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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]
Alias	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 (past)				[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 · Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Folketing (member, 2011-2015) · Justice Minister of Denmark · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Law · Harvard University · Schneekloths Skole · University of Copenhagen				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-02	Last processed	2025-12-02	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	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Folketing	2007-11-13	2011-09-14
member of the Folketing	2005-02-08

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,782

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata386,574

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,228

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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