Marie Krarup

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =

| office = Member of the Folketing

| termstart = 15 September 2011

| termend =

| constituency = South Jutland

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|12|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Seem, Denmark

| image =

| caption =

| party = Independent

| otherparty = Danish People's Party (until 2022)

| relatives = Søren Krarup (father)
Katrine Winkel Holm (sister)

}}

Marie Krarup Soelberg (born 6 December 1965) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party. She was elected into parliament in the 2011 Danish general election.{{cite web |title=Marie Krarup |url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/m/marie-krarup |website=Ft.dk |access-date=1 June 2021}}

Political career

Krarup was elected to parliament in the 2011 election, where she received 1,659 votes. This was enough for one of the Danish People's Party's levelling seats. She was reelected in 2015, receiving 2,436 votes, winning a direct seat into parliament. She was elected again in 2019, where she received 1,618 votes. She left the party in February 2022, following an internal dispute in the party about the recently elected chairman Morten Messerschmidt.{{Cite web |title=Marie Krarup forlader DF |url=https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/marie-krarup-forlader-df |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Altinget.dk |language=da-DK}}{{cite web |title=Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg torsdag 15. september 2011 |url=https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1204271/kandstat/kandstat.htm |website=Dst.dk |access-date=1 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg torsdag 18. juni 2015 |url=https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1487635/kandstat/kandstat.htm |website=Dst.dk |access-date=1 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019 |url=https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1684447/kandstat/kandstat.htm |website=Dst.dk |access-date=1 June 2021}}

In April 2013 Krarup in New Zealand called a traditional Māori greeting "grotesque".{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Powhiri-grotesque--Danish-politician/tabid/1607/articleID/293475/Default.aspx| archive-url= https://archive.today/20130703155600/http://www.3news.co.nz/Powhiri-grotesque--Danish-politician/tabid/1607/articleID/293475/Default.aspx| url-status= dead| archive-date= 3 July 2013| work= 3 News NZ| title= Powhiri 'grotesque' – Danish politician| date= 8 April 2013}} Colin Craig, leader of New Zealand's New Conservatives Party, sided with her statement by saying no visitor should have to face a "bare-bottomed native making threatening gestures" if they did not want to.{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Bare-bottom-welcomes-%60should-be-optional/tabid/1607/articleID/293441/Default.aspx| archive-url= https://archive.today/20130703160511/http://www.3news.co.nz/Bare-bottom-welcomes-%60should-be-optional/tabid/1607/articleID/293441/Default.aspx| url-status= dead| archive-date= 3 July 2013| work= 3 News NZ| title= Bare bottom welcomes 'should be optional'| date= 8 April 2013}}