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{{short description|Defunct political party in Denmark}}
{{Politics of Denmark}}

The '''Free Social Democrats''' ({{langx|da|Frie Socialdemokrater}}) were a [[political party]] in [[Denmark]].

==History==
The party was established in March 1920 by [[Emil Marott]],<ref name=VM>Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p476 {{ISBN|0-313-23804-9}}</ref> a Member of Parliament between 1903 and 1920 for the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]. In 1920 he was expelled from the party because of diverging opinions on the [[Schleswig]] issue.

The party ran on a platform of returning [[Flensburg]] to Danish rule following the [[Schleswig Plebiscites]], and contested all three [[Folketing]] elections held in 1920, but failed to win a seat.<ref name=VM/>

== Election results ==

{| class=wikitable
|+ Folketinget
! rowspan="2"| Date
! colspan="3"| Votes
! colspan="2"| Seats
! rowspan="2"| Position
! rowspan="2"| Size
|-
! No.
! %
! ± pp
! No.
! ±
|-
! [[April 1920 Danish Folketing election|April 1920]]
| 7,260
| 0.71
| ''New''
| {{composition bar|0|140|{{party color|Free Social Democrats}}}}
| ''New''
| {{Extra-parliamentary}}
| align="center"| 7th
|-
! [[July 1920 Danish Folketing election|July 1920]]
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |''Did not run.''
|-
! [[September 1920 Danish Folketing election|September 1920]]
| 6,460
| 0.53
| {{decrease}} 0.18
| {{composition bar|0|149|{{party color|Free Social Democrats}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{Extra-parliamentary}}
| {{steady}} 7th
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Danish political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties established in 1920]]
[[Category:Defunct socialist parties in Denmark]]
[[Category:Social democratic parties in Europe]]
[[Category:1920 establishments in Denmark]]
[[Category:Political parties with year of disestablishment missing]]


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