Rasmus Paludan

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Rasmus Paludan
Paludan in 2019
Leader of Hard Line
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2017
Preceded by	Position created
Personal details
Born	(1982-01-02) 2 January 1982 (age 41) North Zealand, Denmark
Citizenship	Denmark Sweden[1]
Political party	Hard 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 mater	University of Copenhagen (LL.B.)
Occupation	Lawyer, politician

Rasmus Paludan (born 2 January 1982)^[6] is a Danish-Swedish politician, lawyer and far-right extremist. 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 the Quran was burned, leading to counter-protests, some marked by violence and burning of cars.