Franciska Rosenkilde
| Franciska Rosenkilde | |
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| Member of the Folketing | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2022 |
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| Leader of the Alternative | |
| Assumed office 7 February 2021 |
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| Preceded by | Josephine Fock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 March 1976 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Political party | The Alternative (2014–present) |
| Residence | Vesterbro, Copenhagen |
| Education | Metropol University College (BA) University of Copenhagen (MA) |
| Occupation | Geographer and politician |
| Website | Official website |
Franciska Rosenkilde (born 19 March 1976) is a Danish geographer and politician who has been the leader of The Alternative since February 2021, replacing Josephine Fock.[1] Alongside five other members of The Alternative, Rosenkilde was elected to the Folketing in November 2022.[2]
Education and civil career
Rosenkilde has a professional bachelor's degree in health and nutrition from Metropol University College, which she studied from 2006 to 2010.[3] In 2012, she began a master's degree in geography from the University of Copenhagen, which she completed in 2015.[3] A study she completed with her thesis on food systems and climate change.[4]
Prior to her political career, she worked as a chef and as a mediator of diet and lifestyle.[4][5]
Political career
Rosenkilde became a member of The Alternative in 2014 after a political debate in the party at Bremen Teater.[4][6]
In 2017, she was elected to the Copenhagen City Council in the local elections. Here she sat as a member of the Citizens' Representation and The Alternative's group chairperson at Copenhagen City Hall until October 2018.[3]
In October 2018, after a vote in The Alternative in Copenhagen, Rosenkilde was elected to the post of Mayor of Culture and Leisure, after the party's former mayor, Niko Grünfeld, had resigned.[5] She received 97 votes out of 188.[5]
Party leadership
At an extraordinary national meeting, on 7 February 2021, she was elected by party members to become political leader of the Alternative. Four candidates ran, and Rosenkilde received 260 votes out of a total of 471.[1]
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