Lars Hedegaard

For the cricketer, see Lars Hedegaard Andersen.

Lars Hedegaard
Hedegaard in 2014
Born
Lars Hedegaard Jensen

(1942-09-19) 19 September 1942 (age 82)
Horsens, Denmark
EducationAarhus University (cand.phil.)
University of Copenhagen (cand.mag.)
Occupations
  • Author
  • historian
  • editor
  • journalist
Organisations

Lars Hedegaard (born 19 September 1942) is a Danish author, historian, editor, journalist and critic of Islam.[1] He established the International Free Press Society in 2009, an extension of the Danish Free Press Society founded in 2004,[2] of which he served as chairman until 2014.[3] Hedegaard was the subject of an assassination attempt in 2013, after which he has lived under police protection.[4]

  1. ^ "Hvem er Lars Hedegaard?". DR (in Danish). 7 February 2013.
  2. ^ Sedgwick, Mark (2019). Key Thinkers of the Radical Right: Behind the New Threat to Liberal Democracy. Oxford University. p. 175. ISBN 9780190877613.
  3. ^ Bergløv, Emil (28 February 2014). "Lars Hedegaard stopper som formand for Trykkefrihedsselskabet". Politiken (in Danish).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference sondergaard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).