To the polling stations!

Election day is approaching. Take a trip back to previous election periods as we go through our archive of election photographs.

Since the introduction of democracy in Denmark in 1848, we have had to attend elections and vote for the nation's future. Election days have particular historical significance, because they are the days when the entire nation has had to gather around a common goal, namely Danish democracy.

But election days have not always looked like they do today.

Take a trip back to the first election with female voters, the first broadcast election and more in our archive of election photos here:

Man walks towards entrance where people are demonstrating outside with placards

The first woman to vote at Copenhagen City Hall is wearing a nice coat and hat

Women are given their ballot papers at the polling station

Man is bent over typewriter. Women and men watch.

Women and men in trench coats stand in a long line. Some have children with them.

Family sits in front of the TV and looks at the newspaper

Advertising column with election posters

H. P. Hanssen casts his vote at an election

A woman and two men look at the election results, which arrive on teleprinter at the Ministry of the Interior's Election Office

Men and a woman count votes around a large table

Women and men stand with long ballots in their hands

Men and women queuing at the polling booths

People walk in front of building with election posters

Women and men stand in line at the polls

Man gets badge with the text "I voted" and Dannebrog on the jacket

Men and women sit at a long table with the newspaper National Tidende

Election poster with the words: "Remember the parliamentary election on 23 March - Meet and vote!

Election posters are hung on poles and trees along the lakes in Copenhagen

People with placards demonstrate on the street

Valgplakater langs halvmur. En cykel står lænet op af muren.

Mænd står og sidder ved skrivebord med masser af papirer.

Regeringsmedlemmer, der var samlet i Indenrigsministeriet, studerer interesseret de indløbende Valg-Resultater

Rådhushallen ved Landstingsvalget er fyldt op med mennesker.

Kvinde i kø får udleveret valgkort ved skranke

Hestevogn kommer kørende med valgpropaganda på siden

Gamle, svagelige Mennesker bliver hjulpet til Vogns, efter at have afgivet Stemme

Mænd i jakkesæt står i afstemningslokale i gymnastiksal 2. dec. 1926

Stor menneskemængde samlet i K. B. Hallen 1950

Mennesker på vej ind ad indgangen til Rådhuset

Politikens Hjørne på valgdagen med valgoptælling

Kvinde hænger valgplakat op fra konservativet med teksten "mod kommunismen - stem konservativt"

Rådhushallen indrettet til afstemningslokale ved folketingsvalget 1926

Menneskemængde står i kø foran valgboderne

Menneskemængde med skilte er samlet ude foran rådhuset

Lygtemand tænder lys i lygtepæl, hvor valgplakat hænger på

Kvinde foran reklamesøjle med valgplakater

Menneskemængde går mod valgsted i snevejr

Mænd indretter rådhushallen til afstemningslokale ved folketingsvalget 1926

Crowd gathered in front of the town hall

The new government officials pose for a photo in front of the door

Election on Goethersgade 1906

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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The first woman to vote at Copenhagen City Hall in the city councillor's election on 17 March, 1909

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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1953. It is uncertain whether the picture is from the general election in April 1953, September 1953 or the constitutional referendum in May 1953.

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Counting of the ballots, 1947.

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Election queue, 1950.

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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City councillor's election, 1917

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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The first televised election, 1960

Photo: Asger Sessingø

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Advertising column with election posters in Tønder, 1937

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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H. P. Hanssen casts his vote at an election

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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Here are the election results, which arrive on teleprinter at the Ministry of the Interior's Election Office, 1951

Photo: Mogens von Haven

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Polling station at the constitutional referendum in May 1953

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Vote count, 1953

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Voters with ballot papers, 23 March 1943

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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Polling station at the general election 22.9.1953

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Municipal elections at Lindevang School at 9:00 a.m., 1958

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Polling station at the constitutional referendum in May 1953

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Election posters, 1950

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Queue at the polling booths, 23 March 1943

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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Badge with the text "I voted"

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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National Tidende comments on the election, 23 March 1943

Photo: Bent Henriksen

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Election poster on the tram, 21 March 1943

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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Recount at the town hall, 1943

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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The election posters mark the cityscape, 1957

Photo: Anne Sophie Rubæk Hansen

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Election propaganda on the Town Hall Square by Strøget, 1924

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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Queue for referendum on the Constitution, May 1953

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Child at polling booth, 1960

Photo: Poul Henrik Seifert

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Election posters, 1950

Photo: Arne Hansen

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Aksel Møller and Mrs. at Lindevangsskolen, 1958

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Two children outside polling station, 1960

Photo: Asger Sessingø

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The official calculation of the election is calculated in the Ministry of the Interior, 1924

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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Government members gathered in the Ministry of the Interior study with interest the incoming Election Results, 1951

Photo: Mogens von Haven

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Election day 20 May 1910

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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The Town Hall at the parliamentary election September 1924

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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Municipal election 14 March 1950

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Election propaganda at Østerport Station, 1924

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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General election 22 April 1953

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Old, infirm people are helped to a carriage after casting their vote, 1934

Photo: Dagens Nyheder

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Polling station in a school gym 2 Dec, 1926

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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K. B. Hallen, 4.9.1950

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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Municipal election 14.3.1950

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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Voting in the Automobile, 1933

Photo: Dagens Nyheder

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Politikens Hjørne on election day 2 December, 1926

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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Conservative election poster, 1950

Photo: Ukendt ophav

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The town hall converted into a polling station for the 1926 general election

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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Queue for the general election, 22.9.1953

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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The election in Ringkjøbing, 1903

Photo: Lars Peter Elfelt

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General election 1925

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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Ballot with length record, 1958

Photo: Børge Noer

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Conservative election poster, 1953

Photo: Associated Press

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Advertising column, 1950

Photo: Mogens von Haven

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The election 2 March 1954

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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Price reduction, 1960

Photo: Søren Christian Henriksen

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The town hall was fitted out as a polling station for the 1926 general election

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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An old lady votes from a taxi, 1954

Photo: Erik Betting

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Town hall square on election day 2 December, 1926

Photo: Holger Damgaard

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The new government, 1979

Photo: Mogens Ladegaard

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Election preparation in the City Hall, 1953

Photo: Mogens von Haven

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