Daniel Jacob Haugaard (born 12 May 1952) is a Danish-Faroese comedian,
actor, musician, composer, writer, TV host and politician.Jacob
Haugaard was a frontman of the SABAE association for many years. SABAE
is an abrieviation of Sammenslutningen Af Bevidst Arbejdssky
Elementer, translating as "Union of Deliberate Work-avoiding Elements"
and included several academics and journalists as both founding and
active members. The organisation was meant partially as a joke, but
with a critical edge towards the modern capitalist society and
especially the labour market. They found inspiration in both Marxist
and anarchist theories. SABAE's best known slogan was "if work is
healthy, give it to the sick!".Haugaard ran for every parliamentary
election as a joke from 1979 onwards, until he won in 1994. He ran
without a party (representing SABAE) and got 23,253 votes in 1994,
enough for a seat and he became a member of the Parliament of Denmark
from 1994â€"98. After his term expired, he decided not to seek
re-election. Among his outrageous campaign promises were: 8 hours of
free time, 8 hours of rest and 8 hours of sleep; more tailwind on
bicycle paths; promises of better weather; right to impotency; Nutella
in field rations (which was actually implemented); and shorter queues
in supermarkets. Asylum rated his win in the parliamentary election
the 11th greatest prank of all time. When his portrait was hung in the
parliament, Haugaard commented that it should serve as a warning that
any idiotic populist might get elected.
actor, musician, composer, writer, TV host and politician.Jacob
Haugaard was a frontman of the SABAE association for many years. SABAE
is an abrieviation of Sammenslutningen Af Bevidst Arbejdssky
Elementer, translating as "Union of Deliberate Work-avoiding Elements"
and included several academics and journalists as both founding and
active members. The organisation was meant partially as a joke, but
with a critical edge towards the modern capitalist society and
especially the labour market. They found inspiration in both Marxist
and anarchist theories. SABAE's best known slogan was "if work is
healthy, give it to the sick!".Haugaard ran for every parliamentary
election as a joke from 1979 onwards, until he won in 1994. He ran
without a party (representing SABAE) and got 23,253 votes in 1994,
enough for a seat and he became a member of the Parliament of Denmark
from 1994â€"98. After his term expired, he decided not to seek
re-election. Among his outrageous campaign promises were: 8 hours of
free time, 8 hours of rest and 8 hours of sleep; more tailwind on
bicycle paths; promises of better weather; right to impotency; Nutella
in field rations (which was actually implemented); and shorter queues
in supermarkets. Asylum rated his win in the parliamentary election
the 11th greatest prank of all time. When his portrait was hung in the
parliament, Haugaard commented that it should serve as a warning that
any idiotic populist might get elected.
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