Lars Boje Mathiesen
Lars Boje Mathiesen (born 21 May 1975) is a Danish politician who since February 2023 has been the leader of the Nye Borgerlige political party. He has been a member of the Folketing since June 2019.
Lars Boje Mathiesen | |
|---|---|
 Boje in 2023 | |
| Leader of Nye Borgerlige | |
| Assumed office 7 February 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Pernille Vermund |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 May 1975 Skive, Denmark |
| Political party | Nye Borgerlige Liberal Alliance (until 2016) |
Background
Mathiesen was born on 21 May 1975 in Skive, Denmark and is the son of musician Peter Boje Mathiesen and Inge Burmølle Mathiesen.[1]
Political career
Mathiesen started in politics in 2013, where he was elected into Aarhus Municipality's municipal council, as a member of Liberal Alliance. He left the party in 2016 and, after a short unaffiliated period, joined Nye Borgerlige. He chose not to stand again in the next local election, but instead to seek a seat in the Folketing.[2]
In May 2021 he caused a social media backlash when he compared the right to free menstrual products to having "underpants in public toilets" in case someone soils themselves, a comparison that was described as "pure nonsense" by Charlotte Wilkens chief physician at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Hvidovre Hospital.[3]
References
- "Lars Boje Mathiesen (NB)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- "Lars Boje Mathiesen: - Jeg kommer fra en hippie-familie". TV2 ØSTJYLLAND (in Danish).
- "Østjysk politiker i shitstorm om afføring i menstruationsdebat". TV2 ØSTJYLLAND (in Danish). Retrieved 19 June 2021.