Britta Thomsen
# Britta Thomsen

Britta Thomsen (born 23 January 1954 in Aalborg) is a Danish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014. She is a member of the Social Democrats, which is part of the Party of European Socialists.

In parliament, Thomsen served as vice-chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. She was also a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, a substitute for the Committee on Development, and vice-chair of the delegation for relations with South Africa. She supported the Manifesto of the Spinelli Group.

## Career

* Scholarship, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala (1979)
* Studies in Portuguese language and culture, University of Lisbon (1979–1980)
* Studies in Portuguese and Spanish, Aarhus University (1980–1983)
* MA (History), Aarhus University
* Teacher and organiser of adult education (1983–1989)
* Consultant (various contracts)
* Consultant, HK (Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees in Denmark), responsible for international projects and surveys in the tourism and service industries (1994–2000)
* Director and owner of Facilitate (consultancy), working with labour market issues at European level (2001–2004)
* With the Danish Social Democrats
* Member of the party programme committee (2000)
* Publications: articles about Portugal in various Danish magazines
