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{{Short description|Political party in Denmark}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Distinguish|Party of the Danes}}
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{{Infobox political party
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| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| name             = Danish People's Party
| native_name      = Dansk Folkeparti
| logo             = [[file:Dansk Folkeparti new logo 10 2023 positive.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert|250px]]
| abbreviation     = DF<br />O{{efn|Official party letter on voting ballot}}
| leader           = [[Morten Messerschmidt]]
| leader1_title    = Parliamentary leader
| leader1_name     = [[Peter Kofod Poulsen|Peter Kofod]]
| split            = [[Progress Party (Denmark)|Progress Party]]
| foundation       = 6 October 1995
| headquarters     = [[Christiansborg Palace|Christiansborg]],<br />1240 [[Copenhagen]]
| youth_wing       = [[Youth of the Danish People's Party]]
| membership_year  = 2021
| membership       = 9,427<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hoffmann-Hansen |first1=Henrik |last2=Nilsson |first2=Simone |last3=Jespersen |first3=Johan Storgaard |last4=Krasnik |first4=Benjamin |last5=Fabricius |first5=Kitte |last6=Schmidt |first6=Mara Malene Raun |last7=Gosmann |first7=Mie Borggreen Winther og Sara Mathilde |date=2022-10-03 |title=Overblik: Partierne i Danmark |url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/politik-begyndere/overblik-partierne-i-danmark |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Kristeligt Dagblad |language=da}}</ref>
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap
 |[[Nationalism|Danish nationalism]]
 |[[Right-wing populism]]
}}
| position         =  {{nowrap|[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]<ref name="right">{{bulleted list|{{cite journal |url=https://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/hjsis/article/view/42260 |title=Examining the Securitization of Refugees in Denmark: The Impact of Right-Wing Political Agendas |first1=Heavy Nala |last1=Estriani |first2=Nurul |last2=Qomaria |date=December 2024 |journal=Hasanuddin Journal of Strategicand International Studies (HJSIS) |doi=10.20956/hjsis.v3i1.42260 |issn=2963-1394 |volume=3 |issue=1 |page=25 |quote=The growing support for the right-wing Danish People's Party is closely linked to the rising number of immigrants and refugees entering Denmark.}}|{{cite journal |last1=Blinkenberg |first1=Emilie Mallung |first2=Trine |last2=Øland |date=July 2025 |title=‘Have We Ever Heard about Ukrainians Causing Trouble?’ How Integration Workers in Denmark Make Sense of the Special Act on Displaced Ukrainians |journal=Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |doi=10.1080/1369183X.2025.2528742 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2025.2528742 |page=10 |quote=Here, friendship and neighbourhood seem to slide between arguments ofgeographical proximity, defining ‘Europe as our own locality’ as expressed by Mads Fuglede, spokesperson of the liberal-conservative party of Denmark, and arguments of ‘shared values of Western civilisation’, as expressed by Morten Messerschmidt of the right-wing Danish People’s Party.}}|{{cite journal |title=Ambivalence, Political Consensus and Conditionality: Support for Whistleblowing among Danish Employees |first=Thomas |last=Olesen |doi=10.1111/1467-9477.12188 |date=October 2020 |journal=Scandinavian Political Studies |volume=44 |issue=1 |publisher=Wiley |issn=0080-6757 |page=16 |quote=It is worth noting, however, that voters for the right-wing Danish People’s Party, which is particularly strong on issues of immigration, are significantly less inclined to support this kind of whistleblowing, with only 50.6 percent answering in the ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ categories.}}|{{cite journal |title=Breaking the mold: Working through our differences to vocalize the sound of change |author1=Amal Abdellatif |author2=Maryam Aldossari |author3=Ilaria Boncori |author4=Jamie Callahan |author5=Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya |author6=Sara Chaudhry |author7=Nina Kivinen |author8=Shan-Jan Sarah Liu |author9=Ea Høg Utoft |author10=Natalia Vershinina |author11=Emily Yarrow |author12=Alison Pullen |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gwao.12722 |publisher=Wiley |date=September 2021 |volume=28 |issue=5 |doi=10.1111/gwao.12722 |journal=Gender, Work & Organization |page=1963 |quote=The Social Democratic Party secured that win mainly because it had adopted the anti‐immigration stance which the right‐wing Danish People's Party had until then occupied.}}|{{cite journal |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9477.70010 |doi=10.1111/1467-9477.70010 |date=August 2025 |volume=48 |issue=3 |journal=Scandinavian Political Studies |publisher=Wiley |first1=Rasmus Sandy |last1=Harboesgaard Nielsen |first2=Karen N. |last2=Breidahl |first3=Troels Fage |last3=Hedegaard |title=The Link Between Individual Predispositions and Misperceptions About Immigrants: Insights From Denmark |quote=This shift has been interpreted as an attempt to “neutralize” the issue to prevent further voter losses to right-wing parties, particularly the Danish People's Party.}}|{{cite book |title=Gendering Party Politics: Feminist Institutionalist Perspectives |date=30 October 2024 |editor1=Meryl Kenny |editor2=Elin Bjarnegard |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn= 9780197793985 |chapter=Preventing and Handling Violence in Danish Political Parties |first1=Karina |last1=Kosiara-Pedersen |page=99 |quote=The center-right Danish People's Party is a good example of a party that has addressed the issue due to general awareness of the #MeToo and #enblandtos movements, but that is not pressured to a large extent by either their ideology or specific cases.}}}}</ref> to [[Far-right politics|far-right]]<ref>{{bulleted list|{{Cite web |title=Dansk Folkeparti vil være midterparti |url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kirke-tro/dansk-folkeparti-vil-v%C3%A6re-midterparti |access-date=2025-09-22|website=kristelig-dagblad.dk |language=da-DK}}|{{Cite web |title=Bagland omfavner et blåt DF: 'Hvis ikke vi gør det, går det galt for os' |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/bagland-omfavner-et-blaat-df-hvis-ikke-vi-goer-det-gaar-det-galt-os |access-date=2025-09-22|website=dr.dk |language=da-DK}}|{{Cite web |title=Virkeligheden indhenter den yderste højrefløj, så snart de kan dufte magten |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/virkeligheden-indhenter-den-yderste-hoejrefloej-saa-snart-de-kan-dufte-magten |access-date=2025-09-22|website=altinget.dk |language=da-DK}}|{{Cite web |title=DF slår sig ned med EU's yderste højrefløj |url=https://www.sn.dk/art1644999/danmark/df-slaar-sig-ned-med-eus-yderste-hoejrefloej/ |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=sn.dk |language=da-DK}}}}</ref>}}
| religion         = [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark]]
| europarl         = [[Patriots for Europe]]<br />(since 2024){{refn|group=nb|The party was formerly part of the [[Union for Europe of the Nations]] (1999–2009), the [[Europe of Freedom and Democracy]] (2009–2014), [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group]] (2014–2019), and [[Identity and Democracy]] (2019–2024).}}
| european = [[Patriots.eu]]
| affiliation1_title = [[Nordic Council]] affiliation
| affiliation1     = [[Nordic Freedom]]
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| seats1_title     = [[Folketing]]
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}}{{Efn|Only 175 of the 179 seats in the Danish Parliament, the [[Folketing]], are obtainable by [[List of political parties in Denmark|Danish political parties]] as [[Greenland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]] are assigned two seats each due to their status as territories in the [[Danish Realm|Kingdom of Denmark]].}}
| seats2_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}}
| seats3_title     = [[Regions of Denmark|Regional Councils]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistikbanken.dk/akva3|work=Statistics Denmark|title=AKVA3: Valg til regions råd efter område, parti og stemmer/kandidater/køn|access-date=13 June 2010}}</ref>
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|6|205|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipal Councils]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistikbanken.dk/valgk3|work=Statistics Denmark|title=VALGK3: Valg til kommunale råd efter område, parti og stemmer/kandidater/køn|access-date=13 June 2010}}</ref>
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|63|2436|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[Mayor]]s
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|0|98|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| colours          = {{ubl|{{color box|#1B4D8B|border=darkgray}} Blue|{{Color box|#EE243A |border=darkgray}} Red (official)<ref name="Farvekoder">{{cite web |title=Farvekoder |url=https://danskfolkeparti.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Farvekoder.pdf |website=Danskfolkeparti.dk |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref>|{{color box|#FCD03B|border=darkgray}} Yellow (customary)<ref>[http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Politik/EP14/Artikler/2014/05/26/013605.htm KORT Da Dansk Folkeparti blev størst i hele Danmark]. DR.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/df-staar-til-markant-tilbagegang-i-sydjylland-s-bliver-stoerst|title=DF står til markant tilbagegang i Sydjylland: S bliver størst|date=28 May 2019|work=Berlingske Tidende|access-date=22 February 2020|agency=Ritzau|trans-title=DPP expected to decline in Southern Jutland: S will be biggest}}</ref>}}
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
| symbol           = [[File:Dansk Folkeparti new small logo 10 2023 positive.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert|100px]]
| flag             = [[File:Flag of the Danish People's Party.svg|150px]]
| country          = Denmark
}}

The '''Danish People's Party''' ('''DPP'''; {{langx|da|Dansk Folkeparti}}, '''DF''') is a [[Nationalism|nationalist]] and [[Right-wing populism|right-wing populist]] [[List of political parties in Denmark|political party]] in [[Denmark]]. It was formed in 1995 by former members of the [[Progress Party (Denmark)|Progress Party]] (FrP).

