A conservative-nationalist party led by Lars Boje Mathiesen. Fights mandatory digital mail, surveillance and EU regulation that it says undermines national sovereignty.
About the party
Borgernes Parti (the Citizens' Party) was founded in 2024 by Lars Boje Mathiesen, who had been chairman of Nye Borgerlige for just one month before being ousted and expelled. The party positions itself as anti-establishment and libertarian-nationalist. At its first election on 24 March 2026 it won 2.1 per cent and 4 seats, clearing the 2 per cent threshold.
Historical milestones
2019Lars Boje Mathiesen elected to the Folketing for Nye Borgerlige.
2023Elected chairman of Nye Borgerlige — ousted one month later and expelled from the party.
2024Founded Borgernes Parti and gathered the required voter declarations.
2025Officially approved to stand in the next election.
2026Debuted with 2.1% and 4 seats at the election on 24 March.
Typical voter profile
Anti-establishment citizens deeply frustrated by the size of the state, political correctness, and a perceived lack of representation in the political mainstream.
Election history
2.1%
First election 2026 · 4 seats
Debut
Key policy areas
Core issue
Anti-system overhaul
"A massive reduction in bureaucracy and public regulation. The family and civil society, not the state, as the central pillar of our lives."
Core issue
Strict immigration policy
"Denmark must remain Danish." A sharp reduction in non-Western immigration, tighter integration legislation, and increased deportation of criminal foreigners.
High priority
Energy policy
"We don't have a climate crisis — we have an energy crisis." Cheaper and more stable energy over costly "green" ideology that harms everyday life and welfare.
Key issue
Democratic reform
Elected officials should serve a maximum of 10 years in the Folketing. Citizens' interests over career politicians' own.
Positions on policy topics
Wants to reduce immigration substantially and restore Danish control over the borders.
Sceptical of official climate models and unwilling to burden citizens and businesses with green levies.
Wants to cut taxes and reduce state interference in citizens' finances and private lives.
Wants to give citizens more freedom and self-determination and keep political control out of local services.
Strongly opposed to EU integration, the WHO and other international governing bodies that limit Danish self-determination.
Wants to strengthen citizens' legal protections and increase sentences for violent crime.
Wants to remove unnecessary regulations that slow down new construction and let the market solve the housing shortage.
Wants core academic skills and less state control over what schools teach.
Wants to open up for more private competition in healthcare to give citizens greater freedom of choice.
Wants a strong national defence but is sceptical of commitments that give international organisations control over Danish foreign policy.
Wants significant deregulation, lower taxes and to keep EU regulation out of Danish business.
Wants a free and less regulated labour market where pay and conditions are agreed individually.
Wants to give the elderly and their families more freedom to choose the care that suits them.
Opposed to digital surveillance, mandatory digital post and centralisation of citizens' data.
Key politicians
Challenges and criticism
Partiet befinder sig i risikozonen for stemmespild og kan opleve, at vælgere stemmer på mere etablerede borgerlige partier i frygt for, at stemmer spildes.
Borgernes Parti er dybt afhængigt af Lars Boje Mathiesens personlige karisma – og partiets troværdighed er svækket af hans turbulente politiske fortid.
Sources
borgernesparti.dklex.dk – "Borgernes Parti"lex.dk – "Lars Boje Mathiesen"da.wikipedia.org