Theresa Scavenius | |
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 Theresa Scavenius in 2018 | |
| Born | 26 July 1984 |
| Education | University of Copenhagen |
| Occupation(s) | Climate scientist and politician |
| Employer | Aalborg University |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Danish Social Liberal Party (2016-2017) The Alternative (2017-2020, 2022-2023) Momentum (2021-2022) |
| Relatives | Erik Scavenius (great-granduncle) |
| Website | theresascavenius |
Theresa Birgitta Brønnum Scavenius[1] (born 26 July 1984[2]) is a Danish politician who currently serves as an independent member of the Folketing. Previously a member of the green political party The Alternative, she was first elected at the 2022 Danish general election as a member of the party, having previously run unsuccessfully for them in the 2019 election. She was a candidate to succeed Uffe Elbæk as leader of the party, after he resigned in February 2020, but lost to Josephine Fock.
In September 2023, after being stripped of her committee assignments and excluded from The Alternative's parliamentary group, Scavenius resigned as a member of the party. She continues to sit in the Folketing as an independent politician.
She is an associate professor at Aalborg University Copenhagen with climate politics as her research area.
- ^ "Theresa Birgitta Brønnum Scavenius". Aalborg University. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Nissen, Marie (21 December 2019). "Theresa Scavenius vil være Alternativets leder: »Hvorfor var det så crazy?«". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.