The party saw a period of significant growth after its founding and lent its support to the {{Lang|da|[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]|italic=no}}–[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]] coalition government that ruled from the [[2001 Danish general election|general election of 2001]] until the [[2011 Danish parliamentary election|2011 election]] defeat. While not part of the cabinet, DF cooperated closely with the governing coalition on most issues and received support for key political stances in return, to the point that the government was commonly referred to as the "VKO-government" (O being DF's election symbol).<ref name="dsd" /> It also provided parliamentary support to [[Lars Løkke Rasmussen]]'s cabinets from 2016 to 2019, again without participating in it. In the [[2014 European Parliament election in Denmark]], DF secured 27% of the vote as part of the [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group|European Conservatives and Reformists]] group. This was followed by receiving 21% of the vote in the [[2015 Danish general election|2015 general election]], becoming the second largest party in Denmark for the first time.

However, since 2015, the party has since seen a decline in support, falling to 3rd place and 10.8% of the vote in the [[2019 European Parliament election in Denmark]], and to just 8.7% in the [[2019 Danish general election]], resulting in a loss of 21 seats and a return to opposition. The party would later lose over half of its seats in the [[2021 Danish local elections]], losing 130 of the 221 it held before the election, achieving just 4.1% of the vote. Some commentators attributed the losses to internal conditions within the party and conflicts with the leadership, its perceived indecisiveness in government and rival parties adopting many of its policy ideas. The DF would also suffer a number of defections during 2022 following the rise of the [[Denmark Democrats]] party which many former DF members and supporters joined.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tidligere DF'er Hans Kristian Skibby vil også være med i Støjbergs parti {{!}} Nyheder |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/tidligere-dfhans-kristian-skibby-er-vil-ogsaa-vaere-med-i-stoejbergs-parti |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=DR |date=25 June 2022 |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Endnu en tidligere DF'er melder sig klar for Danmarksdemokraterne {{!}} Nyheder |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/nordjylland/endnu-en-tidligere-dfer-melder-sig-klar-danmarksdemokraterne |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=DR |date=25 June 2022 |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-24 |title=Jens Henrik Thulesen Dahl melder sig ind i Støjbergs nye parti - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2022-06-24-jens-henrik-thulesen-dahl-melder-sig-ind-i-stoejbergs-nye-parti |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-24 |title=Peter Skaarup forlader Dansk Folkeparti: Vil være kandidat i Inger Støjbergs nye parti |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/peter-skaarup-forlader-dansk-folkeparti-skifter-til-inger-stoejbergs-nye-parti |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref> It would receive its worst general election result ever in [[2022 Danish general election|2022]], when it only won five seats. {{as of|February 2023}}, due to defections from [[New Right (Denmark)|Nye Borgerlige]], DF now has seven of the seats in the Danish Folketing.

==History==
The party's popularity has grown since its inception, taking 25 seats in the 179-member [[Folketing]] in the [[2007 Danish parliamentary election|2007 parliamentary election]] (13.8% of the vote, remaining the third largest party in Denmark).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7091941.stm|work=BBC News| title=Danish centre-right wins election|date=14 November 2007}}</ref> In the [[2011 Danish general election|2011 parliamentary election]], while maintaining its position as the third largest party, DF received 12.3% of the vote, marking its first electoral decline.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1204271/valgopg/valgopgHL.htm |title=Folketingsvalg torsdag 15. september 2011 |work=dst.dk |publisher=[[Statistics Denmark]] |access-date=22 October 2011}}</ref>

=== Kjærsgaard leadership (1995–2012) ===

==== Early years (1995–2001) ====
[[File:Pia Kjaersgaard, Bornholm 2011.jpg|left|thumb|[[Pia Kjærsgaard]], co-founder and chairman of the Danish People's Party from 1995 until 2012. [[Bornholm]], 2011]]
The Danish People's Party was founded on 6 October 1995, after [[Pia Kjærsgaard]] and [[Kristian Thulesen Dahl]] broke away from the [[Progress Party (Denmark)|Progress Party]].<ref name="dfes">{{cite web |url=http://rudar.ruc.dk/handle/1800/710 |website=Roskilde University Digital Archive |title=Dansk Folkeparti - en succes |trans-title=The Danish people's party - a success |year=2004 |page=9 |last1=Richter-Jørgensen |first1=Christian Bjerre |last2=Frøstrup |first2=Freja |last3=Abel Lytken |first3=Louise |last4=Gerion Johansen |first4=Christina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803042253/http://rudar.ruc.dk/handle/1800/710 |archive-date=2007-08-03 |language=da}}</ref> Its first national convention was held in [[Vissenbjerg]] on 1 June 1996, where Kjærsgaard was unanimously elected as the party's chairman.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/Historie_.asp |work=Dansk Folkeparti |title=Historie |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725110723/http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/Historie_.asp |archive-date=25 July 2010 }}</ref> The party was established in protest over the "[[anarchism|anarchistic]] conditions" of the Progress Party, and its "all or nothing" policies. It was initially seen by many as a "clone" of the Progress Party, but this soon proved false.<ref name="dfes" /> In a struggle to be respected as a responsible party able to cooperate with others and distance it from the conditions in the Progress Party, the leadership of the party struck down criticism from its members by means of expulsions.<ref name="dsd">{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Samfund/Danske_politiske_partier_og_bev%C3%A6gelser/Dansk_Folkeparti|work=Den store dansk|title=Dansk Folkeparti|access-date=15 July 2010}}</ref> The party saw a highly centralized party leadership as necessary, as it would not tolerate internal conflicts and disagreements with the official strategy.<ref name="m99b">Meret, 2009, p. 99.</ref>

The party was the first successful parliamentary party in the Nordic countries to relate philosophically more closely to the French ''[[Nouvelle Droite]]'', than to the previous Nordic form of right-wing populism. DF represented a synthesis of several political currents: the Lutheran movement ''[[Tidehverv]]'' and its related journal, an intellectual nationalist right from the ''Danish Association'' (''Den Danske Forening'') and conservative populists from the Progress Party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.culcom.uio.no/english/news/2008/simonsen.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802221635/http://www.culcom.uio.no/english/news/2008/simonsen.html|archive-date=2 August 2012|work=CULCOM|title=- A symptom of large societal changes|first=Lorenz|last=Khazaleh|date=29 March 2008}}</ref><ref>Hervik, Peter. 2011. The Annoying Difference: The Emergence of Danish Neonationalism, Neoracism, and Populism in the Post-1989 World. Berghahn Books. p. 25.</ref>

In 1997, the party won about 7% in the municipal elections, and did very well in traditional left-wing municipalities, potentially rivaling the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]].<ref name=m99>Meret, 2009, p. 98.</ref> By 1998, the party had 2,500 registered members.<ref name=m99/> The party made its electoral debut in the [[1998 Danish parliamentary election]], winning 13 seats and 7.4% of the vote. The party was, however, left with no influence in the formation of a government; it was shut out in large part due to the perception that it was not ''[[wikt:stueren|stueren]]t'' (i.e. not acceptable or "housebroken").<ref name=dsd/>

