Social Democratic Youth of Denmark

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Social Democratic Youth of Denmark Danmarks Socialdemokratiske Ungdom




Chairperson	Jacob Bjerregaard Jørgensen

Founded	1920
Headquarters	Danasvej 7 1910 Frederiksberg C

Mother party	Social Democrats
International affiliation	International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)
European affiliation	ECOSY - Young European Socialists

Website	http://www.dsu.net/

Danmarks Socialdemokratiske Ungdom (Social Democratic Youth of Denmark), the youth organisation of the Danish Social Democrats. DSU is a member of Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd (DUF), International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY), Young European Socialists (ECOSY) og Forbundet Nordens Socialdemokratiske Ungdom (FNSU). The name in short is: DSU

1 History
2 Chairmen of DSU
3 External links
4 See also

[edit] History

The early years

The Social Democratic Youth movement of Denmark was established in 1920 after a break-up of the former youth organisation, the Social Democratic Youth League (in Danish: Socialdemokratisk Ungdomsforbund (SUF)). The new organisation was at first entitled DsU, not to be compared with DSU, the Danish chess union.

The founders of DSU wanted to change the Danish society by reforms and not by revolution.

[edit] Chairmen of DSU

The incumbent chairman of DSU is Jacob Bjerregaard Jørgensen who was elected at the DSU 2004 congress and was re-elected at the last DSU congress in may 2006. The current general secretary of the DSU is Casper Claudi Rasmussen who was elected at the 2006 congress.

Former DSU chairmen:

1920-1927 Christian Christiansen
1927-1929 Hans Hedtoft, Prime minister of Denmark 1948-1955
1929-1933 Johannes Hansen
1933-1937 H. C. Hansen, Prime minister of Denmark 1955-1960
1937-1942 Poul Hansen
1942-1946 Victor Gram
1946-1952 Per Hækkerup, Danish foreign minister 1962-1966
1952-1958 Børge Jensen
1958-1961 Niels Kristensen
1961-1967 Ejner Hovgaard Christiansen
1967-1970 Hans Carl Nielsen
1970-1974 Niels Enevoldsen
1974-1978 Frode Møller Nicolaisen
1978-1982 Finn Larsen
1982-1986 Jan Petersen, Former MP for Socialdemokraterne
1986-1990 Jens Christiansen, Former Secretary-General for Socialdemokraterne
1990-1992 Anette Berentzen
1992-1996 Henrik Sass Larsen, Incumbent political spokesman of Socialdemokraterne
1996-2000 Morten Bødskov, MP for Socialdemokraterne
2000-2004 Kristian Madsen

[edit] External links

DSU website

[edit] See also

Socialdemokraterne

v • d • e Political Youth Organisations in Denmark

Danish Communistic Youthunion · Offensiv - Young Revolutionaries · Socialist Youth Front · Youth of the Socialist People's Party · Social Democratic Youth · Youth of the Popular Movement · Slesvig Party Youth · Radikal Ungdom · Venstres Ungdom · Christian Democratic Youth · Young Conservatives · Youth of the Progress Party · Youth of the Danish People's Party