Denmark Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Kingdom of Denmark

Type: constitutional monarchy

Capital: Copenhagen

Political subdivisions: 14 counties, 275 communes (88 towns are included in communes)

Legal system: civil law system; constitution adopted 1953; judicial review of legislative acts; legal education at Universities of Copenhagen and Arhus; accepts compulsory 1CJ jurisdiction, with reservations

National holiday: birthday of the Queen, 16 April

Branches: legislative authority rests jointly with Crown and parliament (Folketing); executive power vested in Crown but exercised by Cabinet responsible to parliament; Supreme Court, 2 superior courts, 106 lower courts

Government leaders: MARGRETHE 11, Queen (since January 1972); Poul SCHLOTER. Prime Minister (since September 1982)

Suffrage: universal over age 21

Elections: on call of prime minister but at least every four years; last election 10 January 1984

Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic, Anker Jorgensen; Liberal, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen; Conservative, Poul Schl-ter; Radical Liberal, Niels Helveg Petersen; Socialist People’s, Gert Petersen; Communist, Jorgen Jensen; Left Socialist, Preben Wilnjelm; Center Democratic, Erhard

Jakobsen; Christian People’s, Christian Christensen; Justice, Poul Gerhard Kristiansen, Trade and Industry Party, Asger J. Lindinger; Free Democratic Party, Mogens Glistrup; Socialist Workers Party, no chairman; Communist Workers’ Party (KAP), Benito Scocozza

Voting strength: (1984 election>31.6% Social Democratic, 23.4% Conservative, 12.1% Liberal, 11.5% Socialist People’s, 5.5% Radical Liberal, 1 6% Center Democratic, 3.6% Progress, 2.7% Christian People’s, 2.6% Left Socialist, 1.5% Justice, 0.7% Communist, 0.2% others

Member of: ADB, Council of Europe, DAC, EC, ELDO (observer), EMS, ESRO, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICES, ICO, IDA, IDB, Inter-American Development Bank, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, International Lead and Zinc Study Group, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ISO ITC, ITU, IWC—International Wheat Council, NATO, Nordic Council, OECD, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WSG

NOTE: The information regarding Denmark on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Denmark 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Denmark 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.