Henrik Sass Larsen Explained

Office:Minister of Business Affairs and Growth
Primeminister:Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Term Start:9 August 2013
Term End:28 June 2015
Predecessor:Annette Vilhelmsen
Successor:Troels Lund Poulsen
Office1:Member of the Folketing
Termstart1:1 October 2000
Termend1:30 September 2019
Constituency1:Zealand (2007—2019)
Roskilde (2001—2007)
Copenhagen (2000—2001)
Birth Date:29 May 1966
Birth Place:Virum, Denmark
Party:Social Democrats

Henrik Sass Larsen (born 29 May 1966 in Virum) is a Danish politician. He is a former member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He sat in parliament from 2000 to 2019. He was the Danish Minister of Business Affairs and Growth from 2013 to 2015.

Political career

Larsen led the Social Democratic Youth of Denmark from 1992 to 1996. He acted as a substitute member of the Folketing twice during the 1998—2001 term, from 19 January 1999 to 21 March 1999 and again from 16 June 1999 to 22 June 1999. On 1 October 2000 Helle Degn resigned her seat and Larsen took over the seat. He was elected directly into parliament in the 2001 election and was reelected in the 2005, 2007 and 2011 elections. He was the group leader of the Social Democrats in parliament from 2012 to 2013. In 2013 he was appointed Minister of Business Affairs and Growth. He held this position until the 2015 election, where the Social Democrats lost the election to Venstre and so Larsen lost the minister title. He was reelected, and again became the group leader of the Social Democrats. He was elected again in the 2019 election, but resigned his seat shortly after the election. Tanja Larsson took over the seat.[1] [2] [3]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Henrik Sass Larsen . Ft.dk . 2 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Henrik Sass forlader Folketinget og bliver direktør for kapitalfonde . Altinget.dk . 2 June 2021.
  3. Web site: BLÅ BOG: Nu bliver Henrik Sass Larsen endelig minister. Borsen.dk . 2 June 2021.