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Sofie Carsten Nielsen

Politician

Sofie Carsten Nielsen 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	Sofie Carsten Nielsen · Софи Карстен Нильсен · سوفى كارستين نيلسين · 索菲·卡斯滕·尼尔森				[sources]
Birth date	1975-05-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Birkerød				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Denmark				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
E-Mail	sofie.carsten.nielsen@ft.dk				[sources]
First name	Sofie · Sofie Carsten				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Nielsen				[sources]
Website	www.sofiecarstennielsen.dk · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q12336294				[sources]
Position	Education and Research Minister (2014-2015) · Folketing (member, 2011-2015) · Folketing (member, 2015-) · member of the Folketing · member of the Folketing (-2023)				[sources]
Education	College of Europe · University of Copenhagen · cand.scient.pol.				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

former Minister for Higher Education and Science of Denmark

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Education and Research Minister	2014-02-03	2015-06-28
member of the Folketing	-	-
member of the Folketing	2015-06-18	2019-06-05
member of the Folketing	2015-06-20	-
member of the Folketing	2022-11-01	2023-05-01
member of the Folketing	2019-06-05	2022-11-01
member of the Folketing	-	2023-05-01
member of the Folketing	2011-09-15	2015-06-18
member of the Folketing	2011-09-15	2015-06-19

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-7fec4d63-60a1-4402-93f0-15d188456805 · dk-pep-sofie-carsten-nielsen

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