and trade unionist (Communist Party) Karen Ankersted (1859–1921), pioneering female politician (Conservative People's Party) Svend Auken (1943–2009), politician (Social Democrats) Bendt Bendtsen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) Klaus Bondam, politician, actor (Det Radikale Venstre) Vilhelm Buhl, politician, Danish prime minister 1942 & 1945 (Social Democrats) Marie Chistensen (1860–1935), one of the first five women to be elected to the Landsting in 1918 Henriette Crone (1874–1933), Landsting politician, trade unionist, peace activist Kristian Thulesen Dahl, politician (Dansk Folkeparti) Marie Egeberg (1865–1952), schoolteacher, women's rights activist and Ventre politician Erik Eriksen Lene Espersen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913), Council President Mette Frederiksen, politician (Social Democrats) Louise Frevert, politician (no political party) Lis Groes (1910–1974), politician (Social Democrats) and feminist Hans Christian Hansen Hans Hedtoft Lisbet Hindsgaul (1890–1969), politician (Conservative People's Party) and women's rights activist Frode Jakobsen, WWII in the resistance movement, member of the Danish Freedom Council, politician (Social Democrats) Marianne Jelved, politician (Det Radikale Venstre) Frank Jensen, politician (Social Democrats), Lord Mayor of Copenhagen Anker Jørgensen, politician, Danish prime minister 1972–1973 & 1975–1982 (Social Democrats) Viggo Kampmann Naser Khader, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) Pia Kjærsgaard, politician (Dansk Folkeparti) Jens Otto Krag, former prime minister Knud Kristensen Edele Kruchow, member of the Folketing, served on Denmark's delegation to the United Nations Camma Larsen-Ledet (1915–1991), politician, minister and mayor (Social Democrats) Helga Larsen (1884–1947), one of the first four women to be elected to the Folketing Mogens Lykketoft, politician (Social Democrats) Eva Madsen (1884–1972), Denmark's first female mayor Brian Mikkelsen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) Per Stig Møller, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) Poul Møller, politician, minister of Finance 1968–1971, member of the European Parliament 1979–1986 (Konservative Folkeparti) Holger K. Nielsen, politician (Socialistisk Folkeparti) Elisa Petersen, early female politician (Venstre) and women's rights activist Petra Petersen (1901–1989), politician and resistance fighter Søren Pape Poulsen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish prime minister 2001–2009 (Venstre) Lars Løkke Rasmussen, politician, Danish prime minister 2009–2011 (Venstre) Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, politician, Danish prime minister 1993–2001 (Social Democrats) Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, politician (Social Democrats) Erik Scavenius, Danish prime minister 1943(–1945) Poul Schlüter, politician, Danish prime minister 1982–1993 (Konservative Folkeparti) Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, politician (Enhedslisten) Johnny Søtrup (Venstre), mayor of Esbjerg (1994–2017) Erna Sørensen (1896–1980), (Conservative People's Party) Villy Søvndal, politician (Socialistisk Folkeparti) Thorvald Stauning, politician, Danish prime minister 1924–1926 & 1929–1942 (Social Democrats) Helle Thorning-Schmidt, politician, Danish prime minister 2011–2015 (Social Democrats) Margrethe Vestager, politician (Det Radikale Venstre) Anna Westergaard (1882–1964), railway