Frederikssund Municipality Will Not Investigate MP Emilie Schytte’s Housing Conditions
Frederikssund Municipality has confirmed that it will not pursue an investigation into the housing situation of Member of Parliament Emilie Schytte. This decision was communicated in an email to Ritzau on Thursday.
“Based on the current information, Frederikssund Municipality does not have a presumption that the residence registration is inaccurate,” the municipality stated.
The inquiry into Schytte’s housing emerged earlier this week, following a report in Information that questioned whether she indeed resides in Frederikssund, as she claims. Doubts surfaced largely due to the fact that Schytte is married in Sweden and has shared multiple videos on social media from an apartment in Malmö, where her husband lives with his children.
Moreover, neighbors noted that prior to the announcement of the general election in February, there was little activity at her home in Frederikssund.
On Wednesday, Ekstra Bladet revealed that Schytte was required to establish permanent residence in Denmark only by March 13—just 11 days before the general election— to qualify as a candidate. This information was confirmed by the Ministry of the Interior and Health.
It was this criteria, among others, that influenced Frederikssund Municipality’s decision not to initiate an investigation. “In light of the public discourse this week concerning MP Emilie Schytte’s residence registration, Frederikssund Municipality has investigated the facts of the case,” the municipality explained to Ritzau.
“It has come to our attention that the Ministry of the Interior and Health clarified in a response to Ekstra Bladet that the requirement is for candidates to have permanent residence in Denmark at the time of the general election—meaning just 11 days before the election. There is no stipulation for a prior duration of residence.”
Experts consulted for Information’s article expressed surprise, stating they were unaware that residency for merely 11 days before an election suffices for candidacy.
The 32-year-old Schytte was elected to the Folketing representing the Citizens’ Party in North Zealand’s Storkreds, garnering 533 personal votes. However, on April 4, she left the Citizens’ Party to become an independent, citing disappointment with the party’s chairman, Lars Boje Mathiesen.
