Sigurd Agersnap
Danish politician (born 1993)
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Sigurd Agersnap Gustavson (born 2 March 1993) is a Danish politician and member of the Folketing, the national legislature. A member of the Green Left party, he has represented Greater Copenhagen since November 2022.[1]
2 March 1993
Sigurd Agersnap | |
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Agersnap in July 2022 | |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2022 | |
| Constituency | Greater Copenhagen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sigurd Agersnap Gustavson 2 March 1993 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Party | Green Left |
| Education | University of Copenhagen |
| Website | sf |
Agersnap was born on 2 March 1993 in Copenhagen.[1] He is son of biologist Kim Gustavson and ethnogeographer Hanne Agersnap, a Member of the Folketing for Greater Copenhagen (2007–2011).[1][2] He was educated at Fuglsanggårdsskolen and Virum Gymnasium in Virum.[3][4] He has a Master of Science degree in political science from the University of Copenhagen (2020).[1] He was a student assistant for the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) (2016–2018) and an intern at Oxfam IBIS (2019–2020).[1][4] He was a consultant for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation from 2020 to 2022.[1][4] He was on the board of wastewater utility Biofos from 2018 to 2022.[1] He was a member of the municipal council in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality from 2018 to 2022 and was first deputy mayor from 2021 in a Conservative People's Party led administration.[1][4][5]
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 local[6] | Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality | Socialist People's Party | 131 | Not elected | |
| 2017 local[7] | Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality | Socialist People's Party | 1,114 | Elected | |
| 2021 local[8] | Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality | Socialist People's Party | 2,077 | Elected | |
| 2022 general[9] | Greater Copenhagen | Green Left | 2,857 | Elected | |
| 2026 general[10] | Greater Copenhagen | Green Left | 3,546 | Elected | |
