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H. C. Hansen

1906 - 1960

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Hans Christian Svane Hansen (8 November 1906 – 19 February 1960), often known as H. C. Hansen or simply H. C., was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1955 until his death in 1960. A Social Democrat, Hansen served as finance minister in the unity cabinet from May to November 1945 and again from 1947 to 1950 under Hans Hedtoft. He served as minister of industry, commerce and seafare in the final month of Hedtoft's first cabinet, and later became foreign minister in 1953, and continued in this post during his own premiership until 1958. He was elected leader of his party following the death of Hedtoft. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. H. C. Hansen is the 11,108th most popular politician (down from 10,218th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 283rd in 2019) and the 106th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, H. C. Hansen ranks 11,108 out of 19,576. Before him are Artúr Görgei, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Roman Rudenko, Hai Rui, and Irakli Kobakhidze. After him are Viktor Kingissepp, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Moshe Sanbar, Gary Peters, Charles de Broqueville, and Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, H. C. Hansen ranks 170. Before him are Buddhadasa, Jacques Pills, Charley Borah, Flávio Costa, Philo Farnsworth, and Princess Anne of Orléans. After him are Pietro Serantoni, Robert Surtees, Renate Müller, Knut Kroon, Martí Ventolrà, and James Quinn. Among people deceased in 1960, H. C. Hansen ranks 98. Before him are Harold Spencer Jones, Alan Stacey, Józef Haller, Cedric Gibbons, Richard Wright, and Sigurd Hoel. After him are Leo Spitzer, Otto Ender, Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Sylvia Pankhurst, Adone Zoli, and Frank Elmore Ross.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, H. C. Hansen ranks 302 out of 1,032. Before him are Lars Mikkelsen (1964), Emil Christian Hansen (1842), Tony Rominger (1961), Jon Dahl Tomasson (1976), Olafur Eliasson (1967), and Erik Axelsson Tott (1419). After him are Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (1244), Johannes Ewald (1743), Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (910), Henning Carlsen (1927), and Cecil Bødker (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, H. C. Hansen ranks 106. Before him are Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785), Jens Otto Krag (1914), Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (1603), Erik Eriksen (1902), Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831), and Erik Axelsson Tott (1419). After him are Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (1244), Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811), Carl Christian Hall (1812), Hans Hedtoft (1903), Ebbe Schwartz (1901), and Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655).

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