Kirsten Jacobsen

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Kirsten Jacobsen (born Kirsten Larsen; 18 February 1942 – 2 December 2010) was a Danish real estate agent and politician. She served in the Danish Parliament (Folketing) for the North Jutland County in two periods, from 1973 to 1981 and again from 1988 to 2001. She led the Progress Party from 1995 to 1997, and later belonged to the Freedom 2000 group, became an independent, and joined the Conservative People's Party from 2008 to 2010. She was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Nordic Council.

Jacobsen was born in Aalborg and later built a career as a real estate agent. She was married twice, first to Niels Willum Wisbech Jacobsen (1960–1972) with whom she had three children, and then to Erik Stormfelt (1979–1997). She was honored as a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1991 and promoted to Knight First Class in 1996. She died in Copenhagen in 2010.