Morten Klessen

Morten Klessen
Klessen in October 2025
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 February 2025
Preceded byRasmus Prehn
ConstituencyNorth Jutland
Personal details
Born (1969-04-09) 9 April 1969
Biersted, Denmark
PartySocial Democrats
Alma materAalborg Seminarium
OccupationTeacher

Morten Klessen (born 9 April 1969) is a Danish politician and member of the Folketing, the national legislature. A Social Democrat, he has represented North Jutland since February 2025.[1]

Early life

Klessen was born on 9 April 1969 in Biersted.[1] He is the son of head of section Kjeld Erik Klessen and shop assistant Inge Rosbech Klessen.[1] He was educated at the Biersted skole (1976–1985) and Onsild idrætsefterskole (1985–1986).[1] Klessen joined the Royal Danish Air Force at the age of 18, serving as a fireman at the Aalborg Air Base (1988–1994) and a non-commissioned officer in Air Squadron 650 (1994–1997) which was responsible for ground-based air defence.[1][2]

After leaving the air force, Klessen trained as a teacher at Aalborg Seminarium from 1997 to 2001.[1][3] Following graduation, Klessen and his wife sold their apartment in Aalborg and spent eight months travelling to Thailand, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia with their two children.[2]

Career

The family settled in Biersted on returning to Denmark.[2] Klessen was a teacher in Brønderslev (2002–2015), commercial and sports manager for Fortuna Hjørring (2016–2017) and sports director for AaB A/S’ girl and women's section (2017-2019).[1][4] He has been a teacher at the Ølandhus children's home since 2021.[1]

Politics

Klessen was a member of the municipal council in Jammerbugt Municipality from 2005 to 2019.[1][3] He contested the 2019 European election as a Social Democrat candidate in Denmark but was not elected, losing out to Niels Fuglsang by 5,439 votes.[5][6] He contested the 2021 local election as a Social Democrat candidate in North Jutland Region but was not elected, losing out to Lis Mancini by four votes.[7][8] He was however a member of the North Jutland Regional Council from 2024 to 2025, having replaced Ulla Astman.[9]

Klessen contested the 2022 general election as a Social Democrat candidate in North Jutland but was not elected, losing out to Rasmus Prehn by 62 votes.[10][11] He became a permanent member of the Folketing in February 2025 following Prehn's resignation.[12][13] He was re-elected to Jammerbugt Municipal Council at the 2025 local election.[14] He will not be contesting the 2026 general election.[15][16]

Personal life

Klessen is married to Susanne and has four children - Johanne, Mads-Emil, Katrine and Sille.[1][2] He lives in Aabybro.[1] He started coaching Biersted's first girls football team at the age of 18.[4] Since then he has coached boys and girls teams in Pandrup (Jetsmark), Aabybro, Ulsted and Aalborg (B52 Aalborg).[4]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Morten Klessen
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2009 local[17] Jammerbugt Municipality Social Democrats 423 Elected
2009 local[18] Jammerbugt Municipality Social Democrats 515 Elected
2013 local[19] Jammerbugt Municipality Social Democrats 505 Elected
2017 local[20] Jammerbugt Municipality Social Democrats 579 Elected
2019 European[21] Denmark Social Democrats 24,005 Not elected
2021 local[22] North Jutland Region Social Democrats 1,400 Not elected
2022 general[23] North Jutland Social Democrats 1,837 Not elected
2025 local[24] Jammerbugt Municipality Social Democrats 551 Elected

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Hansen, Klaus (6 April 2019). "Morten Klessen fylder 50 år". Jammerbugt Posten (in Danish). Jammerbugt, Denmark. Archived from the original on 7 February 2026. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Morten Klessen (56)". Altinget.dk (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  4. ^ a b c "Ny sportschef i AaB" (in Danish). Fodbold for piger. 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 16 May 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  5. ^ Andersen, Steven Vikkelsø (27 May 2019). "Morten Klessen taber tæt kapløb og misser EU". TV2/Nord (in Danish). Aabybro, Denmark. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Fakta: Trio kæmpede om tredje S-mandat til det sidste". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Aarhus, Denmark. Ritzau. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  7. ^ Hansen, Klaus (20 November 2021). "Efter fintælling mister Morten Klessen Socialdemokratiets 15. og sidste mandat". Jammerbugt Posten (in Danish). Jammerbugt, Denmark. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  8. ^ Jensen, ikita Fjorback (19 November 2021). "Alle troede, Morten var valgt ind - men så blev stemmerne talt efter". Nordjyske (in Danish). Aalborg, Denmark. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  9. ^ Henriksen, Christian (19 May 2024). "Morten fik hurtigt hjælp, da han blev ramt af blodprop - nu vil han sikre andre nordjyder samme tryghed". TV2/Nord (in Danish). Aabybro, Denmark. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  10. ^ Nielsen, Søren (4 November 2022). "62 stemmer gjorde Morten til sorteper tredje gang i træk: - Jeg tror, at det er verdensrekord". TV2/Nord (in Danish). Aabybro, Denmark. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  11. ^ French, Christian (9 April 2025). "Endelig kom Morten i Folketinget – men han genopstiller ikke". TV2/Nord (in Danish). Aabybro, Denmark. Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  12. ^ Bech, Sigurd Lilmose (24 February 2025). "Han blev kaldt "den evige nummer to": Nu får han Prehns plads i Folketinget". Altinget.dk (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark. Archived from the original on 27 November 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  13. ^ Wielandt, Andreas Kjærgaard (11 March 2025). "Uden tøven har han kvittet sit job for en hverdag på Christiansborg". Nordjyske (in Danish). Aalborg, Denmark. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  14. ^ Hansen, Klaus (23 December 2025). "Morten Klessen valgt til Kommunalbestyrelsen i Jammerbugt – Se hvor han fik sine stemmer". Jammerbugt Posten (in Danish). Jammerbugt, Denmark. Archived from the original on 16 January 2026. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  15. ^ Wormslev, Søren (26 February 2026). "Nordjyder på tinge: Store profiler på vej ud". TV2/Nord (in Danish). Aabybro, Denmark. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  16. ^ Hansen, Klaus (6 November 2025). ""Noget skal der ske" – Morten Klessen vil skabe mere mangfoldighed i Jammerbugt". Jammerbugt Posten (in Danish). Jammerbugt, Denmark. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  17. ^ "Kommunalvalg 2005: Stemmefordeling i Jammerbugt Kommune" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: valg.dk. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  18. ^ "Kommunalvalg 2009: Stemmefordeling i Jammerbugt Kommune" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: valg.dk. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  19. ^ "Kommunalvalg 2013: Stemmefordeling i Jammerbugt Kommune" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: valg.dk. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  20. ^ "Kommunalvalg 2017: Stemmefordeling i Jammerbugt Kommune" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: valg.dk. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  21. ^ "Europa-Parlamentsvalg søndag 26. maj 2019: Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Statistics Denmark. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  22. ^ "Regionsrådsvalg 2021: Stemmefordeling i Region Nordjylland" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: valg.dk. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  23. ^ "Folketingsvalg tirsdag 1. november 2022: Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Statistics Denmark. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  24. ^ "Kommunalvalg 2025: Stemmefordeling i Jammerbugt Kommune" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: valg.dk. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
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