A little over a week after Niko Grünfeld stepped down as Copenhagen’s deputy mayor for culture and leisure on the heels of a CV scandal, his replacement has been found.
The Alternativet party has named Franciska Rosenkilde as the new deputy mayor after she gained 97 of 188 votes at a party meeting in Vanløse yesterday afternoon, beating two other potential candidates, Badar Shah and Kåre Traberg Smidt.
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Rosenkilde, 42, is an educated geologist who ended up working as a chef. She is also a member of the city health and care committee and the child and youth committee.
Grünfeld, a co-founder of Alternativet, found himself in hot water when it emerged that his CV included a master’s degree in positive psychology, which he did not have.
It didn’t help matters when it was revealed he had refurnished his office at City Hall at a cost of 130,000 kroner.
