Danish Party

The Danish Party (German: Dänische Partei) was a political party in the German Empire.

The party was established in 1871 to represent the 50,000-strong Danish population of North Schleswig, who remained opposed to their separation from Denmark following the Second Schleswig War in 1864.

[1] It won a seat in every Reichstag elected between 1871 and 1912.

Its best performance was in the 1881 elections, the only occasion on which it won two seats.

[1] The party disappeared after World War I,[1] following the Schleswig Plebiscites and the return of Northern Schleswig to Denmark.