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Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen

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Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen
Secretary general forSave the ChildrenDenmark
Assumed office
25 April 2019
Political spokesperson for theRed–Green Alliance
In office
20 March 2009[1]– 4 May 2016
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPernille Skipper
Member of theFolketing
In office
13 November 2007 – 5 June 2019
ConstituencyNørrebro
Personal details
Born(1984-02-22)22 February 1984(age 40)
Odense,Denmark
ResidenceValbyinCopenhagen
Alma materRoskilde University
WebsiteOfficial website

Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen(born 22 February 1984 inOdense) is a former member of theDanish parliamentfor theRed-Green Alliance.Schmidt-Nielsen has been referred to as the "new queen of the Red-Green Alliance" by parts of the press.[2][3]She now serves as secretary general forSave the Children.[4]

Schmidt-Nielsen grew up onFynand currently lives inNørrebroinCopenhagen.[2][3]She has been active in politics since 1997,[5]and she was vice chairman of the national interest group for students at the Danishgymnasiumsfrom 2002 to 2003. At the Red-Green Alliance's annual meeting in May 2006, she was elected into the executive committee of the party with 147 votes — receiving more votes than any other candidate.[2]She was reelected in 2007.

She holds abachelor's degreeinsocial sciencefromRoskilde University2007.

Political career

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Activism

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Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen speaking outside COP15 on 12 December 2009

Schmidt-Nielsen has made herself noted as a politicalactivist,and has participated in demonstrations at summits inPrague,Brussels,GothenburgandRostock.[5][6]

As spokesperson for the activist groupVelfærdsmissionen(English:The Welfare Mission) she participated in dumping 200 kg of pasta and 40 liters of ketchup on the staircase leading to the Ministry of Finance in a protest against cutbacks in theState education grants.[2][6]

In March 2007, Schmidt-Nielsen reported theAller Pressowned pornographic magazine,Super,to the police for its use in procuring prostitutes. The background of the report was an article in the tabloid newspaperB.T.on the magazine's monthly contest in which the prize was a half hour in the company of a prostitute.[7]The report was later withdrawn when Aller called the contest off.[8]

On 30 October 2007, Schmidt-Nielsen and fellow feminists hung red stockings on a clothesline at the entry to theMinistry of Social Welfare,with the stated intention of encouraging ministerKaren Jespersento more actively attempt to solve gender equality issues.[9]

The following day, a group of members of the Red-Green Alliance including Schmidt-Nielsen planted bushes in the parkØrstedsparkenin central Copenhagen as a symbolic protest against harassment of the male gay population in Copenhagen and as a manifestation of sexual liberal-mindedness.[10]Previously, plantation had been removed from the park to discourage people from having sex in the park.[10]The party also launched an initiative against hate-crimes.[11]

On 5 November 2007, Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen launched a proposal for "modernizing" copyright, which included appointing a commission to redesign the copyright law to allow distributing copyrighted material and to compensate artists for the resulting loss of income.[12][13]The proposal received significant attention from the media, when she simultaneously confessed to having illegally downloaded and distributed music illegally on the internet and stated that she had no intention to cease doing so.[13][14]

Elections

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Schmidt-Nielsen ran for the municipal council ofCopenhagen Municipalityin the 2005 elections, but was not elected.

When in March 2007,Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theilannounced that she would not run for re-election to the Folketing, Schmidt-Nielsen took over her position as the party's top candidate in the metropolitan constituency.[15]At the2007 parliamentary election,she stood for election on issues such as increased social welfare and a struggle against discrimination.[5]

On 12 November 2007, Schmidt-Nielsen participated in a debate for party leaders onTV 2on the evening before the election as the youngest candidate ever to participate in a nationally televised debate for Danish party leaders.[16]Prior to the debate, the leader of theConservative People's Party,Bendt Bendtsen,mistook her for an office girl and asked her to fetch him coffee.[16]

She was elected on 8,964 personal votes.[17]In 2011 she was reelected on 47,002 votes, about 15,000 more votes than prime ministerHelle Thorning-Schmidt.In 2015 her reelection was secured with 40,225 votes.

References

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  1. ^Weirsøe, Frank (20 March 2009)."Enhedslisten udpeger førstekvinde".tv2fyn.dk(in Danish). TV2.Retrieved14 July2022.
  2. ^abcdSjølie, Marie Louise (2007-05-24).Revolution hver eneste dag.Dagbladet Information(in Danish).Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  3. ^abRømer, Mikael (2007-11-16).Enhedslistens nye dronning rykker ind.Ekstra Bladet(in Danish).Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  4. ^Dahlin, Ulrik (2019-04-25)."Fra 'dansk Che Guevara' til generalsekretær i Red Barnet: Portræt af Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen".Information(in Danish).Retrieved2019-06-15.
  5. ^abcFind din kandidat: Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen(in Danish).Danmarks Radio.Retrieved on 2008-04-06
  6. ^abEnhedslistens nye prinsesse(in Danish)(2007-11-14).TV 2 (Denmark).Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  7. ^Ib, Maria Theresa (2007-03-09).Pornoblad anmeldt for rufferiArchived2007-03-12 at theWayback Machine(in Danish).TV 2 (Denmark).Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  8. ^Wind-Friis, Lea (2007-05-14).Aller slipper for anmeldelse(in Danish).Politiken.Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  9. ^Mygind, Liv (2007-10-30).Rødstrømper blokerer ministerium med røde strømper(in Danish).Politiken.Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  10. ^abRømer, Mikael (2007-10-31).Der skal være plads til sex i det friArchived2008-09-21 at theWayback Machine(in Danish).Ekstra Bladet.Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  11. ^Buske mod hate-crimes i ØrstedsparkenArchived2016-03-26 at theWayback Machine(in Danish)(2007-10-31).Red-Green Alliance.Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
  12. ^Schmidt-Nielsen, Johanne (2007-11-05).Moderniser ophavsrettenArchived2012-02-11 at theWayback Machine(in Danish).Red-Green Alliance.Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
  13. ^abToppolitiker henter piratkopier(in Danish)(2007-11-05).Politiken.Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
  14. ^Enhedslisten: Musikere skal støttes(in Danish)(2007-11-07).Politiken.Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
  15. ^Enhedslisten med ny frontfigur(in Danish)2007-05-06.TV 2 (Denmark).Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
  16. ^abNilsson, Kirsten (2007-11-13).Bendtsen bad Enhedslistens spidskandidat hente kaffeArchived2008-02-11 at theWayback Machine(in Danish).Politiken.Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
  17. ^Johansen, Tobias Stern (2007-11-15)."Kaffepiccolinen" fik flere stemmer end Khader(in Danish).Kristeligt Dagblad.Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
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