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For the bishop, see Rasmus Paludan (bishop).
Rasmus Paludan
Rasmus Paludan in June 2019
Personal details
Born (1982-01-02) 2 January 1982 (age 44)
Citizenship
PartyHard Line
Other political
affiliations		Alternative for Sweden
OccupationLawyer, politician

Rasmus Paludan (born 2 January 1982)[2] is a Danish-Swedish politician and lawyer. He is the leader of the far-right political party Hard Line,[3] which he founded in 2017. He is the older brother of poet Tine Paludan and writer Martin Paludan.[4] Paludan himself has a migration background as his father is Swedish journalist Tomas Polvall[5] and he has lived in Sweden at times, which according to himself gives him the right to Swedish citizenship.[6] In October 2020 Paludan was officially declared a Swedish citizen by authorities as his father is Swedish.[1]

He 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,[7] but also in several cases involving immigrant asylum.[8] 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.[9]

Paludan is under constant police protection.[10]

Education

At 25 years old, Paludan held a bachelor's degree in law and had the ninth-highest average score among his fellow 187 students who finished their law degrees and started their degrees the same year.[11] 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 go through brain surgery.[5]

Policies and demonstrations

Rasmus Paludan and his party represent 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) who have shown up to show their opposition to him. 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.[7]

Rasmus Paludan calls for putting expelled foreign citizens unwilling and unable to travel back to their country in detention camps in North-Eastern Greenland.[12]

In June 2020, Paludan held a demonstration in Aarhus, 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 open fired and wounded the assailant in the leg.[13] 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.[14]

Controversies

Stalking case

In January 2013, Paludan was given a 5-year restraining order, forbidding him from contact a then 24-year-old man whom he had been stalking since 2010, when they both started at the University of Copenhagen.[15][16] Despite the restraining order, the harassment continued until December 2013.[16] In 2015 Paludan was fined for offending the police officer who handled the stalking case.[15]

Quran burnings

In April 2019, Paludan held a demonstration in Viborg, which led to chaos when 100 people showed up. Three people were arrested and, in June 2019, a 24-year-old Syrian was sentenced to 60 days in jail for having thrown a rock at Paludan. He was also to be deported after the jail term and was banned from returning to Denmark for six years.[17]

In connection with a planned Quran burning in Malmö in August 2020, Paludan was banned from entering Sweden for two years,[18] but in October he was granted Swedish citizenship.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rasmus Paludan stämmer svenska staten på en miljon". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  2. ^ Ritzau (7 May 2019). "Overblik: Stram Kurs vil lede landet og forbyde islam". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish).
  3. ^ Stram Kurs (4 December 2018). English intro to Rasmus Paludan and Hard Line political party (24 NOV 2018). Retrieved 25 April 2019 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Tuxen, Mathias (2019-04-19). "Rasmus Paludans søster har droppet kontakten" (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  5. ^ a b Polvall, Tomas (2019-05-23). "Tomas Polvall: "Min politiska uppfattning skiljer sig radikalt från Rasmus, men han bör bemötas med argument."". Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  6. ^ Telefon: 33111313, Rådhuspladsen 37 1785 København V. "Paludan smider bombe: Jeg er svensk statsborger". ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2020-09-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b William Kristensen (15 April 2019). "Fra cykelstiens vogter til frihedens soldat". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish).
  8. ^ https://www.information.dk/indland/2016/10/kan-rasmus-paludan-forsvare-udlaendinge-samtidig-vaere-pegida
  9. ^ Holm, Line Tolstrup; Jessen, Chris Kjær; Jensen, Henrik; Pedersen, Lars Nørgaard (2019-05-23). "Universitet ansatte Paludan som underviser – trods flere års chikane og klagesager samme sted". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  10. ^ 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)
  11. ^ "Hjemmeside afslører kriminelle cyklister - især på Østerbro". Politiken (in Danish). 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  12. ^ "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).
  13. ^ "Mand skudt ved Paludan-demonstration - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  14. ^ "To betjente ramt af kasteskyts efter skyderi i Aarhus". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Mand udvist af Danmark for stenkast mod Rasmus Paludan - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  18. ^ https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/paludan-stoppades-vid-gransen-har-fatt-inreseforbud
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