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Viggo Kampmann

1910 - 1976

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viggo Kampmann is the 12,961st most popular politician (down from 12,590th in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 381st in 2019) and the 125th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Viggo Kampmann ranks 12,961 out of 19,576. Before him are Otto Tief, Riad Al Solh, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Sigeberht of Wessex, and James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce. After him are Cécilia Attias, Ling Liong Sik, Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg, Ventidius Cumanus, Ljubomir Davidović, and Vladimiro Montesinos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Viggo Kampmann ranks 203. Before him are Ram Manohar Lohia, Robert Cummings, Adoniran Barbosa, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Karl Hugo Strunz, and Arsenie Boca. After him are Lee Wallard, Cahit Arf, Jafar Sharif-Emami, Carlo Ceresoli, Peter Pears, and Fei Xiaotong. Among people deceased in 1976, Viggo Kampmann ranks 151. Before him are Juan d'Arienzo, Traugott Herr, George Parker, Sinn Sisamouth, Rudi Fischer, and Otto Tief. After him are Ernst Albrecht, Gina Bachauer, Hidetsugu Yagi, Mariano Ospina Pérez, Pinhas Lavon, and E. H. Shepard.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Viggo Kampmann ranks 388 out of 1,032. Before him are Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842), Prince Gustav of Denmark (1887), Henning Larsen (1925), Peter Georg Bang (1797), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), and Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778). After him are Ole Beich (1955), Jakob Nielsen (1957), Patricia Crone (1945), Trine Dyrholm (1972), Jacob Riis (1849), and August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1612).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Viggo Kampmann ranks 125. Before him are Margrethe Vestager (1968), Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812), Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920), Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842), Peter Georg Bang (1797), and Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778). After him are August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1612), Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794), Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (1815), Mogens Lykketoft (1946), William Wain Prior (1876), and Carl Theodor Zahle (1866).

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