Harald Petersen

Harald Petersen
Minister of Justice
In office
July 1940 – July 1941
Prime MinisterThorvald Stauning
Preceded bySvend Unmack Larsen
Succeeded byEigil Thune Jacobsen
Minister of Defence
In office
7 November 1945 – 13 November 1947
Prime MinisterKnud Kristensen
Preceded byOle Bjørn Kraft
Succeeded byHans Rasmus Hansen
In office
30 October 1950 – 30 September 1953
Prime MinisterErik Eriksen
Preceded byHans Rasmus Hansen
Succeeded byHans Rasmus Hansen
Personal details
Born27 October 1893
Store Damme, Møn, Denmark
Died16 January 1970(1970-01-16) (aged 76)
Hellerup, Denmark
Political partyVenstre
Parent(s)Emil Petersen (father)
Emilie Marie Carstensen (mother)

Harald Petersen (1893–1970) was a Danish politician who served as the minister of justice and twice minister of defence in the 1940s and 1950s.