Mette Madsen | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Folketing for the North Jutland constituency | |
| In office 21 September 1971 – 1 February 1988 | |
| Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs | |
| In office 23 July 1984 – 3 June 1988 | |
| Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Prime Minister | Poul Schlüter |
| Preceded by | Elsebeth Kock-Petersen |
| Succeeded by | Torben Rechendorff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mette Marie Freunsgaard 3 July 1924 Pandrup, North Jutland Region, Jetsmark Parish, Denmark |
| Died | 12 December 2015 (aged 91) Aalborg, Denmark |
| Political party | Venstre |
| Spouse |
Gunnar Otto Madsen (m. 1942) |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Author |
Mette Marie Madsen (née Freunsgaard; 3 July 1924 – 12 December 2015) was a Danish politician for the Venstre political party, autobiographer and writer. She was the minister representing the North Jutland constituency in the Folketing between 1971 and 1988 and she was the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1984 to 1988 during the premiership of Poul Schlüter. Madsen was a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the first female chair of the Assembly's Committee on Culture, Education and Information and both the chair of the supervisory committee of both the Danish Arts Foundation and the Royal Danish Theatre. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog and received other foreign awards.