Rasmus Paludan

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Rasmus Paludan
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Paludan in 2019
Leader of Hard Line
Assumed office
16 March 2017
Preceded byPosition created
Personal details
Born (1982-01-02) 2 January 1982 (age 42)
North Zealand, Denmark
Citizenship
  • Denmark
  • Sweden[1]
Political partyHard Line (since March 2017)
New Right[2] (September 2016 – February 2017)
Venstre[3] (2010)
Danish Social Liberal Party[4] (RU)[5] (c. 2003)
Other political
affiliations		Alternative for Sweden
For Frihed
June Movement
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen (LL.B.)
OccupationLawyer, politician

Rasmus Paludan (born 2 January 1982)[6] is a Danish-Swedish politician and lawyer. He is the leader of the far-right Danish political party Stram Kurs ("Straight Course" or "Hard Line"),[7] which he founded in 2017. Paludan has held several events in which a Quran was burned, leading to counter-protests, some marked by violence and burning of cars.

Family, education, and early career

Paludan is the older brother of poet Tine Paludan and writer Martin Paludan.[8] Paludan himself has a migration background as his father is Swedish journalist Tomas Polvall[9] and he has lived in Sweden at times, which he says gives him the right to Swedish citizenship.[10] In October 2020 Paludan was officially declared a Swedish citizen by authorities as his father is Swedish.[1]

According to his father, Paludan had to pause his studies due to an accident where he was hit by a car while cycling and had to undergo brain surgery.[9] He has a bachelor's degree in law.[11]

As of September 2022, Paludan will be studying theology at the University of Copenhagen.[12][13]

Legal career

Paludan has acted as defence attorney in a number of cases involving self-styled "critics of the system" and proponents of medical cannabis, such as Lars Kragh Andersen,[14] but also in several cases involving immigrant asylum.[15] Between September 2015 and August 2018 Paludan was employed as a lecturer at the law faculty of the University of Copenhagen in the areas of civil law and property law.[16]

Policies and demonstrations

In 2016 Paludan started attending meetings of the International Free Press Society, and participated in all the demonstrations of the anti-Islamic group For Frihed (formerly Pegida Denmark) that year. He also held a speech at one of their demonstrations.[15]

Paludan founded the Stram Kurs party in 2017 which present strong extremist views on Islam and non-western immigration. Paludan is extremely opposed to non-Western immigration and Islam's presence in Denmark. He is well known for his numerous happenings and political demonstrations, often in areas with many Muslim immigrants. During these demonstrations, he has presented anti-immigrant and racist statements and taunted Muslims (and Islam as a whole), often resulting in counter-protests. At his protests, Paludan has burned the Quran and defaced it in other ways that many Muslims find offensive. Videos of the subsequent confrontations are shared on YouTube where his party has gathered a large following.[14] Ideologically, some observers have considered Paludan a counter-jihadist, but he considers himself to be an ethno-nationalist.[17][18]

Paludan calls for putting expelled foreign citizens unwilling and unable to travel back to their country in detention camps in North-Eastern Greenland, which is a Danish island.[19]

In June 2020, Paludan held a demonstration in Aarhus, Denmark, when a 52-year-old man pulled out a knife, entered the cordoned-off area, and ran towards Paludan. Police fired a warning shot, but the assailant did not lay down his weapon, whereupon police opened fire and wounded the assailant in the leg.[20] In the aftermath, there was unrest in the area. Police were hit by fireworks and rocks were thrown by other assailants in the Gellerup area of Aarhus.[21]

Paludan is under constant police protection.[22]

Quran incidents

Paludan burning a Quran under police protection in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, Denmark in 2019

In April 2019, Paludan held a demonstration in Viborg, Denmark, which led to chaos with the presence of about 100 counter-protesters. Three people were arrested and, in June 2019, a 24-year-old Syrian in Denmark was sentenced to 60 days in jail for having thrown a rock at Paludan. The offender was also to be deported after the jail term, and was banned from returning to Denmark for six years.[23]

In connection with a planned Quran burning in Malmö in August 2020, Paludan was banned from entering Sweden for two years,[24] but in October he was granted Swedish citizenship due to his father's citizenship.[1]

In April 2022, Paludan again organised and announced several demonstrations in major Swedish cities, where he burned or said that he would burn the Quran. This led to rioting by counterprotesters, including destruction of private and public property and attacks on police.[25][26] Riots also erupted in the lead-up to his demonstration.[27]

Controversies

Stalking case

In January 2013, Paludan was given a 5-year restraining order, forbidding him from contacting a then-24-year-old man whom he had been stalking since 2010, when they both started at the University of Copenhagen.[28][29] Despite the restraining order, the harassment continued until December 2013.[29] In 2015, Paludan was fined for offending the police officer who handled the stalking case.[28]

Sexually charged chats with underage boys

In August 2021, it was revealed through an investigation by Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet[30] that Paludan through his Discord server had been talking about hardcore fetish sex with minors ranging in age from 13 to 17. Paludan did not deny the claims, but denied any wrongdoings, stating that he did not know how old the people he was talking to were and that the boys or the moderators in the chat would have stopped him if he had overstepped any boundaries.[31]

