Ida Auken

Ida Auken
Auken in March 2022
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 November 2007
Constituency	Copenhagen
Minister for the Environment
In office 3 October 2011 – 3 February 2014
Preceded by	Karen Ellemann
Succeeded by	Kirsten Brosbøl
Personal details
Born	(1978-04-22) 22 April 1978 (age 46) Frederiksberg, Denmark
Political party	Social Democrats (since 2021) Danish Social Liberal Party (2014–2021) Socialist People's Party (until 2014)
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen

Ida Margrete Meier Auken (born 22 April 1978) is a Danish politician and member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She has been a member of parliament since 2007. She was Minister for the Environment of Denmark from 2011 to 2014. Until 2014 she was a member of the Socialist People's Party, after which she moved to the Danish Social Liberal Party. In 2021, she switched to the Social Democrats.

Internationally, Auken is best known for her 2016 article on the World Economic Forum (WEF), originally titled "Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better", summarized as "You'll own nothing and be happy", a phrase that has been used by critics who accuse the WEF of desiring restrictions on ownership of private property.