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Erik Eriksen

1902 - 1972

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Erik Eriksen (20 November 1902 – 7 October 1972) was a Danish politician, who served as the prime minister of Denmark from 1950 to 1953 and as the 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Eriksen is the 10,630th most popular politician (up from 11,554th in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 336th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Erik Eriksen ranks 10,630 out of 19,576. Before him are Cunobeline, Demetrius I of Bactria, Rafael Urdaneta, Józef Haller, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre, and Teucer. After him are Thomas S. Gates Jr., Rainilaiarivony, Ali Kemal, Ahmad Jannati, Khentkaus II, and Marcus Junius Silanus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Erik Eriksen ranks 143. Before him are Luis Cernuda, Oscar Cullmann, Henry Hansen, Gustav Fröhlich, Tallulah Bankhead, and Giovanni Colombo. After him are Hans von Dohnanyi, Sylvain Arend, Charles Barton, Riccardo Morandi, Boris Barnet, and Adolfo Zumelzú. Among people deceased in 1972, Erik Eriksen ranks 110. Before him are Ángel Romano, Jessie Royce Landis, Nikolay Krylov, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Prince William of Gloucester, and Walter Jackson Freeman II. After him are Dan Blocker, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Günter Eich, Robert Casadesus, Lee Beom-seok, and David Hall.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Erik Eriksen ranks 288 out of 1,032. Before him are Per Kirkeby (1938), Princess Thyra of Denmark (1880), Sophus Nielsen (1888), Martin Knudsen (1871), Jean Hersholt (1886), and Richard Martin West (1941). After him are Hedwig of Denmark (1581), Princess Louise of Denmark (1726), Max Heindel (1865), Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913), Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831), and J. C. Jacobsen (1811).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Erik Eriksen ranks 103. Before him are Erik Scavenius (1877), Valdemar the Young (1209), Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731), Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785), Jens Otto Krag (1914), and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (1603). After him are Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831), Erik Axelsson Tott (1419), H. C. Hansen (1906), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (1244), Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811), and Carl Christian Hall (1812).

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