Lis Møller

Lis Møller (22 December 1918 – 24 September 1983) was a Danish journalist and Conservative People's Party politician who was elected to the Folketing for two non-consecutive periods.

[2] Møller moved to television in 1956 and withdrew a request to join its current affairs department to enable her to cover societial issues in 1969 due to protests from TV Avisen employees.

[1] Møller was a in the Folketing as a representative of the Københavns Amtskreds [da] constituency for The Conservative People's Party from 8 December 1981 to 24 September 1983.

[3] In parliament, she focused on women's and social issues and underrepresented minorities; Møller did not seek high office.

[3] She was also chair of the Queen Louise Asylum Society [da],[4] on the supervisory board of the children's psychotic treatment centre Sofieskolen and the Association for Spastic Paralyzed and worked for the Disability Foundation, the Lonely Old People's Guard and Terres des Hommes.

[2] Møller's radio and television broadcasting career saw her focus on women's and youth, particularly social issues from those groups she worked with for organisations she was a part of.

[3] Møller was considered by her own party to be "troublesome" because of her focus on finding solutions to issues in society and was a rapporteur of social policy for several years, some of which were revoked.

This included her stance on free abortions which she opposed on the grounds of pressure from fathers and instead campaigned for contraception and adoption.

[2] Møller was named an "honorary craftsman" by the Association of Craftsmen in Copenhagen for "her creative work in radio and television and the value her journalism brought to the understanding of social and human conditions.