Rasmus Paludan is a Danish lawyer, who is known for being a controversial agitator and politician. Paludan is to opposed non-Western immigration and Islam and is especially well-known for his numerous happenings and demonstrations, often in areas with many immigrants, where he accompanied by police presents extreme statements, taunts Muslims and often burns the Quran, videos of the subsequent confrontations are then uploaded to YouTube.

Paludan is the leader of the micro party Stram Kurs (Tough Line), which he founded in 2017. He has acted as defence attorney in a number of cases concerning self-styled "critics of the system" and proponents of medical cannabis. In April 2019 he was convicted of hate speech (Clause § 266b in the Danish penal code), but appealed the judgement to the High Court of Eastern Denmark.