Schleswig Party

Political party in Denmark

Schleswig Party

Slesvigsk Parti

German name| Schleswigsche Partei
Chairperson| Rainer Naujeck
Founded| 1920
Headquarters| Vestergade 30
6200 Aabenraa
Ideology| Regionalism
German minority interests
Political position| Centre
Colours|  Yellow
Regions|

0 / 205

Municipal councils|

10 / 2,436

Mayors|

1 / 98

Election symbol

Website
www.slesvigsk-parti.dk

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Schleswig Partys election poster 1939

The Schleswig Party (Danish: Slesvigsk Parti, German: Schleswigsche Partei) is a regional political party in Denmark representing the North Schleswig Germans.

## History[edit]

The party was established in August 1920 as the Schleswig Voters Club (German: Schleswigscher Wählerverein) following the Schleswig Plebiscites and the ceding of Northern Schleswig from Germany to Denmark.[1] It ran in the September 1920 Folketing elections, winning a single seat taken by Johannes Schmidt.[1] The party maintained its single seat in elections in 1924, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1935 and 1939.[2][3]

The party did not run in the 1943 or 1945 elections, but returned to contest the 1947 elections,[4] in which it failed to win a seat.[2] The party remained seatless until the September 1953 elections, retaining its seat in 1957 and 1960. The 1964 elections saw the party lose its single seat, and it did not contest the 1966 elections.

The party returned to run in the 1968 elections, but failed to win a seat. After failing to win a seat in the 1971 elections, the party has not contested any further national elections, although it continues to participate in local politics in North Schleswig.

Between 1973 and 1979 the party was represented in Parliament by Jes Schmidt, a candidate elected through an electoral agreement with the Centre Democrats. After his death in 1979, the agreement between the two parties stopped because the SP proposed a candidate with a Waffen-SS past, thus unacceptable for the CD.[5]

## Leaders[edit]

* Johannes Schmidt (1920–35)
* Hans Christian Jepsen (1983–91)
* Peter Bieling (1991–99)
* Gerhard Mammen (1999–2010)
* Marit Jessen Rüdiger (2010–12)
* Carsten Leth Schmidt (2012–2022)
* Rainer Naujeck (2022–)[6]

## Election results[edit]

### Folketing[edit]

Election  | Votes  | Seats

|
|

#  | %  | ± pp  | #  | ±
1920 (Sep) | 7,505  | 0.6%  | New |

1 / 149

| New
1924 | 7,715  | 0.6%  | 0.0  |

1 / 149

|  0
1926 | 10,422  | 0.8%  | +0.2  |

1 / 149

|  0
1929 | 9,787  | 0.7%  | –0.1  |

1 / 149

|  0
1932 | 9,868  | 0.6%  | –0.1  |

1 / 149

|  0
1935 | 12,617  | 0.8%  | +0.2  |

1 / 149

|  0
1939 | 15,016  | 0.9%  | +0.1  |

1 / 149

|  0
1943–1945 | Did not run
1947 | 7,464  | 0.4%  | +0.4  |

0 / 150

|  0
1950 | 6,406  | 0.3%  | –0.1  |

0 / 151

|  0
1953 (Apr) | 8,438  | 0.4%  | +0.1  |

0 / 151

|  0
1953 (Sep) | 9,721  | 0.5%  | +0.1  |

1 / 179

|  1
1957 | 9,202  | 0.4%  | –0.1  |

1 / 179

|  0
1960 | 9,058  | 0.4%  | 0.0  |

1 / 179

|  0
1964 | 9,274  | 0.4%  | 0.0  |

0 / 179

|  1
1966 | Did not run
1968 | 6,831  | 0.2%  | +0.2  |

0 / 179

|  0
1971 | 6,743  | 0.2%  | 0.0  |

0 / 179

|  0
1973–  | Did not run

### Landsting[edit]

Election  | Votes  | Seats

|
|

1928 | 6,736  |

0 / 76

1932 | Did not run
1936 | 8,868  |

0 / 76

1939 | 11,122  |

0 / 76

1943–1953 | Did not run

### Local elections[edit]

Municipal elections
| Election  | Seats

|

#  | ±
1922 |

56 / 10,750

1925 |

64 / 11,329

|  8
1929 |

70 / 11,403

|  6
1933 |

72 / 11,425

|  2
1937 |

88 / 11,371

|  16
1943 |
1946 |
1950 |

45 / 11,499

1954 |

52 / 11,505

|  7
1958 |

50 / 11,529

|  2
1962 |

44 / 11,414

|  6
1966 |

42 / 10,005

|  2
1970 |

20 / 4,677

|  22
1974 |

16 / 4,735

|  4
1978 |

14 / 4,759

|  2
1981 |

12 / 4,769

|  2
1985 |

14 / 4,773

|  2
1989 |

9 / 4,737

|  5
1993 |

9 / 4,703

|  0
1997 |

8 / 4,647

|  1
2001 |

7 / 4,685

|  1
2005 |

4 / 2,522

|  3
2009 |

6 / 2,468

|  2
2013 |

9 / 2,444

|  3
2017 |

10 / 2,432

|  1
2021 |

10 / 2,436

|  0

Regional elections
| Date  | Votes  | Seats

|
|

#  | ±
1935 | 4,737  |

6 / 299

1943 |  |

6 / 299

|  0
1946 |  |

1 / 299

|  5
1950 | 3,123  |

2 / 299

|  1
1954 | 3,912  |

3 / 299

|  1
1958 | 4,069  |

3 / 303

|  0
1962 | 3,860  |

2 / 301

|  1
1966 | 3,837  |

3 / 303

|  1
1970 | 7,501  |

1 / 366

|  2
1974 | 6,454  |

2 / 370

|  1
1978 | 6,508  |

1 / 370

|  1
1981 | 6,285  |

1 / 370

|  0
1985 | 5,593  |

1 / 374

|  0
1989 | 4,877  |

0 / 374

|  1
1993 | 5,115  |

1 / 374

|  1
1997 | 4,538  |

1 / 374

|  0
2001 | 4,417  |

1 / 374

|  0
2005-2013 | Did not run
2017 | 5,267  |

0 / 205

|  0
2021 | Did not run

Mayors
| Year  | Seats

|

No.  | ±
2005 |

0 / 98

|  0
2009 |

0 / 98

|  0
2013 |

0 / 98

|  0
2017 |

0 / 98

|  0
2021 |

1 / 98

|  1

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b The Schleswig Party after 1920 Schleswig Party (in German)
2. ^ a b Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp552–553 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
3. ^ Cohn, Einar (May 1939). "Rigsdagsvalgene og Folkeafstemningen i April og Maj 1939". Danmarks Statistik.
4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p540
5. ^ Hans Schultz Hansen,Sønderjyllands historie siden 1945
6. ^ "Slesvigsk Parti". Folkevalgte.dk. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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