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Bjarne Laustsen

PEP · Politician

Bjarne Laustsen is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bjarne Laustsen · بچارن لاوستسين				[sources]
Birth date	1953-12-09				[sources]
Place of birth	Skivum · Vesthimmerland Municipality				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Email	bjarne.laustsen@ft.dk				[sources]
First name	Bjarne				[sources]
Last name	Laustsen				[sources]
Political association	Social Democrats				[sources]
Website	socialdemokraterne.dk · www.bjarne-laustsen.dk				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12303652				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2015) · Folketing (member, 2015-) · member of the Folketing · 1 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-29	Last processed	2026-05-19	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,464

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons291,350

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs2,019

Official PEP list for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

Denmark · Finanstilsynet

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories358,337

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata344,656

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,944

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-7172cb2f-7fa0-480d-86b4-f8cbb9ae0178 · dk-pep-bjarne-laustsen

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