Sigurd Agersnap

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]

Sigurd Agersnap
Agersnap in July 2022
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2022
Constituency	Greater Copenhagen
Personal details
Born	Sigurd Agersnap Gustavson (1993-03-02) 2 March 1993 (age 31) Copenhagen, Denmark
Political party	Green Left
Residence	Lyngby
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen
Website	sf.dk/politiker/sigurd-agersnap/

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 2020-2022.^[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]

Electoral history of Sigurd Agersnap

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

References

1. "Members: Sigurd Agersnap". Copenhagen, Denmark: Folketing. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
2. Schmidt, Lars (17 March 2021). "Sigurd Agersnap igen i spidsen for SF – moderen forlader politik". sn.dk (in Danish). Ringsted, Denmark: Sjællandske Medier. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
3. Jacobsen, Sebastian Risbøl (9 January 2023). "Nyvalgt SF'er står bag kontant lønbonus til nye pædagoger og vil have mere lokal løndannelse". A4 Medier (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
4. "Sigurd Agersnap". TV 2 Kosmopol (in Danish). Frederiksberg, Denmark. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
5. "Medlemmer" (in Danish). Lyngby, Denmark: Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022.
6. "Kommunalvalg d. 19. november 2013: Lyngby-Taarbæk - Personlige stemmer - SF - Socialistisk Folkeparti". KMD Valg (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: KMD. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
7. "Kommunalvalg d. 21 november 2017: Lyngby-Taarbæk - Personlige stemmer - SF - Socialistisk Folkeparti". KMD Valg (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: KMD. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
8. "Kommunalvalg den 16. november 2021: Lyngby-Taarbæk - Personlige stemmer - SF - Socialistisk Folkeparti". KMD Valg (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: KMD. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
9. "Folketingsvalg tirsdag 1. november 2022: Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Statistics Denmark. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

External links

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