==== Venstre-Conservative coalitions (2001–2011) ====
[[File:Anders Fogh Rasmussen, tidligere statsminister Danmark, under sessionen i Kopenhamn 2006 (2).jpg|thumb|Danish prime minister [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]] who in 2001 began giving the DF political concessions for supporting his governments. [[Copenhagen]], 2006]]
In the [[2001 Danish parliamentary election|2001 election]], the party won 12% of the vote and 22 seats in [[Folketinget|parliament]]. It became the third largest party in the parliament, giving them a key position, as they would have a parliamentary majority together with the [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]] and {{Lang|da|[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]|italic=no}}. DF was favoured by these parties, as it had supported the {{Lang|da|Venstre|italic=no}} candidate for Prime Minister, [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]], during the election campaign.<ref name="m99b" /> Eventually, it gave its parliamentary support for a {{Lang|da|Venstre|italic=no}}-Conservative coalition government, headed by Prime Minister Rasmussen, in exchange for the implementation of some of their key demands, first and foremost stricter policies on immigration.<ref name="dsd" /> The party had a key role in writing the rules and conditions for immigration in the immigration law that was established by the government in May 2002,<ref>Meret, 2009, p. 100.</ref> which it called "Europe's strictest".<ref name="bbc192" />

In the [[2005 Danish parliamentary election|2005 election]], the party further increased their vote, and won 13.2% of the vote and 24 seats.<ref name=dsd/> With young first-time voters the party was even more popular, receiving one fifth of their votes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ztR2W3r-e50J:www.duf.dk/uploads/tx_templavoila/DUF_Fakta_-_Valgretsalder_-_Unges_partivalg_og_deltagelse_09.pdf+danmark+politisk+spektrum+dansk+folkeparti+venstre+konservative+folkeparti&hl=no&gl=no&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgGZWxQQ3_ivuBG6sqW5GqgLVajIUqUzP2k2sBgP0KEGiEGPX0uG06VF3WTV39Czxh29WnH-hSuubQzFOEqsG2d1iHpxeq3rfvHIdrAbMkUpu3dln0pw78oVnK9b2qarW8zE8gT&sig=AHIEtbRMLxviWJzh5_UI9zvvV7AU63MJFQ|publisher=DUF Fakta|title=Valgretsalder – unges partivalg og deltagelse|year=2009}}</ref> The party continued to support the government, and developed a broader policy base, as it made welfare policies its core issue, together with immigration policies.<ref name=dsd/>

In 2006, the party's popularity rose dramatically in [[opinion polls]] following the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy|''Jyllands-Posten'' Muhammad cartoons controversy]], at the expense of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]. The average of all monthly national polls showed DF gaining seven seats in parliament from January to February, with the Social Democrats losing an equal number.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/verden/1.590989|work=NRK (NTB)|title=Dansk Folkeparti sterkt fram|date=3 March 2006|language=no}}</ref> This effect, however, somewhat waned with the falling media attention to the cartoons controversy.

In the [[2007 Danish parliamentary election|2007 parliamentary election]], DF won 13.9% and 25 seats, and again continued to support the Conservative-Liberal government. Thus, in every election since its founding the party has had a steady growth, although the growth rate has stagnated somewhat in recent years. Parties in the political centre, particularly the newly founded [[New Alliance (Denmark)|New Alliance]] had sought to become the kingmaker and be able to isolate the immigration policies of DF, but eventually failed.<ref name=dsd/> The party was a member of the [[Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy]] (MELD).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/intern-eu-rapport-retter-skarp-kritik-af-udgifter-i-messerschmidts-europaeiske-parti|title=Intern EU-rapport retter skarp kritik af udgifter i Messerschmidts europæiske parti|date=16 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://politik.tv2.dk/2015-10-20-df-sejltur-blev-ogsaa-stoettet-af-dansk-eu-kasse|title=DF-sejltur blev også støttet af dansk EU-kasse - TV 2|date=20 October 2015}}</ref>

In the [[2009 European Parliament election in Denmark|2009 elections for the European Parliament]], the prime candidate for the party, [[Morten Messerschmidt]], won his seat in a landslide with 284,500 personal votes (most votes for any single candidate by any party); this gave the party a second seat (which went to [[Anna Rosbach Andersen]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1191212/other/personlige_stemmer.pdf|title=Personlige stemmer ved Europa-Parlamentsvalget 7. juni 2009|work=Danmarks Statistik}}</ref> The party made a breakthrough from its previous results in European elections, more than doubling its vote to 15.3%, and receiving 2 [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]s.

On 15 September 2012, Kristian Thuesen Dahl succeeded Kjærsgaard as chairman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-15 |title=Thulesen Dahl valgt til formand for DF |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/thulsen-dahl-valgt-til-formand-for-df |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Altinget.dk}}</ref>

=== Thulesen Dahl leadership (2012–2022) ===
During the [[2015 Danish general election|2015 election]], the DF won 21.08% of the national vote under the leadership of [[Kristian Thulesen Dahl]], the highest since its founding and gained 37 seats putting the party in second place. In the aftermath, the party entered negotiations with {{Lang|da|[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]|italic=no}} to again provide parliamentary support in return for stricter policies on immigration and the EU. A minority government headed by [[Lars Løkke Rasmussen]] was subsequently formed with the DF, the [[Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|Liberal Alliance]] and the [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]] providing support.<ref name =yahoo>{{cite news|title=Denmark's Rasmussen to form minority govt|url=https://news.yahoo.com/denmarks-rasmussen-form-minority-govt-173628317.html|access-date=24 June 2015|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=21 June 2015}}</ref>

The party suffered a major defeat in the [[2019 Danish general election|2019 election]], recording its worst result since 1998. It won just 8.7% of the vote and 16 seats, a net loss of 21 seats since 2015; it fell to third place, just narrowly outpolling the [[Danish Social Liberal Party|Social Liberals]]. Some journalists and political commentators opined that the DF's loss in support was as a result of the party's refusal and indecisiveness on taking direct part in government and the main parties including the Social Democrats adopting many of the DF's policies on immigration and integration.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ed8e683a-f65e-4848-b83f-a65883f75db9 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/ed8e683a-f65e-4848-b83f-a65883f75db9 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats celebrate election gains |access-date=2022-06-24}}</ref>

In January 2022, Dahl stood down as leader and was replaced by [[Morten Messerschmidt]] in a leadership election where he won 499 out of the 828 delegators' votes against two other candidates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morten Messerschmidt bliver ny formand for Dansk Folkeparti |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/morten-messerschmidt-bliver-ny-formand-for-dansk-folkeparti |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Altinget.dk |date=23 January 2022 |language=da-DK}}</ref> After Messerschmidt, a total of 11 out of 16 MPs had in June left the party including Thuelsen Dahl who was the only one of them who passed on his seat to the next in line.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liste: De har forladt Dansk Folkeparti |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/liste-de-har-forladt-dansk-folkeparti |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Altinget.dk |date=26 June 2022 |language=da-DK}}</ref>

=== Messerschmidt leadership (2022–present) ===
At the [[2022 Danish general election|2022 election]], the party suffered its worst election result ever with 2.6% of the vote, equal to 5 seats.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-02 |title=DF mister over 100.000 stemmer på to valg i Sjællands Storkreds |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/1685207 |access-date=2023-01-30 |newspaper=Berlingske |language=da}}</ref> In December 2022, Morten Messerschmidt was [[Acquittal|acquitted]] of all charges related to [[Morten Messerschmidt#Fraud scandal and acquittal|prior allegations of misuse of EU funds]] according to several political analysts and commentators, paving the way for a restoration of the party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-21 |title=Morten Messerschmidt frifundet for svindel med EU-midler |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/live-morten-messerschmidt-i-retten |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Jørgenssen |first1=Steen A. |last2=Redder |first2=Anders |date=2022-12-21 |title=Morten Messerschmidt er frifundet for EU-svindel |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE14744750/kaempe-sejr-for-messerschmidt-frifundet/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Jyllands-Posten |language=da}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-21 |title=I dag falder der dom – og det kan afgøre fremtiden for Messerschmidt og Dansk Folkeparti - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2022-12-21-i-dag-falder-der-dom-og-det-kan-afgoere-fremtiden-for-messerschmidt-og-dansk |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-21 |title=Morten Messerschmidt frifindes - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2022-12-21-morten-messerschmidt-frifindes |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Øgendahl |first=Rune |date=2022-12-21 |title=Morten Messerschmidt frifundet: - En gylden mulighed for et martyrium |url=https://avisendanmark.dk/danmark/morten-messerschmidt-frifundet |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=avisendanmark.dk |language=da}}</ref> During January and February 2023, [[Mikkel Bjørn Sørensen|Mikkel Bjørn]] and [[Mette Thiesen]], who were both elected for Nye Borgerlige, joined the Danish People's Party, increasing its seat count to seven.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kosiara-Pedersen |first=Karina |date=2 June 2023 |title=Dansk Folkeparti |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Dansk_Folkeparti |access-date=4 June 2023 |website=[[Den Store Danske Encyklopædi|Den Store Danske]] |quote=I begyndelsen af 2023 steg mandattallet til syv, da to tidligere Nye Borgerlige-medlemmer tilsluttede sig Dansk Folkeparti; først Mikkel Bjørn Sørensen (f. 1995) den 24.1.2023 og siden Mette Thiesen (f. 1981) den 6.2.2023.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kosiara-Pedersen |first=Karina |date=20 April 2023 |title=Nye Borgerlige |work=[[Den Store Danske Encyklopædi|Den Store Danske]] |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Nye_Borgerlige |access-date=4 June 2023 |quote=Den 24. januar 2023 brød også Mikkel Bjørn Sørensen med Nye Borgerlige og meldte sig ligeledes ind i Dansk Folkeparti}}</ref>

