Danish Unity
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Danish Unity
| native_name = Dansk Samling
| logo = Logo of the Danish Unity.png
| abbreviation = DS
R
| colorcode = {{party color|Danish Unity}}
| leader = Morten Uhrskov Jensen
| founder = Arne Sørensen
| foundation = 1936
| ideology = {{nowrap|Danish nationalism
National conservatism
Christian nationalism
Third Position{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tm1eBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Third+Position%22+%22danish+unity%22&pg=PT60|section=Quasi-fascist parties and borderline cases|first=Anders|last=Widfeldt|title=Extreme Right Parties in Scandinavia|isbn=9781134502141|year=2015|publisher=Routledge }}
Euroscepticism}}
| position = Right-wing
| country = Denmark
| symbol = R
| website = [https://dksamling.dk/ dksamling.dk]
}}
Danish Unity or Danish Collection ({{langx|da|Dansk Samling}}) is a political party in Denmark, founded in 1936 by Arne Sørensen.{{cite book|author=Henrik Lundbak|title=Danish Unity: A Political Party Between Fascism and Resistance 1936–1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=StD2nmHiHsQC&pg=PA21|year=2003|publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press|isbn=978-87-7289-724-0|page=21}} In 1939 the National Unity party, established by Victor Pürschel in 1938, merged with the party.{{cite book|author=Alastair H. Thomas|title=The A to Z of Denmark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKH4JuPT6boC&pg=PA156|year=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7205-9|page=156}} It contested elections in 1939, 1943, 1945, 1947, April 1953 and then once more in 1964. It remains as a political organisation.
File:Danish_Folketing_election,_1943.svg
File:1943 Danish Folketing election.svg
In the March 1943 general election - relatively free, though held under German occupation - the party took a clear anti-occupation position, and gained 2.2% of votes cast.''[http://www.kbh.hk.dk/PDF/HK100_32-35.pdf HK København] (now behind paywall)
Danish Unity was also an political party doing The Second World War and Danish resistance fighters against the German occupying power, all members of this party during the Second World War in Denmark.da
Based on a form of Christian nationalism, it presented itself as a third way between socialism and liberalism.
It later campaigned against Danish membership in the EU.
In October 2013, Morten Uhrskov Jensen replaced Adam Wagner as national chairman; since then, the organization has had an increase of members. It is currently collecting signatures in order to get on the ballot for the next Folketing election. It has one elected representative, a councillor in Herning.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.dksamling.dk/ Dansk Samling website] (Danish)
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Category:1936 establishments in Denmark
Category:Eurosceptic parties in Denmark
Category:Nationalist parties in Denmark
Category:Political parties established in 1936
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