Thorvald Stauning | |
|---|---|
 Stauning in 1927 | |
| 9th Prime Minister of Denmark | |
| In office 24 April 1924 – 14 December 1926 | |
| Monarch | Christian X |
| Preceded by | Niels Neergaard |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Madsen-Mygdal |
| In office 30 April 1929 – 3 May 1942 | |
| Monarch | Christian X |
| Preceded by | Thomas Madsen-Mygdal |
| Succeeded by | Vilhelm Buhl |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 31 May 1933 – 4 November 1935 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Hans Peter Hansen |
| Succeeded by | Alsing Andersen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 October 1873 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 3 May 1942 (aged 68) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
Thorvald August Marinus Stauning (Danish: [ˈtsʰɒːˌvælˀ ˈstɑwne̝ŋ]; 26 October 1873 in Copenhagen – 3 May 1942) was the first social democratic Prime Minister of Denmark. He served as Prime Minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 1942.
Under Stauning's leadership, Denmark, like other Western European countries, developed a social welfare state,[1] and though many of his ambitions for Social Democracy were ultimately thwarted in his lifetime by events beyond his control, his leadership through grave times places Stauning among the most admired of twentieth-century Danish statesmen.
The Stauning Alps, a large mountain range in Greenland, were named after him.[2]
- ^ Flora, Peter (16 April 1986). Growth to Limits: The Western European Welfare States Since World War II. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110111309. Retrieved 16 April 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.