As of October 2025 the Danish People's Party has seen [[Opinion polling for the next Danish general election|its support increased to around 9% in the polls]].

== Ideology and policies ==
{{Conservatism in Denmark}}
DF is a [[Nationalism|nationalist]]<ref>{{bulleted list|{{cite book |last=Arter |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLH4C0mUAC4C&pg=PA52 |title=Democracy in Scandinavia: Consensual, Majoritarian Or Mixed? |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7190-7047-1 |page=52}}|{{Cite book |author=Jørgen Goul Andersen |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7I_pDb1O2EQC&pg=PA106 |chapter=Nationalism, New Right, and New Cleavages in Danish Politics: Foreign and Security Policy of the Danish People's Party |title=Europe for the Europeans: The Foreign and Security Policy of the Populist Radical Right |publisher=Ashgate |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4094-9825-4 |editor=Christina Schori Liang |page=106}}|{{cite book|first=Antonis |last=Ellinas|year=2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bGsHhBS0TUC&pg=PA11|title=The Media and the Far Right in Western Europe: Playing the Nationalist Card|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=11|isbn=978-0-521-11695-4 }}|{{Cite journal |last=Wright |first=Susan |date=2022 |title=Danish university governance reforms: Internationalisation and de-internationalisation |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejed.12487 |journal=European Journal of Education |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=96–108 |doi=10.1111/ejed.12487 |s2cid=245559698 |issn=0141-8211|url-access=subscription }}|{{Cite book |title=Public governance in Denmark: meeting the global mega-challenges of the 21st century? |date=2022 |editor=Andreas Hagedorn Krogh |editor2=Annika Agger |editor3=Peter Triantafillou |isbn=978-1-80043-714-2 |location=Bingley, U.K. |publisher=Emerald |oclc=1309414429}}}}</ref> and [[Right-wing populism|right-wing populist]] party<ref>{{bulleted list|{{Cite book |author=Moreau, Patrick |title=The Extreme Right in Europe: Current Trends and Perspectives |publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht |year=2011 |isbn=978-3-647-36922-8 |editor=Uwe Backes, Patrick Moreau |page=101 |chapter=The Victorious Parties - Unity in Diversity? |quote=The DPP program mirrors several political tendencies: right-wing populism, national conservatism, social conservatism, and euro-skepticism. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uMkEZnJQHksC&pg=PA101}}|{{Cite journal |last1=Polyakova |first1=Alina |last2=Shekhovtsov |first2=Anton |date=2016 |title=On The Rise: Europe's Fringe Right |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0043820016662746 |journal=World Affairs |volume=179 |issue=1 |pages=70–80 |doi=10.1177/0043820016662746 |s2cid=151976322 |issn=0043-8200|url-access=subscription }}|{{Cite journal |last=Lindberg |first=Jonas |date=2020-12-11 |title=Changes in the Politicisation of Religion in Scandinavian Parliamentary Debates 1988–2019 |url=http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/issn.1890-7008-2020-02-02 |journal=Nordic Journal of Religion and Society |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=87–100 |doi=10.18261/issn.1890-7008-2020-02-02 |s2cid=230545974 |issn=0809-7291|url-access=subscription }}|{{Cite journal |last1=Siegel |first1=Scott |last2=Wang |first2=Yiqian Alice |date=2018-08-08 |title=Broken rainbows: the partisan politics of marriage equality in Europe |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23745118.2018.1429195 |journal=European Politics and Society|volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=377–395 |doi=10.1080/23745118.2018.1429195 |s2cid=158452615 |issn=2374-5118|url-access=subscription }}}}</ref> and is positioned on the [[Right-wing politics|right]]<ref name="right" /> or [[Far-right politics|far-right]]{{refn|<ref>{{cite web |date=21 November 2021 |title=Head of Denmark's once-dominant far-right party steps down after election setback |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/head-denmarks-once-dominant-far-right-party-steps-down-after-election-setback-2021-11-17/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2019/06/04/au-danemark-la-victoire-ideologique-de-l-extreme-droite_1731603/|title=Au Danemark, la victoire idéologique de l'extrême droite|first=Nelly|last=Didelot|website=Libération}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=3 April 2023 |title=Finlande, Suède, Danemark… en Europe du Nord, l'extrême droite monte |newspaper=La Croix |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Finlande-Suede-Danemark-En-Europe-Nord-lextreme-droite-monte-2023-04-03-1201261889}}</ref>}} of the [[political spectrum]]. DF's stated goals are to protect the freedom and cultural heritage of the Danish people, including the family, the [[Monarchy of Denmark|monarchy]] and the [[Church of Denmark|Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark]], to enforce a strict [[rule of law]], to work against Denmark becoming a multi-cultural society by limiting [[immigration]] and promoting [[cultural assimilation]] of admitted immigrants, to maintain a strong welfare system for those in need, to promote [[entrepreneurship]] and [[economic growth]] by strengthening education and encouraging people to work, to protect the environment and natural resources, and to protect Danish sovereignty against the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/The_Party_Program_of_the_Danish_Peoples_Party.asp |title=The Party Program of the Danish People´s Party - Dansk Folkeparti - dit land, dit valg |access-date=24 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318100937/http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/The_Party_Program_of_the_Danish_Peoples_Party.asp |archive-date=18 March 2011 }}</ref> In comparison to its predecessor, the [[Progress Party (Denmark)|Progress Party]], the DF focuses more on immigration, while at the same time being more pragmatic on other topics.<ref name="Topaloff" /><ref>Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Pontus Odmalm (2013). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=jUiOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 Going different ways? Right-wing parties and the immigrant issue in Denmark and Sweden]". In Tim Bale. ''Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe: Why Politics - and the Centre-Right - Matter''. Routledge. p. 59.</ref> While overall considered part of the radical right, its policies on most economic issues would rather place the party in the centre to centre-left.<ref name="Topaloff">Liubomir K. Topaloff (2012). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PPPZMBzaRGwC&pg=PA178 Political Parties and Euroscepticism]''. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 178.</ref> The party's former leader, Kristian Thulesen Dahl, once declared DF an anti-[[Muslim]] party.<ref name="Berlingske Media">{{cite web|title=Thulesen Dahl erklærer DF antimuslimsk|url=http://www.politiko.dk/nyheder/thulesen-dahl-erklaerer-df-antimuslimsk|website=Berlingske Tidende|date=14 May 2008}}</ref>

