Stefan Seidler | |
|---|---|
 Seidler in 2015 | |
| Member of theBundestag forSchleswig-Holstein | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | SSW list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1979-12-18)18 December 1979 (age 45) |
| Citizenship | Germany • Denmark |
| Political party | SSW (since 1996) |
| Other political affiliations | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Marianne Madsen |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Aarhus University |
| Website | stefan-seidler |
Stefan Seidler (born 18 December 1979) is a Danish-German politician of theSouth Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW), the party representing the interests of theDanish andFrisian minority populations in Germany. He was elected to theBundestag fromSchleswig-Holstein in the2021 German federal election. His election represented the first time the SSW won a seat since1949. The SSW last contested a federal election in the1961 West German election.[1]
Seidler was born in 1979 inFlensburg, West Germany, as the son of a Danish-born teacher and a timber salesman from Flensburg.[2] After completing his secondary education atDuborg-Skolen, he studied atAarhus University inAarhus,Denmark, where he obtained a master's degree in political science[3] and a diploma in political communication.[4] He is a member of theDanish Association of Lawyers and Economists.[3]
Seidler has been politically active in both Denmark and Germany. InAarhus, he was deputy chairman ofRadikal Ungdom, the youth wing of theDanish Social Liberal Party, and later was that party's candidate for both theDanish Parliament and theEuropean Parliament.[5] He was a member of Flensburg's city council, worked as a political consultant inSouthern Denmark, and in 2014, becameSchleswig-Holstein's coordinator of relations with the Danish government.[3]
In 2021, he contested theconstituency ofFlensburg – Schleswig, located at theGerman-Danish border, for the SSW. He was defeated byRobert Habeck fromAlliance 90/The Greens, but won a seat on the party'sstate list.[6] He was re-elected to the21st Bundestag in the2025 German federal election.[7]
Seidler is married and has two daughters.[3]
