Margrete Auken

Margrete Auken MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 July 2004
Constituency	Denmark
Member of the Folketing
In office 22 October 1979 – 20 July 2004
Constituency	Århus
Personal details
Born	Margrete Helle Auken (1945-01-06) 6 January 1945 Århus, Denmark
Political party	Danish Socialistisk Folkeparti EU European Green Party
Spouse	Erik Aksel Nielsen
Relations	Svend Auken (Brother)
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen
Website	www.auken.dk

Margrete Helle Auken (born 6 January 1945) is a Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Denmark. She is a member of the Socialistisk Folkeparti, part of the European Green Party.

Her brother is Svend Auken. Margrete Auken was educated at the University of Copenhagen, and was a member of the Danish parliament from October 1979 to December 1990 and from September 1994 to June 2004.

She is a sognepræst (parish priest) at the Frederiksberg Church in the Church of Denmark.

When she was elected as the sole candidate for SF for the European Parliament in 2004 she sparked an uproar in SF by choosing to join the European Green Party – European Free Alliance instead of the European United Left – Nordic Green League without the approval of SF. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.

Auken's daughter Ida Auken is also a priest and politician; she was Minister of the Environment in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt I.

External links

• Personal profile of Margrete Auken in the European Parliament's database of members
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Danish)