Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen
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Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Folketing | |
| Assumed office 24 March 2026 | |
| Constituency | South Jutland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 June 1991 Tranbjerg, Denmark |
| Party | Red–Green Alliance |
| Alma mater | VIA University College |
Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen (born 7 June 1991) is a Danish politician and Member of the Folketing. A member of the Red–Green Alliance, he has represented South Jutland since March 2026.[1]
Madsen was born on 7 June 1991 in Tranbjerg.[2] He studied organic farming at the Kalø Organic Agricultural School (2010–2013) and social work at VIA University College (2015–2020).[2][3] He works as an educator in Copenhagen and occasionally farms.[4] He has been on the board of organic farming company Dansk Økojord A/S and the Organic Association of Denmark since 2022.[3]
Madsen was a member of the Socialist Youth Front (SUF)'s execuitve from 2006 to 2007 and an activist with the Job Patrol scheme from 2007 to 2012.[5] He was on the board of the Jutland Against Superfluous Highways (Jyder Mod Overflødige Motorveje) (2008–2010) and Danish Vocational Schools Student Organisation (Erhvervsskolernes Elevorganisation) (2010–2011).[5] He served on the board of the Red–Green Alliance from 2015 to 2017.[3] He served as a substitute member of the Folketing from October 2015 to November 2015, from September 2018 February 2019 and from January 2021 to June 2021.[1] He was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from October 2018 to January 2019.[6] He was elected to the Folketing at the 2026 general election.[7][8]
| Election | Constituency | Party | Personal votes |
Total votes |
Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 general[9] | East Jutland | Red–Green Alliance | 308 | 3,031 | Not elected | |
| 2015 general[10] | East Jutland | Red–Green Alliance | 536 | 2,077 | Not elected | |
| 2017 local[11] | Aarhus Municipality | Red–Green Alliance | 93 | Not elected | ||
| 2019 European[12] | Denmark | Red–Green Alliance | 1,292 | Not elected | ||
| 2019 general[13] | South Jutland | Red–Green Alliance | 821 | 2,610 | Not elected | |
| 2022 general[14] | South Jutland | Red–Green Alliance | 486 | 1,931 | Not elected | |
| 2026 general[15] | South Jutland | Red–Green Alliance | 856 | 2,458 | Elected | |