Viggo Kampmann | |
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17th Prime Minister of Denmark | |
In office 21 February 1960 – 3 September 1962 | |
Monarch | Frederik IX |
Preceded by | H. C. Hansen |
Succeeded by | Jens Otto Krag |
Minister for Finance | |
In office 30 September 1953 – 31 March 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Hans Hedtoft H. C. Hansen Himself |
Preceded by | Thorkil Kristensen |
Succeeded by | Kjeld Philip |
In office 16 September 1950 – 30 October 1950 | |
Prime Minister | Hans Hedtoft |
Preceded by | H. C. Hansen |
Succeeded by | Thorkil Kristensen |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederiksberg, Denmark | 21 July 1910
Died | 3 June 1976 Store Torøje, Faxe, Denmark | (aged 65)
Political party | Social Democrats |
Spouses | Ulla Knudsen (m. 1970–1976)Eva Marie Hedevig Brinch
(m. 1942; div. 1970)Karen Elisabeth Jensen
(m. 1934; div. 1941) |
Children | 5, including Jens |
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Olfert Viggo Fischer Kampmann (Danish pronunciation: [ˈʌlˀfɐt ˈviko ˈfiɕɐ ˈkʰɑmpˌmænˀ]; 21 July 1910 – 3 June 1976) was a Danish politician who served as the leader of the Danish Social Democrats and Prime Minister of Denmark from 1960 to 1962. He formed his first cabinet just prior to the 1960 election, which was a coalition between the Social Democrats, the Justice Party and Social Liberal Party. Following the election, he formed another cabinet with the latter of the two parties.
Before becoming Prime Minister he served as Finance Minister from 1953 to 1960 under Hans Hedtoft and H. C. Hansen.
Kampmann was born in Frederiksberg Denmark. He came from an academic background and was the first academic to rise to a high rank in the Danish Social Democratic Party. He studied economics at the University of Copenhagen, gaining a cand.polit. degree in 1934.[1] Before becoming Minister of Finance, Kampmann worked in the newly formed economical secretariat as the Finance Minister's closest adviser. He was first elected to the Folketing in 1953.