List of Political Families - Denmark

Denmark

The Auken Family

• Svend Auken (Member of The Folketing (The Danish Parliament) 1971–, Minister of Labor 1977–82 and Minister of Environment 1993–2001)
• Gunvor Auken (Deputy Mayor of Frederiksberg 1998–2002)
• Margrete Auken (Member of The Folketing (The Danish Parliament) 1979–90 and again from 1994–2004, Member of the European Parliament from 2004–)
  • Ida Auken (Daughter of Margrethe Auken; Member of The Folketing (The Danish Parliament) 2007–)

The Ellemann-Jensen Family

• Jens Peter Jensen (Member of The Folketing 1964–73, 1975–81, 1984–87 and 1988–90 and Deputy County Mayor of Fyn 1970–79)
  • Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (Son of Jens Peter Jensen; Member of The Folketing 1977–2001, Foreign Minister 1982–93)
    • Karen Ellemann (Daughter of Uffe Ellemann-Jensen; City Council Member of Rudersdal 2005–07, Member of The Folketing 2007–, Minister of the Interior 2009–)

The Helveg Petersen Family

• Kristen Helveg Petersen (Minister of Education 1961–64, Member of The Folketing 1964–75 and Member of the European Parliament 1973–75)
• Lilly Helveg Petersen (Wife of Kristen HP; Deputy Mayor of Copenhagen)
  • Niels Helveg Petersen (Son of Kristen and Lilly Helveg Petersen; Member of The Folketing 1966–74 and 1977–, Minister of Trade 1988–1990 and Foreign Minister 1993–2000)
  • Kirsten Lee (Wife of Niels Helveg Petersen; Member of The Folketing 1987–1990, and Regional Council Member 2005–)
    • Morten Helveg Petersen (Son of Niels Helveg Petersen; Member of The Folketing 1998–)
    • Rasmus Helveg Petersen (Candidate for The Folketing)

The Hækkerup Family

• Hans Kristen Hækkerup (Member of The Folketing (The Danish Parliament), 1920–29, and Mayor of Ringsted, 1927–29)
  • Hans Erling Hækkerup (son of Hans Kristen Hækkerup; Minister of Justice and later Minister of the Interior, 1953–68, Member of the Folketinget 1945–47 and 1948–71)
  • Per Hækkerup (son of Hans Kristen Hækkerup; Foreign Minister, Minister of Trade and Industry 1962–79)
  • Karen Margrete Hækkerup (wife of Per Hækkerup, Member of The Folketing 1964–66 and 1970–81)
    • Hans Hækkerup (son of Per Hækkerup, Minister of Defence 1993–2000, Member of The Folketing)
    • Lise Ingeborg Hækkerup (ex-wife of Hans Hækkerup, Member of The Folketing 1990–1994, 1998–2001 and a bit of 2004)
    • Klaus Hækkerup (son of Per Hækkerup, Mayor of Frederiksværk 1978–1988, Member of The Folketing 1988– )
      • Nick Hækkerup (son of Klaus Hækkerup, Mayor of Hillerød 2000–2007)Member of the Folketing 2007–
      • Ole Hækkerup (son of Klaus Hækkerup, Member of The Folketing 1998–2001)
      • Karen Angelo Hækkerup (wife of Ole Hækkerup, Member of The Folketing 2005–)