Erik Eriksen
Erik Eriksen | |
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Minister of Agriculture and Fishing | |
| In office 5 May 1945 – 13 November 1947 | |
| Prime Minister | Vilhelm Buhl Knud Kristensen |
| Preceded by | Kristen Bording |
| Succeeded by | Kristen Bording |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 November 1902 Brangstrup, Ringe, Denmark |
| Died | 7 October 1972 (aged 69) Esbjerg, Denmark |
| Political party | Venstre |
| Spouse | Else Hansen |
Erik Eriksen (20 November 1902 – 7 October 1972) was a Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1950 to 1953 and as the fourth President of the Nordic Council in 1956. Eriksen was leader of the Danish Liberal party Venstre from 1950 to 1965. He served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 30 October 1950 to 30 September 1953 as leader of the Eriksen cabinet forming a minority government of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party. Eriksen was a farmer by profession.
The main accomplishment by his government was a revision of the
De Uafhængige. This was one of reasons why the social democrat Hans Hedtoft was able to secure the parliamentary support to replace Eriksen as Prime Minister and form the Hedtoft cabinet
.
After 1953, Eriksen continued as the leader of the opposition but in the long run his consequent alliance with the Conservatives proved an obstacle to a co-operation with the
Radical Left Party. He therefore resigned as the leader of his party in 1965 and was succeeded by Poul Hartling
.
References
- Kristian Hvidt, Statsministre i Danmark fra 1913 til 1995 (1995)
- Social Democracy and Welfare Capitalism: A Century of Income Security Politics by Alexander Hicks
- Growth to Limits: The Western European Welfare States Since World War II, Volume 4 edited by Peter Flora
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