Court

In 2021, a Danish court found Rasmus Paludan guilty of racism and defamation. He was given a suspended sentence.[32]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rasmus Paludan stämmer svenska staten på en miljon". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Reporterne 10-02-2017 (2)". radio24syv.dk (in Danish). Radio24syv. 10 February 2017. Archived from the original (radio) on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ "YOUTUBE-FÆNOMENET, DER PLUDSELIG FIK MEDVIND OG KOM PÅ STEMMESEDLEN". dr.dk (in Danish). DR (broadcaster). Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Rettelse". information.dk (in Danish). Dagbladet Information. 11 October 2005. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Rasmus Paludan var medlem af Radikal Ungdom". bt.dk (in Danish). B.T. 18 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. ^ Ritzau (7 May 2019). "Overblik: Stram Kurs vil lede landet og forbyde islam". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish).
  7. ^ Stram Kurs (4 December 2018). English intro to Rasmus Paludan and Hard Line political party (24 NOV 2018). Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ Tuxen, Mathias (19 April 2019). "Rasmus Paludans søster har droppet kontakten" (in Danish). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  9. ^ a b Polvall, Tomas (23 May 2019). "Tomas Polvall: "Min politiska uppfattning skiljer sig radikalt från Rasmus, men han bör bemötas med argument."". Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  10. ^ Telefon: 33111313, Rådhuspladsen 37 1785 København V. (8 September 2020). "Paludan smider bombe: Jeg er svensk statsborger". ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Hjemmeside afslører kriminelle cyklister - især på Østerbro". Politiken (in Danish). 3 July 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Rasmus Paludan er optaget på teologistudiet". Kirke.dk. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  13. ^ Krarup, Nicklas (20 August 2022). "Paludan begynder på nyt studie: Vil ikke være uvidende". Ekstrabladet. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  14. ^ a b William Kristensen (15 April 2019). "Fra cykelstiens vogter til frihedens soldat". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish).
  15. ^ a b "Kan Rasmus Paludan forsvare udlændinge og samtidig være med i Pegida?". 21 October 2016.
  16. ^ Holm, Line Tolstrup; Jessen, Chris Kjær; Jensen, Henrik; Pedersen, Lars Nørgaard (23 May 2019). "Universitet ansatte Paludan som underviser – trods flere års chikane og klagesager samme sted". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Stram Kurs och Rasmus Paludan". Expo (in Swedish). 19 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Daniel Poohl: Koranbrännarna bryr sig inte om yttrandefriheten". Expo (in Swedish). 6 September 2020.
  19. ^ "Stram Kurs vil deportere de fleste i Vollsmose: - Vi har kun ét hjemland, og det skal vi værne om" [Hard Line wants to deport most people in Vollsmose: - We have only one homeland, and we shall protect it.]. Fyens (in Danish). 3 June 2019.
  20. ^ "Mand skudt ved Paludan-demonstration - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  21. ^ "To betjente ramt af kasteskyts efter skyderi i Aarhus". DR (in Danish). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  22. ^ Frydendahl, Lise Soelberg (11 March 2020). "Når Rasmus Paludan sover, må betjente sidde otte timer i en bil uden adgang til toilet". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 12 March 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "Mand udvist af Danmark for stenkast mod Rasmus Paludan - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 25 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  24. ^ Palm, Olle (28 August 2020). ""Han utgör ett allvarligt hot" – polisen om inreseförbudet mot Paludan". SVT Nyheter.
  25. ^ Helsinki, Associated Press in (17 April 2022). "Third night of unrest in Sweden over far-right anti-Islam rally". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  26. ^ Nyheter, SVT (15 April 2022). "Upplopp i flera städer – detta har hänt". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  27. ^ "Three police injured after riot in Sweden". The Local Sweden. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  28. ^ a b Jensen, Henrik; Jessen, Chris Kjær; Holm, Line Tolstrup; Pedersen, Lars Hørgaard (15 May 2019). "Ung mand blev i flere år chikaneret af Rasmus Paludan. En dag dukkede partilederen op med et kamera i mandens barndomsby". Berlingske (in Danish). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  29. ^ a b Bruun, Nanna Bundgaard; Løvkvist, Kasper; Funding, Thomas (14 May 2019). "Rasmus Paludans tilholdssag: Læs hvordan han forfulgte og chikanerede ung mand i årevis". JydskeVestkysten (in Danish). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  30. ^ "Jeg synes ikke det er så slemt – Ekstra Bladet". 27 August 2021.
  31. ^ "Mit svar til Ekstra Bladet: Jeg er ikke bekendt med, hvor gamle folk er på Discord-serveren, men vi har kanaler for folk, der er fyldt 15 år og kanaler for folk, der er..." Facebook.[user-generated source]
  32. ^ "The Copenhagen Post". 3 September 2021.

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