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Karen Hækkerup

PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Karen Hækkerup 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	Karen Hekkerup · Karen Hækkerup · קארן הקרופ · كارين هيكروب · カレン・ハッケラップ · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Karen Angelo Hækkerup · Karen Angelo Schmidt · Karen Haekkerup				[sources]
Birth date	1974-06-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Hillerød				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Karen				[sources]
Last name	Hækkerup				[sources]
Political association	Social Democrats				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q512386				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2015) · Justice Minister of Denmark (2013-2014) · Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (2013-2013) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Odense Katedralskole · University of Copenhagen · cand.scient.pol.				[sources]
Source link	www.ft.dk				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-12	Last processed	2026-04-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ole Hækkerup PEP	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Social Affairs of Denmark	2011-10-03	2013-08-09

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,823

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland PEPs1,949

Official PEP list for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland

Denmark · Finanstilsynet

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,512

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories342,290

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata330,178

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,605

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-9fc444ba-4281-4e3e-9656-4e24a735757c · dk-pep-karen-haekkerup

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