Frit Forum

Frit Forum - Social Democratic Students of Denmark
Ideology	Social democracy, Democratic socialism
International affiliation	International Union of Socialist Youth, IUSY
European affiliation	Young European Socialists, ECOSY
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Frit Forum - Social Democratic Students of Denmark (Danish: Frit Forum – socialdemokratiske studerende, or just Frit Forum) is the student organization of the Danish Social Democrats.

It was established in 1943 during the Nazi occupation of Denmark, as a means of reaching out to the growing number of students in the labour movement. Since then it has had a decisive impact on Danish politics, fostering many leaders and influential Social Democrats.

Both present PES-president, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, present Danish frontrunner to the European Parliament Dan Jørgensen, and former Minister of Finance, Mogens Lykketoft, began their path in Frit Forum. It compares to the Labour Students in the UK.

After peaking in the 1950s and 1960s, it was struck by the radicalization of the political left among Danish students. As in Germany and Sweden several members left for radical movements on the left, but in opposition to the Studentersamfundet () or the Studenterforeningen (), Frit Forum survived. Primarily as a result of being merged with the social democratic youth organization DSU in 1973.

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