Who has the power to dissolve Danish Parliament?

[ni5mi]

I'm writing from Italy. I'm interested in forms of government, especially about the relation between government and parliament.
I would like to know if Danish Prime Minister has the authority to dissolve the Parliament and call a general election.
Can he do that whenever he likes?
Does he have this power even if the Parliament is discussing a vote of no confidence (he maight be sure to lose it, and to win the general election)?
Does he have this power even if the Parliament has already voted the no confiance against his government?
Can the King refuse to sign the dissolution of Parliament, so preventing the Prime Minister from calling the election (the King maight want to allow somebody else to make a new government)?

[Jens_Lange]

Hi,

Here you have a link that explains it all to you
http://www.inm.dk/medborger/medborger/engelsk/0200.html

But basically :

Denmark is governed by a representative democracy*. This means that the most important decisions are made by politicians – in the Danish Parliament*, in the county councils* and in the local councils* – all of whom are elected by the people.


The legislative, the executive and the judicial power
The Danish Government and Parliament enact legislation.The Government and the public administration ensure that this legislation is implemented. The courts – the city/district courts, high courts and the Supreme Court – pass judgements and sentences in disputes, for example, between individual citizens, between citizens and private enterprises, or between citizens and public authorities.

This division of powers aims to prevent any abuse of power and to ensure the stability of the representative government system*.

Constitutional monarchy
Today, Denmark is a Constitutional monarchy operating within a democratic framework.This means that the legislative power is jointly vested in the King and the Parliament.

The Danish Parliament has the exclusive right to pass bills, but they must be signed by the sovereign to become law. The Royal family has no political powers, but its members undertake a large number of representative duties in Denmark and abroad.

The amendment to the Danish Constitution adopted in 1953 approved the introduction of female succession to the throne.

The legislative power
The Danish national parliament, Folketinget, has 179 members drawn from a wide range of political parties. Danish MPs are elected for a maximum term of four years. However, the Danish Prime Minister has the right to dissolve the Parliament and call an election before the end of the four-year term.

Two members of the Danish Parliament are elected in Greenland and two in the Faroe Islands.