Marianne Bruus Jelved (née Hirsbro, born 5 September 1943) is a Danish politician and bureaucrat who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party.

She worked as a primary school teacher for 22 years.

[1] She was elected to the Parliament of Denmark in 1987 for the Danish Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre).

In 2007 MP Naser Khader and MEP Anders Samuelsen broke away from the party in protest to form the New Alliance, today known as Liberal Alliance.

[2] Jelved resigned as political leader in 2007 following a drop in opinion polls and criticism from within the party.