Pernille Sams

Pernille Merete Sams (born 27 November 1959) is a Danish real estate agent, lawyer and former Conservative People's Party politician who was a member of the Folketing from 1987 to 2001. She was the lawyer of the Conservative People's Party and of its membership before gaining election to the Folketing in 1987. Sams established her real estate business in 1998 and focused on it full time after leaving politics in 2001. She has co- presented the TV 2 programme alongside and is chair of Denmark's independent real estate agents association, the Danish Independent Estate Agents, since its establishment in 2009. Sams was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1997.

Early life and education On 27 November 1959, Sams was born in Kongens Lyngby, to the optician Gunnar Sams and Inga Sams. Between 1966 and 1975, Sams was educated at Hillerødsholm School,

Career She briefly became a member of Hillerød City Council in 1982. While Sams did not enjoy judicial disputes,

At the 1998 Danish general election, she gained election to represent the for the Conservative People's Party. In 2003, she was appointed by Flemming Hansen, the , to the boards of the financial company Sund & Bælt Partner A/S and the Øresund consortium. Sams did so in protest against the attempts of larger bank-owned estate agent chains to become predominant in Danish real estate. Sams has also presented the TV 2 programme Huse der aldrig kommer til salg. She has served as chair of the anti-animal abuse organisation, the World Animal Protection Denmark, since 2017,

Personal life She is married to the former director Preben Pamsgaard since 1987 and is stepmother to his two children from a previous relationship; she has no biological children. Sams was appointed a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog in 1997.