Composition of the parliament
Is there anybody who knows how many seats the parties have in the first season?
shareI did a little research on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Denmark:
Following the 2011 parliamentary election [which was AFTER Borgen started], the Social Liberals, the Socialist People's Party, and the Social Democrats formed a coalition government, with parliamentary support from the Red-Green Alliance, and with Helle Thorning-Schmidt becoming Denmark's first female prime minister.
(In the real-life coalition, the Social Democrats are the leading party, and hold the PM post. Helle Thorning-Schmidt has interesting British connections through her husband, and an interesting family life as well... check her out.)
There are 175 MPs. I wrote the numbers from the 2011 election results in brackets after each party below.
The Moderates (De Moderate), Birgitte Nyborg's centre-left party in the first two series, is based on the Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre [44])
The Labour Party (Arbejderpartiet) is based on the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne [44])
The left-wing environmentalist Green Party (Miljøpartiet) is similar to the Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti [16])
The far-left Solidarity Party (Solidarisk Samling) is similar to the Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten [12])
The centre-right Liberal Party (De Liberale) is based on Venstre [47]
New Right (Ny Højre) is similar to the right-wing Conservative People's Party (Konservative Folkeparti [8] - actually one of the oldest parties)
The far-right Freedom Party (Frihedspartiet) is stated by party leader Svend Åge Saltum to be a successor party to Mogens Glistrup's Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet), just like its real-life successor Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti [22])
...not represented in the film: a new 'classical' libertarian party, (Liberale Alliance [9])
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I think you mistyped the number for Radikale Venstre. It should be 17. Even though The Moderates are supposed to be a smaller party, they are portrayed in the series to be able to take the post of prime minister. The real-life Radikale Venstre last held this post over 40 years ago.
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There's actually 179 MPs, the last four represent parties from 'The Colonies'.
Also, her becoming the PM is based on the fact, that the previous leader of the Social Liberal party half jokingly meant that she should be PM instead of the Social Democrat's candidate, due to her good ratings and theirs abysmal ratings. (Fun facts, their ratings are even worse now.)