Sigurd Agersnap Explained

Sigurd Agersnap
Office1:Member of the Folketing
Constituency1:Greater Copenhagen
Term Start1:1 November 2022
Birth Name:Sigurd Agersnap Gustavson
Birth Date:2 March 1993
Birth Place:Copenhagen, Denmark
Party:Green Left
Residence:Lyngby
Alma Mater:University of Copenhagen

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]

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]

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2013 local[6] Not elected
2017 local[7] Elected
2021 local[8] Elected
2022 general[9] Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members: Sigurd Agersnap . . 26 January 2023 . Copenhagen, Denmark.
  2. News: Schmidt . Lars . Sigurd Agersnap igen i spidsen for SF – moderen forlader politik . 26 January 2023 . sn.dk . . 17 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221011223311/https://www.sn.dk/lyngby-taarbaek-kommune/sigurd-agersnap-igen-i-spidsen-for-sf-moderen-forlader-politik/ . 11 October 2022 . Ringsted, Denmark . da.
  3. News: Jacobsen . Sebastian Risbøl . Nyvalgt SF'er står bag kontant lønbonus til nye pædagoger og vil have mere lokal løndannelse . 26 January 2023 . A4 Medier . 9 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230109100243/https://www.a4medier.dk/aktuelt/artikel/portraet-sigurd-agersnap . 9 January 2023 . Copenhagen, Denmark . da.
  4. News: Sigurd Agersnap . 26 January 2023 . TV 2 Kosmopol . Frederiksberg, Denmark . da.
  5. Web site: Medlemmer . Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706193124/https://www.ltk.dk/politik/kommunalbestyrelsen/medlemmer . 6 July 2022 . Lyngby, Denmark . da.
  6. Web site: Kommunalvalg d. 19. november 2013: Lyngby-Taarbæk - Personlige stemmer - SF - Socialistisk Folkeparti . KMD Valg . . 26 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210804211421/https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/k84982173F.htm . 4 August 2021 . Copenhagen, Denmark . da.
  7. Web site: Kommunalvalg d. 21 november 2017: Lyngby-Taarbæk - Personlige stemmer - SF - Socialistisk Folkeparti . KMD Valg . . 26 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727080621/https://www.kmdvalg.dk/KV/2017/k84982173F.htm . 27 July 2021 . Copenhagen, Denmark . da.
  8. Web site: Kommunalvalg den 16. november 2021: Lyngby-Taarbæk - Personlige stemmer - SF - Socialistisk Folkeparti . KMD Valg . . 26 January 2023 . Copenhagen, Denmark . da.
  9. Web site: Folketingsvalg tirsdag 1. november 2022: Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere . . 26 January 2023 . Copenhagen, Denmark . da . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224044156/https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1968094/kandstat/kandstat.htm . 24 December 2022.