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Lars Barfoed

Politician

Lars Barfoed 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	Lars Barfoed · Ларс Барфёд · لارس بارفويد · ラース・バーフォード · 拉爾斯·巴佛德				[sources]
Other name	ラース・バーフォード · 拉爾斯·巴佛德				[sources]
Birth date	1957-07-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Frederiksberg				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Lars				[sources]
Last name	Barfoed				[sources]
Website	www.larsbarfoed.dk · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q917179				[sources]
Position	Danish Minister of Transport (2008-2010) · Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2015) · Justice Minister of Denmark (2010-2011) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Law (1981) · Harvard University · Schneekloths Skole (-1976) · University of Copenhagen (-1981)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Danish politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Helle Sjelle Politician	spouse	2014	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Folketing	2011-09-15	2015-06-18
member of the Folketing	2007-11-13

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,935

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,343

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Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata349,569

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,881

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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