===Immigration===
[[File:Danish People's Party (Freedom of speech is Danish, censorship is not, 2007).jpg|thumb|150px|Poster for the 2007 election. It referred to the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy|controversy the year before]], depicting a hand-drawn image of Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] with caption "Freedom of speech is Danish, censorship is not", and "We stand our ground on Danish values".<ref>{{cite news |last=Sulugiuc |first=Gelu |date=13 November 2007 |title=Denmark still seen as no asylum haven after election |work=Reuters |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL1320295420071113|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719010356/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL1320295420071113|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fouché |first=Gwladys |date=25 October 2007 |title=Danish election ad reignites Muhammad cartoon controversy |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/25/muhammadcartoons.gwladysfouche}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Buch-Andersen |first=Thomas |date=13 November 2007 |title=Danes in poll tussle over migrants |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7087474.stm}}</ref>]]
DF is opposed to immigration.<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |year=2019 |title=Denmark |url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/denmark.html |website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref> The party holds that Denmark is not naturally a country of [[immigration]]. The party also does not accept a [[multi-ethnic]] transformation of Denmark,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/Principprogram.asp|title=Principprogram|work=Dansk Folkeparti|access-date=18 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530234015/http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/Principprogram.asp|archive-date=30 May 2013}}</ref> and rejects [[multiculturalism]].<ref name=dsd/> Former party leader Pia Kjærsgaard stated she did "not want Denmark as a multiethnic, multicultural society",<ref>"Världens lyckligaste folk". 1 September 2009, [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]].</ref> and that a multiethnic Denmark would be a "national disaster".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/Pia_Kj%C3%A6rsgaards_tale_om_Udl%C3%A6ndingepolitik_%C3%85rsm%C3%B8det_1997.asp |work=danskfolkeparti.dk |title=Pia Kjærsgaards tale om Udlændingepolitik, Årsmødet 1997 |date=4 October 1997 |language=da |access-date=25 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716202456/http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/Pia_Kj%C3%A6rsgaards_tale_om_Udl%C3%A6ndingepolitik_%C3%85rsm%C3%B8det_1997.asp |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> The party seeks to drastically [[Opposition to immigration|reduce non-Western immigration]] and favors [[cultural assimilation]] of immigrants from all religions. In 2010, the party proposed completely stopping all immigration from non-Western countries, a continuation of a proposal the month before to toughen the [[24-year rule]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cphpost.dk/classifieds/personals/49627.html |title=Halt on non-Western immigration proposed |work=The Copenhagen Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811115301/http://cphpost.dk/classifieds/personals/49627.html |archive-date=11 August 2010 }}</ref> They do, however, make the distinction between immigrants, those who intend to stay in Denmark permanently, and refugees, those that will only be in Denmark for the duration of the conflict, but ultimately intend to return home. The party has stated that it is more than happy to help those in need, but have a moral responsibility to the people of Denmark to keep Denmark Danish.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://danskfolkeparti.dk/politik/principprogram/|title=Dansk Folkepartis principprogram - læs om partiets værdier|website=danskfolkeparti.dk|access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref>

Cooperation with the Conservative-Liberal coalition government resulted in the implementation of some of their key demands, most importantly strong restrictions in immigration policies, which have resulted in what are often described as Europe's strictest immigration laws.<ref name="bbc192">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4276963.stm|title=Denmark's immigration issue|publisher=BBC|date=19 February 2005}}</ref> The new government enacted rules that prevented Danish citizens and others from bringing a foreign spouse into the country unless both partners were aged 24 or above, passed a solvency test showing the Dane had not claimed social security for 12 months, and could lodge a bond of 60,011 kroner (about US$10,100). One declared aim of this was to fight [[arranged marriages]]. These new rules had the effect that while about 8,151 [[family reunification]] permits were granted in 2002, the number had fallen to 3,525 by 2005. Some social benefits for refugees were also cut by 30-40% during their first seven years in power. Ordinary unemployment benefits were replaced by a reduced "start-up aid". Whereas the government coalition's declared aim with this was to improve integration by inciting people to work, immigration spokesman [[Søren Krarup]] of DF has expressed his content in that the start-up aid has decreased the number of economic refugees greatly, showing them that "one does not find gold on the street, as has been told out in the third world".<ref name=DR1>{{cite web|title=DF: Starthjælpen skal holde udlændinge ude|url=http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/df-starthjaelpen-skal-holde-udlaendinge-ude|website=DR.DK|date=7 December 2006|publisher=DR|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> Nevertheless, total immigration increased post implementation of the migration reforms.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

Under the leadership of [[Morten Messerschmidt]], the party moved further to the right on immigration, calling for [[remigration]], and for large-scale deportations of non-Western immigrants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/pilestraede/begrebet-befolkningsudskiftning-har-vokset-sig-stort-i-moerke-kroge-paa-nettet-men-det-er-ikke-et-problem-for-df-det-afgoerende-er-hvad-ordet-beskriver|title=Begrebet befolkningsudskiftning har vokset sig stort i mørke kroge på nettet, men det er ikke et problem for DF: Det afgørende er hvad ordet beskriver|language=da}}</ref> The party also supports a review on all granted citizenships of the last 20 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://danskfolkeparti.dk/nyheder/nyt-udspil-skal-sikre-danmarks-fremtid-som-dansk/|title=Nyt udspil skal sikre Danmarks fremtid som dansk|language=da|publisher=Dansk Folkeparti}}</ref>

=== Domestic policy ===
The party advocates stricter punishments for crimes such as [[rape]], [[violence]], [[sexual abuse]], reckless driving, and cruelty to animals. It supports grants for specific research into [[terrorism]], [[Islamism]], and [[Cold War]] history as well as increased defense spending. It also wants to maintain the Danish [[monarchy]] and the current [[Constitution of Denmark|Danish constitution]], and to abolish the [[Hate speech laws in Denmark|'hate speech' clause]] in the [[Danish Penal Code|Danish criminal code]].<ref>{{cite news|title=DF vil af med racismeparagraf|url=http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/df-vil-af-med-racismeparagraf|publisher=[[dr.dk]]|access-date=4 August 2017|date=18 June 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Mchangama|first1=Jacob|author-link1=Jacob Mchangama|last2=Stjernfelt|first2=Frederik|title=MEN: Ytringsfrihedens historie i Danmark|year=2016|publisher=Gyldendal A/S |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FlixDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT837|isbn=978-87-02-21618-9}}</ref>

===Economy===
The party has been described as "combining a strong anti-immigration and anti-multicultural right-wing value policy with a classic social democratic welfare policy".<ref>{{cite book |page=234 |title=The Many Faces of Christianism: The 'Russian World' in Europe |chapter=The Danish People's Party and the Heritage of Tidehverv: A National Example of a European Tendency |first=Erik Sporon |last=Fiedler |date=August 2025 |isbn=978-90-04-73188-2 |publisher=Brill Publishers}}</ref> It is considered to be the first pure example of a radical right-wing populist party in Denmark; as such the party was described as the "pioneer of welfare chauvinism".<ref name="etzerodt">{{cite journal |title=The implosion of radical right populism and the path forward for social democracy: Evidence from the 2019 Danish national election |author1=Søren Frank Etzerodt |author2=Kristian Kongshøj |doi=10.1111/1467-9477.12225 |date=5 March 2022 |journal=Scandinavian Political Studies |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=279–300|doi-access=free }}</ref> According to ''[[Scandinavian Political Studies]]'', the success of the party in the 2015 election was not based only on its hardline stance towards immigration, but also its support for pro-welfare, redistributive policies that voters considered highly neglected by the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]. This made "economic insecurity, marginalization, regional core–periphery divides" the decisive factors of the 2015 election. In the [[2019 Danish general election]], Social Democrats were then able to regain voters they lost to Danish People's Party by sharply turning left on welfare and redistribution, as well as shifting right on social issues by adopting "[[Liberal conservatism|left-conservative]]" stances. DPP was therefore classified as economically left and socially right-wing, as it shares its voter base with a “left conservative” social democratic party, which Social Democrats became between 2015 and 2019.<ref name="etzerodt"/>

Despite its right-wing orientation, Danish People's Party stands to the left of center on the issues of economic and welfare, favouring staunchly left-wing policies towards the elderly. However, the party also has a strong welfare chauvinist policy, and has some conservative inclinations on income benefits. While the populist nature of the party could make its program appear blurry and constantly oscillating between the economic centre and economic left, its economic stance is much closer to Social Democrats and the [[Green Left (Denmark)|Socialist People's Party]] than the centre-left [[Danish Social Liberal Party]].<ref name="etzerodt"/> DPP largely tried to imitate the traditionally left-wing economic policies; this made DPP a "working-class party" that was able to attract manual workers at odds with the stance of left-wing Danish parties on socio-cultural issues. Prior to 2015, these voters would still vote for traditional left-wing parties as long as they identified with their economic positions and saw them as defenders of the working class.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Explaining the Emergence of Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties: The Case of Denmark |journal=West European Politics |volume=27 |issue=3 |doi=10.1080/0140238042000228103 |author=Jens Rydgren |year=2004 |pages=474–502|s2cid=55947108 }}</ref>

