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SF candidate Sisse Marie Welling aims for the top spot at Copenhagen’s City Hall. She is running on many of the same issues as her expected main competitor.

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SF wants to unseat Socialdemokratiet from the mayoral throne in Copenhagen. The task is to be handled by the current health and care mayor, Sisse Marie Welling, who is seen here alongside party leader Pia Olsen Dyhr. Foto: Finn Frandsen
SF wants to unseat Socialdemokratiet from the mayoral throne in Copenhagen. The task is to be handled by the current health and care mayor, Sisse Marie Welling, who is seen here alongside party leader Pia Olsen Dyhr. Foto: Finn Frandsen
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Copenhagen gained a new mayoral candidate on Friday morning when Sisse Marie Welling, SF’s health and care mayor in Copenhagen, declared her intention to unseat Socialdemokratiet.

In the busy morning traffic at Dronning Louises Bro between Nørrebro and the Inner City, Welling and a team of SF members were informing cyclists about the city’s latest mayoral candidate and a new SF slogan:

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