diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index f45ce05ab6..70708e41b9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
     FKTVPosteckeIE,
 )
 from .flickr import FlickrIE
+from .folketinget import FolketingetIE
 from .fourtube import FourTubeIE
 from .franceculture import FranceCultureIE
 from .franceinter import FranceInterIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/folketinget.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/folketinget.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68e2db9438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/folketinget.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import compat_parse_qs
+from ..utils import (
+    int_or_none,
+    parse_duration,
+    parse_iso8601,
+    xpath_text,
+)
+
+
+class FolketingetIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'Folketinget (ft.dk; Danish parliament)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?ft\.dk/webtv/video/[^?#]*?\.(?P<id>[0-9]+)\.aspx'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.ft.dk/webtv/video/20141/eru/td.1165642.aspx?as=1#player',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1165642',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Åbent samråd i Erhvervsudvalget',
+            'description': 'Åbent samråd med erhvervs- og vækstministeren om regeringens politik på teleområdet',
+            'view_count': int,
+            'width': 768,
+            'height': 432,
+            'tbr': 928000,
+            'timestamp': 1416493800,
+            'upload_date': '20141120',
+            'duration': 3960,
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': 'rtmpdump required',
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
+        description = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'(?s)<div class="video-item-agenda"[^>]*>(.*?)<',
+            webpage, 'description', fatal=False)
+
+        player_params = compat_parse_qs(self._search_regex(
+            r'<embed src="http://ft\.arkena\.tv/flash/ftplayer\.swf\?([^"]+)"',
+            webpage, 'player params'))
+        xml_url = player_params['xml'][0]
+        doc = self._download_xml(xml_url, video_id)
+
+        timestamp = parse_iso8601(xpath_text(doc, './/date'))
+        duration = parse_duration(xpath_text(doc, './/duration'))
+        width = int_or_none(xpath_text(doc, './/width'))
+        height = int_or_none(xpath_text(doc, './/height'))
+        view_count = int_or_none(xpath_text(doc, './/views'))
+
+        formats = [{
+            'format_id': n.attrib['bitrate'],
+            'url': xpath_text(n, './url', fatal=True),
+            'tbr': int_or_none(n.attrib['bitrate']),
+        } for n in doc.findall('.//streams/stream')]
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'description': description,
+            'timestamp': timestamp,
+            'width': width,
+            'height': height,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'view_count': view_count,
+        }