Citizens' Party (Denmark)

Citizens' Party
Borgernes Parti
AbbreviationBP
LeaderLars Boje Mathiesen
FounderLars Boje Mathiesen
Founded28 August 2024 (2024-08-28)
Split fromNew Right
Membership (2025)700
IdeologyRight-wing populism
Anti-immigration
Anti-Islam
Political positionFar-right
Colours  Blue
Folketing
1 / 179
[a]
European Parliament
0 / 15
Municipal councils
1 / 2,436
Regions
0 / 205
Election symbol
H
Website
borgernesparti.dk

The Citizens' Party – Lars Boje Mathiesen (Danish: Borgernes Parti – Lars Boje Mathiesen, BP) is a far-right populist political party in Denmark. It was established on 28 August 2024 by former Liberal Alliance and New Right politician Lars Boje Mathiesen after his expulsion from the New Right.

History

Mathiesen continued to sit as an independent in the Folketing after his expulsion from the New Right.[1][2] On 12 April 2023, Boje hinted at the possibility of founding his own party. On 24 June 2024, he planned to announce the party under the name Denmark's Best Party; this name was rejected by the Election Board.[3] On 28 August 2024, the party was officially founded and reached the required 20,195 signatures by 17 December 2024.[4][5] The party formally obtained ballot access on 15 January 2025,[6] and was assigned the party letter H by the Interior Ministry. As of January 2025, it reported 700 party members.[7]

At the 2026 Danish general election, the party was part of the centre-right to far-right blue bloc, which failed to win a majority, and won 2.1% of the votes and 4 seats.[8] Four days after the election the party excluded recently elected Jacob Harris after accusations of misusing funds from a bankrupt company.[9][10] 11 days after the election Emilie Schytte decided to leave the party, cutting the party's mandates in half; from 4 to 2.[11] In May 2026, Nadja Natalie Isaksen left as well, leaving party leader Mathiesen as the only MP.[12]

Ideology and platform

The party holds right-wing populist and anti-establishment positions,[13] and is placed at the far-right of the political spectrum.[14] The party is strongly anti-immigration and anti-Islam, and calls for remigration, a far-right concept referring to the ethnic cleansing via mass deportation of non-white minority populations, especially immigrants and sometimes including native-born citizens, to their place of racial ancestry.[15][16] The party said it wants Denmark to have more referendums and to have a constitutional court. Boje also said his party wants to change the wage structure for public employees, and have the party be a party for motorists, by abolishing the registration fees for cars and replacing it with yearly license plate fee.

The party denies that there is a climate crisis, and questions to what extent humans are the cause of climate change.[17] Upon the establishment of the party, Boje said that he ruled out supporting Mette Frederiksen as Prime Minister of Denmark, citing the 2020 Danish mink cull.[4]

Election results

Parliament

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/- Government
2026 Lars Boje Mathiesen 75,298 2.13 (#12)
4 / 179
 New Opposition

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Only 175 of the 179 seats in the Danish Parliament, the Folketing, are obtainable by Danish political parties as Greenland and the Faroe Islands are assigned two seats each due to their status as territories in the Kingdom of Denmark.

References

  1. ↑ "Ekskluderet formand forsætter som løsgænger i Folketinget". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). 10 March 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mens Boje overvejer nyt parti, har vælgerne tilsyneladende tilgivet Vermund og Nye Borgerlige". Altinget.dk (in Danish). 11 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Astrup, Peter (24 June 2024). "Bojes partinavn vraget: Skulle have heddet 'Danmarks Bedste Parti'". Bt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Lars Boje Mathiesens nye parti hedder Borgernes Parti – TV 2". Nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 28 August 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Nu har Lars Bojes nye parti fået nok underskrifter til at komme på stemmesedlen". Altinget.dk (in Danish). 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Lars Boje har fået endelig godkendelse til sit nye Borgernes Parti". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Lars Boje Mathiesens parti officielt opstillingsparat | Nyheder". DR (in Danish). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Krupa, Jakub; Ambrose, Tom; Mackay, Hamish; Ambrose, Jakub Krupa (now); Tom; Krupa (earlier), Jakub (24 March 2026). "Danish PM's leftwing bloc wins most votes but fails to secure majority – Europe live". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Faurby, Mathilde (27 March 2026). "Han var lige blevet budt velkommen i Folketinget: Nu søger han orlov efter beskyldninger om pengemisbrug" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  10. ↑ Slyngborg Trolle, Jakob; Westphal, Anja (28 March 2026). "Fredag og lørdag modtog ekskluderet politiker beskeder med klar melding fra Lars Boje: Træk dig" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "På kun 11 dage er Borgernes Partis folketingsgruppe blevet halveret - "partiet er i total opløsning" siger Bent Winther" (in Danish). Berlingske. 4 April 2026. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  12. ↑ Oxenbøll, Emma Amalie (3 May 2026). "Nadja Natalie Isaksen melder sig ud af Borgernes Parti". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Trier Mogensen, Lars (20 December 2024). "Nyt højrefløjsparti kan forene kontrære kværulanter". Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Who are the political parties running in the 2026 Danish election?". The Local Denmark. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Dokumenter afslører: Radikal bevægelse på den yderste højrefløj prægede i kulissen Lars Boje Mathiesens politik". Frihedsbrevet (in Danish). 22 March 2026. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "Partiportrætter: 6 ting, du skal vide om partierne". DR. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  17. ↑ "Klimapolitik | Opsummering af partiernes klimapolitik". CARE Denmark (in Danish). Retrieved 12 May 2026.
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