Radikal Ungdom af 1994 is the official youth organization of the Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 political party

Political party

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 Det Radikale Venstre

Det Radikale Venstre

The Danish Social Liberal Party is a social liberal political party in Denmark. The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.-Origin:...

. The organization was founded on 30 April 1994 after the former youth organization Radikal Ungdom was dissolved because of a case of fraud with funding from the Danish Youth Council. Radikal Ungdom, the previous organization, had its first chapter founded in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 in 1904 and its first national organization founded in 1911.

Radikal Ungdom is a member of three international liberal and radical umbrella organizations: Nordens Liberale og Radikale Ungdomsforbund (NLRU), European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) and the International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth (IFRLY).

The current president is Simon Dyhr and vice president is Ronja Lundberg. Both were elected at the congress in October 2010.

The historical ideological foundations for both RU and its mother party is the political philosophy of Social Liberalism

Social liberalism

Social liberalism is the belief that liberalism should include social justice. It differs from classical liberalism in that it believes the legitimate role of the state includes addressing economic and social issues such as unemployment, health care, and education while simultaneously expanding...

. The use of the word "radikal" in the name owes thanks to liberal thinking from especially France (see Liberalism and radicalism in France

Liberalism and radicalism in France

Liberalism and radicalism in France do not form the same type of ideology. In fact, the main line of conflict in France during the 19th century was between monarchist opponents of the Republic and supporters of the Republic...

) and the UK.

See also

• Det Radikale Venstre
  Det Radikale Venstre
  The Danish Social Liberal Party is a social liberal political party in Denmark. The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.-Origin:...
  
  , Radikal Ungdom's mother party.
• Radical Party of the Left(France), equivalent party in France.
• Radicalism (historical)
  Radicalism (historical)
  The term Radical was used during the late 18th century for proponents of the Radical Movement. It later became a general pejorative term for those favoring or seeking political reforms which include dramatic changes to the social order...
  
  (radicalism as part of liberal political philosophy).