent Greens (Frie Grønne)|

Elbæk‡ • Siddique‡ • Zimmer‡

The Alternative (Alternativet)|

Gejl

Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)|

Rohde‡

Outside group|

Amimitzbøll-Bille‡ • Khader‡ • Rasmussen‡ • Støjberg‡ • Østerby‡

From Faroe Islands|

| Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)|

Skaale

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Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)|

Joensen

From Greenland|

| Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)|

Larsen

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Forward (Siumut)|

Høegh-Dam

‡ = Elected under a different party.
Italic = Left office before end of term.

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* e

2015–2019

Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)|

Akdogan • Antorini • Bramsen • Brosbøl • Bødskov • Christensen • Corydon • Damsbo-Andersen • Dybvad • Engelbrecht • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Gaardsted • Halsboe-Jørgensen • Hav • Heunicke • Hummelgaard • Hækkerup • Jakobsen • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Joel • Johansen • Jørgensen • Klint • Kollerup • Krag • Kristensen • Langhoff • Larsen • Laustsen • Lind • Lunderød • Lykketoft • Madsen • Mortensen • Panduro • Petersen • Prehn • Rasmussen • Ravn • Reissmann • Rosenkrantz-Theil • Skovsby • Tesfaye • Thorning-Schmidt • Wammen • Wermelin

Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)|

Adelsteen • Adsbøl • Ahrendtsen • Bech • Bendixen • Berth • Blixt • Bork • Brodersen • Bøgsted • Callesen • Christensen • Christiansen • J. Dahl • K. Dahl • M. H. Dencker • M. Dencker • Due • Eilersen • Espersen • Flydtkjær • Hansen • Harpsøe • Henriksen • Jakobsen • Kjærsgaard • Kofod • Krarup • Langballe • Larsen • Marinus • Messmann • Nødgaard • Ib Poulsen • Skibby • Skaarup • Ullemose

Liberals (Venstre)|

Andersen • Bager • Bonnesen • Danielsen • Elholm • Ellemann • Ellemann-Jensen • Engel-Schmidt • Frederiksen • Gade • Geertsen • Hansen • Heitmann • Henriksen • Holst • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Juel-Jensen • Jørgensen • Kissmeyer • Knuth • Larsen • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Løkkegaard • Matthiesen • Nørby • Pedersen • Pind • Poulsen • Rasmussen • Schmidt • Støjberg

Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)|

Ammitzbøll-Bille • Bach • Bock • Christensen • Dahl • Egelund • Kattrup • Lindahl • Mikkelsen • Olesen • Olsen • Riisager • Samuelsen

Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)|

Brix • Dragsted • Flyvholm • Gjerding • Hyllested • Juhl • Lund • Rasmussen • Schmidt-Nielsen • Skipper • Sølvhøj • Søndergaard • Sørensen • Villumsen • Vilsholm

The Alternative (Alternativet)|

Elbæk • Fock • Gade • Gejl • Grantzau • Maier • Matthisen • Nordqvist • Poll • Sandbæk • Schnoor‡

Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)|

Auken • Jelved • Lidegaard • Nielsen • Rod • Stampe • Steenberg • Østergaard

Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)|

Andersen • Bech-Nielsen • Dahl • Dyhr • Hønge • Mark • Nielsen • Torp

Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)|

Abildgaard • Jarlov • Jerkel • Khader • Mercado • Mikkelsen • Poulsen

From Faroe Islands|

| Republic (Tjóðveldi)|

Arge • Hoydal

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Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)|

Skaale

From Greenland|

| Descendants of our Country (Nunatta Qitornai)|

Hammond‡

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Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)|

Larsen

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Italic = Left office before end of term

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2011–2015

Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)|

Akdogan • Andersen • Antorini • Auken‡ • Bjerregaard • Bramsen • Brosbøl • Bruus • Bødskov • Corydon • Damsbo-Andersen • Engelbrecht • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Gaardsted • Halsboe-Jørgensen • C. Hansen • T. Hansen • Hav • Heunicke • K. Hækkerup • N. Hækkerup • O. Hækkerup • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Joel • Johansen • Klint • Kofod • Kollerup • Krag‡ • Kristensen • Langhoff • Larsen • Laustsen • Lind • Lund • Lykketoft • Mortensen • Panduro • Paulsen • Petersen‡ • Prehn • Ravn • Reissmann • Rosenkrantz-Theil • Sina • Skovsby • Sohn‡ • Thorning-Schmidt • Wammen

Liberals (Venstre)|

H. Andersen • K. Andersen • Bech • Bonnesen • J. Christensen • P. Christensen • Christiansen • Danielsen • Elholm • Ellemann-Jensen • Ellemann • Engel-Schmidt • Frederiksen • Friis • Geertsen • Hansen • Heitmann • Henriksen • Hornbech • Høegh • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Jespersen • Josefsen • Juel-Jensen • Jørgensen • E. Larsen • F. Larsen • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Matthiesen • Nedergaard • Nonbo • Nørby • Pedersen • Pind • Poulsen • Rasmussen • Rørvig • Schmidt • Støjberg • Thoning • Thranum • Tørnæs • Vesselbo • Øktem

Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)|

Adelsteen • Adsbøl • Ahrendtsen • Blixt • Bøgsted • A. Christensen • R. Christensen • Christiansen • J. Dahl • K. Dahl • M. H. Dencker • M. Dencker • Dohrmann • Espersen • Flydtkjær • Henriksen • Kjærsgaard • Krarup • Langballe • Marinus • Nødgaard • Skibby • Skaarup

Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)|

Andersen • Bach • Farooq • Hansen • Hersom • Jacobsen • Jelved • Loklindt • Mikkelsen • Mølvig • Nielsen • Petersen • Rod • Sareen • Stampe • Steenberg • Vestager • Østergaard

Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)|

Andersen • Bagge • Bech-Nielsen • Baastrup • Cekic • Dahl • Dehnhardt • Dyhr • Gade • Mach • Nielsen • Søvndal • Vilhelmsen

Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)|

Arbo-Bæhr • Brix • Clausen • Dohn • Hyllested • Juhl • Lund • Schmidt-Nielsen • Skipper • Sørensen • Villumsen • Aaen

Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)|

Ammitzbøll-Bille • Bock • Christensen • Frank • Mikkelsen • Olesen • Olsen • Riisager • Samuelsen

Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)|

Barfoed • Behnke • Dyremose • Espersen • Kiær • Legarth • Mercado • Mikkelsen • Møller • Rugholm

The Alternative (Alternativet)|

Elbæk

From Faroe Islands|

| Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)|

Skaale

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Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)|

Joensen

From Greenland|

| Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)|

Olsvig

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Forward (Siumut)|

Jakobsen

‡ = Elected under a different party
Italic = Left office before end of term

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2007–2011

Liberals (Venstre)|

Andersen • Bech • Bisgaard • Bonnesen • P. Christensen • T. Christensen • Christiansen • Elholm • Ellemann • Frederiksen • Gade • Hansen • Holberg • Hornbech • Hvilshøj • Høegh • Haarder • J. Jensen • K. Jensen • M. Jensen • Jespersen • Josefsen • Juel-Jensen • Kirk • Larsen • Lauritzen • Lilleholt • Lorentzen • Løhde • Møller • Nedergaard • Nonbo • Nørby • M. Pedersen • T. Pedersen • T. S. Pedersen • Pind • Poulsen • A. Rasmussen • L. Rasmussen • Rudiengaard • Rørvig • Sander • Schmidt • Støjberg • Thoning • Tørnæs • Vesselbo • Vibjerg • Aamund‡

Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)|

Adelskov • Akdogan • P. Andersen • S. Andersen • Antorini • Auken • Björnsson • Brosbøl • Bødskov • Christensen • Damsbo-Andersen • Engelbrecht • Frederiksen • Gjerskov • Grave • C. Hansen • L. Hansen • T. Hansen • Hav • Heunicke • Husted • Karen Hækkerup • Klaus Hækkerup • N. Hækkerup • O. Hækkerup • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Klint • Kofod • Kristensen • Larsen • Laustsen • Lund • Lykketoft • Meldgaard • F. Mortensen • K. Mortensen • Møller • Panduro • Paulsen • Prehn • Rademacher • Seelen • Sindal • Skovsby • Sohn • Thorning-Schmidt • Vernersen

Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti)|

Adelsteen • Blixt • Brix • Brodersen • Bøgsted • Camre • A. Christensen • R. Christensen • Christiansen • Dahl • Dalgaard • Dencker • Dohrmann • Espersen • Falkenberg • Harpsøe • Henriksen • Kjærsgaard • Knakkergaard • Krarup • Langballe • Messerschmidt • Nødgaard • Petersen • Poulsen • Skibby • Skaarup

Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)|

Agersnap • Andersen • Auken • Bagge • Bonne • Bornhøft • Baastrup • Cekic • Dahl • Dehnhardt • Dyhr • Frahm • Fuglsang • Gade • Holmsgaard • Hønge • Jensen • Krag • Nielsen • Petersen • Qureshi • Søvndal • Touborg

Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti)|

Barfoed • Behnke • Bendtsen • Christensen • Dyremose • Espersen • Hedegaard • Jarlov • Khader‡ • Kier • Kjær • Kristensen • Leegaard • Legarth • Lundsgaard • Mikkelsen • H. Møller • P. Møller • Nielsen • Rasmussen • Rugholm • Sjelle

Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)|

Andersen • Dahl • Dybkjær • Jelved • M. Petersen • N. Petersen • Johannes Poulsen • Jørgen Poulsen‡ • Vestager • Østergaard

Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)|

Ammitzbøll-Bille‡ • Christensen • Høiby • Samuelsen

Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten)|

Barfod • Clausen • Schmidt-Nielsen • Aaen

Christian Democrats (Kristendemokraterne)|

Jørgensen‡

Outside group|

Christmas-Møller‡ • Hansen‡ • Seeberg‡

From Faroe Islands|

| Republic (Tjóðveldi)|

Hoydal

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Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)|

Joensen

From Greenland|

| Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)|

Henningsen

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Forward (Siumut)|

Johansen

‡ = Elected under a different party.
Italic = Left office before end of term.

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