Norwegian political scientist [[:no:Anders Ravik Jupskås|Anders Ravik Jupskås]] described Danish People's Party as a unique right-wing populist party that appeals to "authoritarian working class" and presents a platform that is "a combination of left-wing economics and nativist immigration policies".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/news-and-events/right-now/2019/danish-election-2019.html |title=Why did the Danish People's Party lose more than fifty percent of its votes? |author=Anders Ravik Jupskås |author-link=:no:Anders Ravik Jupskås |date=6 June 2019 |website=sv.uio.no}}</ref> The party described itself as the "true defender of the Danish welfare state" and campaigned on excluding immigrants from the Danish welfare state as the best way to protect it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theloop.ecpr.eu/we-cannot-ignore-the-populist-radical-right-impact-on-the-welfare-state/ |title=We cannot ignore the populist radical-right impact on the welfare state |author=Juliana Chueri |date=14 April 2023 |website=ecpr.eu}}</ref> However, the party also spoke in favour of increasing spending for Danish pensions and healthcare, and it was found that the party's voters "most unanimously favour increasing expenditures, even in comparison with social democrats and left wing voters". The party warned against the creeping market liberalisation and attacked neoliberalism and globalization on both economic and social perspectives, which allowed it to make inroads with working-class voters. The party also promised to empower trade unions and entered cooperation agreements with minor unions and workers' associations.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Danish People's Party and new cleavages in Danish politics |last=Andersen |first=Jørgen Goul |year=2003 |url=https://vbn.aau.dk/en/publications/the-danish-peoples-party-and-new-cleavages-in-danish-politics |website=Aalborg Universitet}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
The party is very hostile to [[Islam]], and are cited as wanting a Denmark without any hint of Islam.<ref name=debatemay2025>{{Cite web|url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/politik/2025-05-21-folketingets-afslutningsdebat/danmark-er-blevet-oedelagt-af--islam-aabne-graenser-og-klimatosseri--siger-messerschmidt?entry=ba9a10bb-c8da-44af-bde6-ddd00e84e7b4|title=Danmark er blevet ødelagt af "islam, åbne grænser og klimatosseri," siger Messerschmidt|date=21 May 2025|access-date=22 May 2025|publisher=[[TV 2 (Denmark)]]|language=da|quote=Det er i 2025 blevet ødelagt af islam, åbne grænser, (…). - Vi skal tilbage til dér, hvor man kan få hjælp hos kommunen af rigtige mennesker og forstå, hvad der bliver sagt, uden at man har en akademisk uddannelse, og hvor grænsekontrollen virker. Et Danmark uden synet af Islam. Det Danmark vil jeg tilbage til, siger han.}}</ref> They have proposed banning [[halal]] meat in order to reduce overall meat production and demand in Denmark,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE18204464/live-folketinget-moedes-til-den-aarlige-afslutningsdebat/|title=Rosenkilde vil have mindre kød i Danmark men afviser DF'ers halalforslag|date=21 May 2025|access-date=22 May 2025|language=da|publisher=[[Jyllands-Posten]]|author=[[Ritzau]]|quote=Dansk Folkepartis Mette Thiesen forslår derfor, at halalslagtet kød forbydes i Danmark. Så vil "cirka en halv million mennesker" i Danmark ikke længere spise kød, lyder det fra Thiesen med tydelig henvisning til personer med muslimsk baggrund.}}</ref> and suggested a [[conspiracy theory]] that Muslims were getting jobs in social security management in order to give other Muslims early retirement pensions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bt.dk/politik/dansk-folkeparti-oensker-indsigt-i-sagsbehandleres-kultur-og-religion|title=Dansk Folkeparti ønsker indsigt i sagsbehandleres kultur og religion|date=16 May 2025|access-date=22 May 2025|language=da|publisher=[[Berlingske Tidende]]|author=Alexander Schmücker Madsen}}</ref>

=== Foreign policy ===
The party supported Danish participation in France's [[Operation Serval]] against Islamist fighters in Mali. However, it opposed proposals for Danish involvement in the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/utenriks/dansk-folkeparti-utelukker-syria-deltakelse/13607829/ | title=Dansk Folkeparti utelukker Syria-deltakelse | date=23 January 2013 }}</ref>

==== Europe ====
DF is [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]].<ref name="Lenz2">{{Citation |last1=Lenz |first1=Hartmut |title=Denmark: the Nordic model as an effort to bridge elite Euro-optimism and popular Euro-skepticism |work=Policy Making Processes and the European Constitution |page=70 |year=2006 |publisher=Routledge |last2=Dorussen |first2=Han}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Kelstrup |first=Morten |title=Denmark in the Process of European Integration: Dilemmas, Problems, and Perspectives |work=National Identity and the Varieties of Capitalism: The Danish Experience |page=390 |year=2006 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press}}</ref> The party opposes a cession of Denmark's [[sovereignty]] to the [[European Union]] and opposes further EU integration and [[Eurofederalism]]. It also opposes the [[euro]] currency and wants to maintain the [[Danish krone]]. It is also against the potential [[accession of Turkey to the European Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/M%C3%A6rkesag-EU.asp|work=Dansk Folkeparti|title=EU-politik|access-date=25 October 2010|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019185025/http://danskfolkeparti.dk/M%C3%A6rkesag-EU.asp|archive-date=19 October 2010}}</ref>

In 2007, the party opposed the Danish government's plan to [[International recognition of Kosovo|recognise the independence of Kosovo]], and maintained the territorial integrity of [[Serbia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jp.dk/indland/indland_politik/article1196907.ece|work=[[Jyllands-Posten]]|title=DF siger nej til, at regeringen anerkender Kosovo|access-date=18 November 2010|date=9 December 2007|language=da|archive-date=11 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411103852/http://jp.dk/indland/indland_politik/article1196907.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Although the party supports Ukraine in the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], it has stated that its support has an "expiration date",<ref>{{cite news|work=Berlingske|date=13 December 2024|title=DF-profil: Støtten til Ukraine har en udløbsdato – og den kommer tættere og tættere på|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/df-profil-stoetten-til-ukraine-har-en-udloebsdato-og-den-kommer-taettere}}</ref> and expressed opposition to Ukrainian EU membership, criticising the Ukrainian government's approach to rule of law.<ref>{{cite news|work=Euronews|title=European Parliament's competing hard-right groups will unite to form bloc, Anders Vistisen says|date=29 May 2024|url=https://www.euronews.com/2024/05/29/european-parliaments-competing-hard-right-groups-will-unite-to-form-bloc-anders-vistisen-s}}</ref> In July 2024, the party's MEP [[Anders Vistisen]] proposed a motion stating there is "no military solution to the conflict and that peace is the only viable and sustainable solution", urging Ukraine and Russia to conduct peace talks.<ref>{{cite web|work=European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-10-2024-0008_EN.html|quote=Kinga Gál, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Anders Vistisen|title=Motion for a Reolution on the need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine|date=16 July 2024}}</ref> In 2025, party leader Morten Messerschmidt called for a scaling back of Danish military support for Ukraine, advocated for Ukraine to make territorial concessions to secure peace and expressed opposition to Ukrainian NATO membership while it remains in a state of war.<ref>{{cite news|date=6 December 2024|title=Messerschmidt kræver opgør med regeringens Ukraine-kurs: Det er penge, der går fra Danmark, hver gang vi bruger en milliard I Ukraine|work=DR|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/messerschmidt-kraever-opgoer-med-regeringens-ukraine-kurs-det-er-penge-der-gaar-fra}}</ref>

==== NATO ====
The DF supports Danish membership of [[NATO]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://danskfolkeparti.dk/politik/in-another-languages-politics/1757-2/|title=The Party Program of the Danish People's Party|work=Danish People's Party|access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> The party initially voted in favour of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], but in 2014, the foreign affairs spokesman [[Søren Espersen]] said this support had been mistaken and that the rule of former dictator [[Saddam Hussein]] was "far preferable" to the events that followed.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.information.dk/indland/2014/08/dansk-folkeparti-irak-bedre-tjent-saddam | title=Dansk Folkeparti: Irak var bedre tjent med Saddam | date=27 August 2014 }}</ref> He claimed the party had "blindly followed" Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the time of the invasion.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/dansk-folkeparti-vi-skulle-ikke-have-vaeltet-saddam-hussein | title=Dansk Folkeparti: Vi skulle ikke have væltet Saddam Hussein | date=7 February 2019 }}</ref>

