Pelle Dragsted

Pelle Dragsted
Political spokesperson of the Red–Green Alliance
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 August 2023
Preceded byMai Villadsen
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 November 2022
ConstituencyCopenhagen
In office
18 June 2015 – 5 June 2019
Personal details
Born (1975-04-13) 13 April 1975 (age 49)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Political partyRed-Green Alliance

Pelle Dragsted (born 13 April 1975) is a Danish author and politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Red-Green Alliance since the 2022 Danish general election.[1] He formerly served as member of the Folketing in 2015 to 2019.[2]

He has been described as the Danish left's unofficial chief ideologue and as the Red-Green Alliance's grey eminence.[3][4]

Dragsted was elected to the Frederiksberg City Council in 2021, where he served as chair of the climate and housing committee.[5] After winning re-election to the Folketing, Dragsted stepped back from his position as councillor due to rules regarding double mandates in the Red-Green alliance.[6][7]

In August 2023, Dragsted was announced as the new political spokesperson of the Red-Green Alliance, succeeding Mai Villadsen.[8]

  1. ^ "Hvem er valgt? Se valgte kandidater og personlige stemmer | DR". www.dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  2. ^ "Pelle Dragsted (EL)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Pelle Dragsted | lex.dk". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  4. ^ "Enhedslistens 'grå eminence' går efter en plads i Folketinget". Information (in Danish). 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  5. ^ Holm, Thue Ahrenkilde (2021-11-18). "Pelle Dragsted blev en stemmesluger på Frederiksberg: Det vil han med magten". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  6. ^ "Pelle Dragsted vil i Folketinget igen". Altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  7. ^ "EL-profil trækker sig fra kommunal post efter valg til Folketinget". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  8. ^ Hunter, Lena (2023-08-22). "The Copenhagen Post". The Copenhagen Post. Retrieved 2023-08-22.