Mette Thiesen

Mette Thiesen
Thiesen in 2023
Member of the Folketing
Assumed office
5 June 2019
ConstituencyNorth Zealand
Member of Hillerød City Council
In office
1 January 2014 – 31 December 2021
Personal details
Born (1981-12-20) 20 December 1981 (age 42)
Fredensborg, Denmark
Political partyDanish People's Party (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
Conservative People's Party (2013–2017)
Nye Borgerlige (2017–2022)

Mette Thiesen (born 20 December 1981) is a Danish politician and former schoolteacher who has been a member of the Folketing since June 2019, at first representing the Nye Borgerlige political party, but from November 2022 being an independent, and from February 2023 representing the Danish People's Party.

Thiesen was a city council member in Hillerød Municipality from January 2014 until December 2021, first representing the Conservative People's Party and from May 2017, when she changed her party allegiance, the Nye Borgerlige party. In November 2022 she left Nye Borgerlige due to personal issues,[1][2] consequently becoming the fastest politician in Danish history to leave the party she was elected for, having left six days after her re-election in the 2022 general election.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Mette Thiesen". Folketinget.
  2. ^ "Mette Thiesen melder sig ud af Nye Borgerlige". DR (in Danish). 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  3. ^ "Mette Thiesen skriver historie med hurtigt exit, siger professor - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  4. ^ "Professor: Mette Thiesen skriver historie med hurtigt NB-exit". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2022-11-17.