The party supported Danish enforcement of a no-fly zone during the [[2011 military intervention in Libya]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fyens.dk/artikel/df-vil-haste-libyen-sag-gennem-folketinget-2011-3-18(5) | title=DF vil haste Libyen-sag gennem Folketinget | date=18 March 2011 }}</ref> but was initially sceptical of proposals for direct Danish military involvement. The party later supported the decision in solidarity with NATO.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ritzau |url=https://fyens.dk/artikel/df-%C3%A5bner-for-milit%C3%A6rt-angreb-i-libyen-2011-3-18(5) |title=DF åbner for militært angreb i Libyen |publisher=fyens.dk |date= |access-date=2022-09-04}}</ref> The party leadership subsequently supported extending the Danish mission in Libya, despite the disagreement of its defense spokesman Ib Poulsen.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://viborg-folkeblad.dk/artikel/sf-vil-overveje-at-drosle-ned-i-libyen-2011-6-7(2) | title=SF vil overveje at drosle ned i Libyen | date=7 June 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://danskfolkeparti.dk/soeren-espersen-df-bakker-fortsat-op-om-indsatsen-i-libyen/ | title=Søren Espersen: DF bakker fortsat op om indsatsen i Libyen |website=danskfolkeparti.dk| date=6 June 2011 }}</ref> Three years after the intervention, foreign affairs spokesman Espersen stated the party's support for the intervention was a "mistake" and predicated on a misunderstanding of the ideology of the Libyan rebels.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.information.dk/udland/2014/07/danske-politikere-interventionen-libyen-stor-fejl?page=2 | title=Danske politikere: Interventionen i Libyen var en stor fejl | date=29 July 2014 }}</ref>

==== Middle East ====
The DF supports [[Israel]], opposes the recognition of [[Palestine]] on the grounds that there is no effective Palestinian state,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altinget.dk/udvikling/artikel/vaelgerne-vil-anerkende-palaestina|title=Vælgerne vil anerkende Palæstina |first=Kasper|last=Frandsen|date=29 January 2015|access-date=7 January 2020|work=[[Altinget]]}}</ref> and supports moving the Danish embassy in Israel to [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/dansk-folkeparti-vi-boer-ogsaa-anerkende-jerusalem-som-hovedstad|title=Dansk Folkeparti: Vi bør også anerkende Jerusalem som hovedstad|first=Emil|last=Søndergaard Ingvorsen|date=6 December 2017|access-date=7 January 2020|work=[[dr.dk]]}}</ref> In May 2025 they claimed that Israel's blockade of [[Gaza Strip]] aid was warranted, claiming that aid deliveries were used to smuggle weapons to [[Hamas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/politik/2025-05-21-folketingets-afslutningsdebat/missiler-og-vaaben-til-hamas-smugles-sammen-med-noedhjaelp-siger-df?entry=70235a5f-e2dc-4104-974c-50934410434c|title=- Missiler og våben til Hamas smugles sammen med nødhjælp, siger DF|publisher=TV 2 (Denmark)|date=21 May 2025|access-date=22 May 2025|language=da|quote=- [[Martin Lidegaard]] ved godt, hvorfor man blokerer for nødhjælp. Det er, fordi Hamas' missiler og våben smugles ind sammen med nødhjælp, siger DF's partileder.}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
The party seeks international recognition of [[The Republic of China|Taiwan]] and supports Taiwan in its disputes with the [[China|People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/Pia_Kj%C3%A6rsgaard_DF_arbejder_for_Taiwan.asp |work=Dansk Folkeparti |title=Pia Kjærsgaard: DF arbejder for Taiwan |access-date=25 October 2010 |language=da |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716202517/http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/Pia_Kj%C3%A6rsgaard_DF_arbejder_for_Taiwan.asp |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>

==Analysis of vote==
{{synthesis|date=November 2012}}
* An analysis by the trade union SiD after the 2001 election stated that among unskilled workers aged under 40, 30% voted for DF and only 25% for the Social Democrats.<ref>''Dansk Folkeblad'', vol. 4, 2002.</ref>
* Decreased importance of "economic cleavage": Several authors believe that the political "cleavages" of European societies have changed over recent decades<ref>Hout, M., Brooks, C. and Manza, J. 1996. "The persistence of classes in post-industrial societies", in Lee, D. J. and Turner, B. S. eds. Conflicts about Class. Debating Inequality in Late Industrialism. London: Longman, pp. 55–56</ref> Contemporary Western European democracies are characterized by two major cleavage dimensions: the economic cleavage dimension, which pits workers against the capital, and which concerns the degree of state involvement in the economy, and the socio-cultural cleavage dimension.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}
* Referendums brought the rejection of the [[Maastricht Treaty]] and the [[Euro]]. The DF has managed to harness this scepticism more effectively than others.<ref>Catherine E. De Vries & Erica E. Edwards. 2009. Taking Europe To Its Extremes Extremist Parties and Public Euroscepticism. Party Politics January 2009 vol. 15 no. 1 5-28. doi: 10.1177/1354068808097889</ref>

One feature, compared to other Danish parties, is that the Danish People's Party is usually underrepresented by about 1-1.5% in [[opinion poll]]s. Election researchers have suggested that the party's voters may be less interested in politics, and therefore declining to talk to pollsters, or that voters are reluctant to reveal their support for the party to pollsters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-9238412.html|title=DF er bedre end meningsmålinger|work=TV2|date=5 November 2007}}</ref>

== Organization ==

=== Leaders ===
The party has had the following leaders since its foundation:{{Officeholder table start|showorder=y|showimage=y|officeholder_title=Leader|showtermlenght=y|showelection=n|showparty=n|showref=y}}
{{Officeholder table|order=1|image=Pia_Kj%C3%A6rsgaard_(2014).JPG|officeholder=[[Pia Kjærsgaard]]|officeholder_sort=Kjærsgaard, Pia|born_year=1947|died_year=|term_start=6 October 1995|term_end=11 September 2012|timeinoffice={{ayd|1995|10|06|2012|09|11}}|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/p/pia-kjaersgaard|title=Pia Kjærsgaard / Folketinget}}</ref>}}
{{Officeholder table|order=2|image=Kristian_Thulesen_Dahl,_25-05-2014.jpg|officeholder=[[Kristian Thulesen Dahl]]|officeholder_sort=Thulesen Dahl, Kristian|born_year=1969|died_year=|term_start=12 September 2012|term_end=23 January 2022|timeinoffice={{ayd|2012|09|12|2022|01|23}}|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/k/kristian-thulesen-dahl|title = Kristian Thulesen Dahl}}</ref>}}
{{Officeholder table|order=3|image=Morten Messerschmidt.jpg|officeholder=[[Morten Messerschmidt]]|officeholder_sort=Messerschmidt, Morten|born_year=1980|died_year=|term_start=23 January 2022|term_end=Incumbent|timeinoffice={{ayd|2022|01|23}}|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/m/morten-messerschmidt|title = Morten Messerschmidt}}</ref>}}

{{Officeholder table end}}

===International affiliations===
The Danish People's Party distanced itself from the [[Sweden Democrats]] until 2010, when [[Pia Kjærsgaard]] travelled to Sweden to support the Sweden Democrats' election campaign.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brandel |first1=Tobias |date=11 September 2010 |title=Kjærsgaard kritiserade Sahlin och Reinfeldt |trans-title=Kjærsgaard criticized Sahlin and Reinfeldt |url=https://www.svd.se/kjrsgaard-kritiserade-sahlin-och-reinfeldt |url-access=subscription |website=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |language=sv}}</ref> Danish People's Party foreign affairs spokesman [[Søren Espersen]] subsequently hosted the Sweden Democrats and said both parties would work together in the [[Nordic Council]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/a/2c4552fa-290b-3561-83ff-5ec70dcefb36/nu-far-sd-mer-danskt-stod |title=Now SD gets more Danish support |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |date=12 November 2010 |access-date=2024-02-04 |last1=Olsson |first1=Lova }}</ref> with the parties ultimately forming the [[Nordic Freedom]] group in 2012.

