Editing Conservatism (section)

==== Denmark ====
{{Conservatism in Denmark}}
Danish conservatism emerged with the political grouping ''[[Højre]]'' (literally "Right"), which due to its alliance with King [[Christian IX of Denmark]] dominated Danish politics and formed all governments from 1865 to 1901. When a constitutional reform in 1915 stripped the landed [[gentry]] of political power, Højre was succeeded by the [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party of Denmark]], which has since then been the main Danish conservative party.<ref name=Egander>{{cite web |last1=Skov |first1=Christian Egander |title=Konservatisme |url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/konservatisme |website=danmarkshistorien.dk |access-date=July 17, 2023 |language=da}}</ref> Another Danish conservative party was the [[Free Conservatives]], who were active between 1902 and 1920. Traditionally and historically, conservatism in Denmark has been more [[Right-wing populism#Denmark|populist]] and [[Agrarianism|agrarian]] than in Sweden and Norway, where conservatism has been more [[Elitism|elitist]] and [[Urbanization|urban]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=euconedit |date=September 17, 2023 |title=Nordic Conservative Homecoming |url=https://europeanconservative.com/articles/essay/nordic-conservative-homecoming/ |access-date=December 3, 2023 |website=europeanconservative.com}}</ref>

The Conservative People's Party led the government coalition from 1982 to 1993. The party had previously been member of various governments from 1916 to 1917, 1940 to 1945, 1950 to 1953, and 1968 to 1971. The party was a junior partner in governments led by the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Liberals]] from 2001 to 2011{{sfn|Annesley|2005|p=68}} and again from 2016 to 2019. The party is preceded by 11 years by the [[Young Conservatives (Denmark)|Young Conservatives (KU)]], today the youth movement of the party.

The Conservative People's Party had a stable electoral support close to 15 to 20% at almost all general elections from 1918 to 1971. In the 1970s it declined to around 5%, but then under the leadership of [[Poul Schlüter]] reached its highest popularity level ever in [[1984 Danish general election|1984]], receiving 23% of the votes. Since the late 1990s the party has obtained around 5 to 10% of the vote. In [[2022 Danish general election|2022]], the party received 5.5% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kosiara-Pedersen |first1=Karina |title=Det Konservative Folkeparti |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Det_Konservative_Folkeparti |website=Den Store Danske |access-date=July 17, 2023 |language=da |date=July 10, 2023}}</ref>

Conservative thinking has also influenced other Danish political parties. In 1995, the [[Danish People's Party]] was founded, based on a mixture of conservative, nationalist, and social-democratic ideas.<ref name=Egander/> In 2015, the party [[New Right (Denmark)|New Right]] was established, professing a national-conservative attitude.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abildlund |first1=Andreas |title=Den konservative højrefløj er gået i udbrud |url=https://www.information.dk/moti/2015/10/konservative-hoejrefloej-gaaet-udbrud |work=Information |date=October 9, 2015 |language=da}}</ref>

The conservative parties in Denmark have always considered the [[Monarchy of Denmark|monarchy]] a central institution in Denmark.<ref>''[[Folketinget]]'': [https://www.ft.dk/da/partier/om-politiske-partier/partiernes-historie "Partiernes historie"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313003717/https://www.ft.dk/da/partier/om-politiske-partier/partiernes-historie |date=March 13, 2020 }}</ref><ref>''[[The Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Det Konservative Folkeparti]]'': [https://konservative.dk/politik/is/vi-elsker-kongehuset/ "Vi elsker Kongehuset"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319072551/https://konservative.dk/politik/is/vi-elsker-kongehuset/ |date=March 19, 2022 }}</ref>