René Christensen (politician)
René Bjørn Christensen (born 31 October 1970 in Nykøbing Falster) is a Danish politician. He has been a member of the Folketing (the Danish Parliament) since 2008. He started in politics on Guldborgsund Municipality’s council in 2006. He initially ran for the Danish People’s Party (DPP); in the 2007 election he got 1,412 votes, which wasn’t enough for a seat but made him the DPP’s main substitute for the Zealand constituency. He served as a substitute for Mia Falkenberg from 10 January 2008 to 8 October 2008, and when Falkenberg resigned on 9 October 2008, Christensen took her seat.
In the 2011 election he was directly elected with 2,580 votes, and he was re-elected in 2015 with 8,180 votes and again in 2019 with 5,175 votes. Christensen has a background as a teacher and a mechanic and has been a member of Guldborgsund Municipal Council since 2006.
In February 2024 he left the Danish People’s Party and joined the Moderates, saying the DPP had moved away from influencing Danish politics.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 17:06 (CET).