In the European Parliament, the Danish People's Party was initially part of [[Union for Europe of the Nations]] group from 1999 to 2009, alongside parties like the Polish [[Law and Justice]] and the Italian [[Lega Nord]] and [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]], as well as the associated [[Alliance for Europe of the Nations]] pan-European political party. In 2009, it joined the [[UK Independence Party]]-led [[Europe of Freedom and Democracy]] group and the associated [[Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy]] alliance, alongside its Nordic ally, the [[Finns Party]]. In 2014, along with the Finns Party, it moved to the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]-dominated [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group|European Conservatives and Reformists]] group, and threatened to cut ties with the Sweden Democrats if they continued negotiations to join a new group involving the French [[National Front (France)|National Front]] (FN) and the [[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nyheter24.se/nyheter/politik/756991-dansk-folkeparti-hotar-med-att-overge-sverigedemokraterna |title=The Danish People's Party threatens to abandon the Sweden Democrats |date=14 November 2013 |access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref> Despite this, in 2019, the DF itself announced it would join a new European Parliament group led by the Lega Nord's [[Matteo Salvini]] called [[Identity and Democracy]] (ID), which also involved the FN and FPÖ.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-afd-joins-italys-league-in-new-populist-coalition/a-48249992 | title=Germany's AfD joins Italy's League to form new group – DW – 04/08/2019 | website=[[Deutsche Welle]] }}</ref> During a 2024 bid by the FN's successor, the [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]], to exclude [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) from the ID Group, the DF stated that the AfD could only remain in the group if it expelled [[Maximilian Krah]],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Vistisen med ultimatum til AfD: Smid spidskandidat ud eller forlad gruppen |url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/danmark/vistisen-stiller-ultimatum-til-afd-og-vil-have-medlem-smidt-ud |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Kristeligt Dagblad |language=da}}</ref> and later joined the RN in voting to expel the AfD.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-23 |title=Far-right ID group expels Alternative for Germany |quote=Only the leaders of Austrian and Estonian far-right parties in the European parliament joined the AfD in voting to keep the party as part of the ID group.|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/far-right-identity-and-democracy-group-expels-alternative-for-germany/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Politico |language=en-GB}}</ref> After the [[2024 European Parliament election]], the DF joined the [[Patriots for Europe]] group, which was founded by the Hungarian [[Fidesz]], the FPÖ and the Czech [[ANO 2011]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/eu/dansk-folkeparti-slutter-sig-til-orban-og-hans-nye-allierede-i-europa-parlamentet|title=Dansk Folkeparti slutter sig til Orbán og hans nye allierede i Europa-Parlamentet|date=6 July 2024|website=DR|accessdate=10 July 2024}}</ref>

In September 2024, National Rally leader [[Jordan Bardella]] visited Copenhagen to address the party conference and establish a "working partnership" with the DF.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Local|title=Danish People's Party to announce partnership with far-right French politician|url=https://www.thelocal.dk/20240920/danish-peoples-party-to-announce-partnership-with-far-right-french-politician|date=20 September 2024}}</ref>

==Election results==
=== Parliament ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Government
|-
! [[1998 Danish parliamentary election|1998]]
| 252,429
| 7.4 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|13|179|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}} 
| {{steady}}
| {{no2|[[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet|Opposition]]}} 
|-
! [[2001 Danish parliamentary election|2001]]
| 413,987 
| 12.0 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|22|179|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 9
| {{partial2|[[Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet|External support]]}}
|-
! [[2005 Danish parliamentary election|2005]]
| 444,205
| 13.3 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|24|179|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{partial2|[[Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet|External support]]}}
|-
! [[2007 Danish parliamentary election|2007]]
| 479,532 
| 13.9 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|25|179|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{partial2|[[Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet|External support]]}} 
|-
! [[2011 Danish parliamentary election|2011]]
| 436,726 
| 12.3 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|22|179|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 3
| {{no2|[[Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet|Opposition]]}}
|-
! [[2015 Danish general election|2015]]
| 741,539
| 21.1 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|37|179|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 15
| {{partial2|[[Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet|External support]]}}
|-
! [[2019 Danish general election|2019]]
| 308,219
| 8.7 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|16|179|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 21
| {{no2|[[Frederiksen I Cabinet|Opposition]]}}
|-
! [[2022 Danish general election|2022]]
| 93,428
| 2.6 (#12)
| {{Composition bar|5|179|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 11
| {{no2|[[Frederiksen II Cabinet|Opposition]]}}
|}

===Local elections===
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
;Municipal elections
{| class="wikitable"  style="width:250px; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!colspan="2"|Seats
|-
! #
! ±
|-
! [[1997 Danish regional elections|1997]]
| {{Composition bar|119|4685|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|''New''
|-
! [[2001 Danish regional elections|2001]]
| {{Composition bar|168|4647|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 49
|-
|colspan=3|[[2007 Danish Municipal Reform|Municipal reform]]
|-
! [[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
| {{Composition bar|125|2522|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 43
|-
! [[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
| {{Composition bar|186|2468|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 61
|-
! [[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
| {{Composition bar|255|2444|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 69
|-
! [[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
| {{Composition bar|223|2432|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 32
|-
! [[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
| {{Composition bar|91|2436|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 130
|}

|width="33"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
;Regional elections
{| class="wikitable"  style="width:280px; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!colspan="2"|Seats
|-
! #
! ±
|-
! [[1997 Danish regional elections|1997]]
| {{Composition bar|21|374|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|''New''
|-
! [[2001 Danish regional elections|2001]]
| {{Composition bar|24|374|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 3
|-
|colspan=3|[[2007 Danish Municipal Reform|Municipal reform]]
|-
! [[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
| {{Composition bar|14|205|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 10
|-
! [[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
| {{Composition bar|19|205|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 5
|-
! [[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
| {{Composition bar|23|205|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
|-
! [[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
| {{Composition bar|21|205|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|-
! [[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
| {{Composition bar|6|205|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 15
|}

|width="33"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
;Mayors
{| class="wikitable"  style="width:280px; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!colspan="2"|Seats
|-
!No.
!±
|-
![[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|{{composition bar|0|98|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|
|-
![[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|{{composition bar|0|98|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
|-
![[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|{{composition bar|0|98|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{steady}} 0
|-
![[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|{{composition bar|1|98|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|-
![[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|{{composition bar|0|98|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|}
|}

===European Parliament===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Year
! List leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! EP Group
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in Denmark|1999]]
| rowspan=2| [[Mogens Camre]]
| 114,865
| 5.83 (#8)
| {{Composition bar|1|16|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| New
| rowspan=2| [[Union for Europe of the Nations|UEN]]
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Denmark|2004]]
| 128,789
| 6.80 (#6)
| {{Composition bar|1|14|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Denmark|2009]]
| rowspan=2| [[Morten Messerschmidt]]
| 357,942
| 15.28 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|2|13|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| [[Europe of Freedom and Democracy|EFD]]
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Denmark|2014]]
| 605,889
| 26.61 (#1)
| {{Composition bar|4|13|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group|ECR]]
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Denmark|2019]]
| [[Peter Kofod]]
| 296,978
| 10.76 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|1|14|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 3
| [[Identity and Democracy|ID]]
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Denmark|2024]]
| [[Anders Vistisen]]
| 156,014
| 6.37 (#9)
| {{Composition bar|1|15|{{party color|Danish People's Party}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| [[Patriots for Europe|PfE]]
|}

== Notes ==
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==See also==

* [[Politics of Denmark]]

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Sources==
* {{cite journal|last = Rydgren | first = Jens |date=May 2004 | title = Explaining the Emergence of Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties: The Case of Denmark | journal = [[West European Politics]] | volume = 27 | issue = 3 | pages = 474–502 | doi = 10.1080/0140238042000228103 | s2cid = 55947108 }}
* {{cite book | type= PhD thesis | url = http://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/the-danish-peoples-party-the-italian-northern-league-and-the-austrian-freedom-party-in-a-comparative-perspective-party-ideologyand-electoral-support%280a7918a0-583a-11df-9ad7-000ea68e967b%29.html | last = Meret | first = Susi | year = 2010 | title = The Danish People's Party, the Italian Northern League and the Austrian Freedom Party in a Comparative Perspective: Party Ideology and Electoral Support | series = SPIRIT PhD Series | publisher = [[University of Aalborg]] | volume = 25 | issn = 1903-7783 }}

==External links==
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* {{in lang|da}} [https://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/ Dansk Folkeparti] - Official site
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110318100937/http://www.danskfolkeparti.dk/The_Party_Program_of_the_Danish_Peoples_Party.asp The Party Program of the Danish People's Party] Official website (page in English).

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