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Erik Scavenius

1877 - 1962

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Erik Julius Christian Scavenius (Danish pronunciation: [skæˈve̝ˀnius]; 13 July 1877 – 29 November 1962) was the Danish foreign minister from 1909 to 1910, 1913 to 1920 and 1940 to 1943, and prime minister from 1942 to 1943, during the occupation of Denmark until the Danish elected government ceased to function. He was the foreign minister during some of the most important periods of Denmark's modern history, including the First World War, the plebiscites over the return of northern Schleswig to Denmark, and the German occupation. Scavenius was a member of the Landsting (the upper house of the Danish parliament before 1953) from 1918 to 1920 and from 1925 to 1927 representing the Social Liberal Party. He was chairman of its party organization from 1922 to 1924. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Scavenius is the 9,686th most popular politician (down from 8,605th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 238th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Erik Scavenius ranks 9,686 out of 19,576. Before him are Amaury de Montfort, Wollert Konow, Grigori Sokolnikov, Sami al-Hinnawi, Ihor Kolomoyskyi, and Publius Decius Mus. After him are Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah, Aeropus I of Macedon, Dhu Nuwas, Temür Qutlugh, Georges Cadoudal, and Georg Hilmar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Erik Scavenius ranks 75. Before him are Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Édouard Herzen, Alfredo Guzzoni, Herbert Pitman, Hélène Dutrieu, and Noël Bas. After him are Charles Coburn, Alice B. Toklas, Georges Catroux, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, and Isidora Sekulić. Among people deceased in 1962, Erik Scavenius ranks 84. Before him are Milan Vidmar, Michel de Ghelderode, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Ahmad bin Yahya, and Max Fabiani. After him are Ricardo Rodríguez, Diego Martínez Barrio, Indalecio Prieto, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, William Clothier, and Juan Belmonte.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Erik Scavenius ranks 258 out of 1,032. Before him are Henning Jensen (1949), Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1890), Holger Nielsen (1866), Grethe Ingmann (1938), Jacob Gade (1879), and Kjeld Abell (1901). After him are Valdemar the Young (1209), Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731), Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785), Holger Pedersen (1867), Christen Købke (1810), and Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Erik Scavenius ranks 97. Before him are Karl Verner (1846), Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), Svein Knutsson (1016), Helle Thorning-Schmidt (1966), and Holger Nielsen (1866). After him are Valdemar the Young (1209), Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731), Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785), Jens Otto Krag (1914), Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (1603), and Erik Eriksen (1902).

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