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{{Short description|Danish politician (1893–1970)}}
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'''Harald Petersen''' (1893–1970) was a Danish politician who served as the minister of justice and twice [[Minister of Defence (Denmark)|minister of defence]] in the 1940s and 1950s.
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| term_start2 = 30 October 1950
| term_end2 = 30 September 1953
| predecessor2 = Hans Rasmus Hansen
| successor2 = Hans Rasmus Hansen
| primeminister2 = [[Erik Eriksen]]
| office1 = [[Minister of Defence (Denmark)|Minister of Defence]]
| term_start1 = 7 November 1945
| term_end1 = 13 November 1947
| predecessor1 = Ole Bjørn Kraft
| successor1 = [[Hans Rasmus Hansen]]
| primeminister1 = [[Knud Kristensen]]
| office = [[Minister of Justice (Denmark)|Minister of Justice]]
| term_start = July 1940
| term_end = July 1941
| predecessor = [[Svend Unmack Larsen]]
| successor = Eigil Thune Jacobsen
| primeminister = [[Thorvald Stauning]]
| birth_date = 27 October 1893
| birth_place = [[Store Damme]], [[Møn]], Denmark
| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|1|16|1893|10|27|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Hellerup]], Denmark
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| parents = Emil Petersen (father) <br> Emilie Marie Carstensen (mother)
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'''Harald Petersen''' (1893–1970) was a Danish politician who served as the [[Justice Minister (Denmark)|minister of justice]] and twice [[Minister of Defence (Denmark)|minister of defence]] in the 1940s and 1950s.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Petersen was born in [[Store Damme]], [[Møn]], on 27 October 1893.<ref name=dbl/> His parents were Emil Petersen who was a teacher and a member of [[Folketing|the parliament]], and Emilie Marie Carstensen.<ref name=dbl/> He received a teaching certificate in 1914 and then attended courses on economics and foreign languages in Copenhagen.<ref name=dbl>{{cite web|title=Harald Petersen (politiker)|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Harald_Petersen_-_politiker
Petersen was born in [[Store Damme]], [[Møn]], on 27 October 1893.<ref name=dbl/> His parents were Emil Petersen who was a teacher and a member of [[Folketing|the parliament]], and Emilie Marie Carstensen.<ref name=dbl/> He received a teaching certificate in 1914 and then attended courses on economics and foreign languages in Copenhagen.<ref name=dbl>{{cite web|title=Harald Petersen (politiker)|date=18 July 2011
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==Career==
==Career==
Petersen worked as a journalist at ''Ringsted Folketidende'' for two years between 1916 and 1918.<ref name=dbl/> In 1918 he began to work for the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] as a parliament correspondence and from 1919 at its press office.<ref name=dbl/> In 1925, Petersen became the secretary of the left-wing parliamentary group and secretary of the left's national organization in 1929 becoming the first to hold this post.<ref name=dbl/> Between July 1940 and July 1941 He was the minister of justice in the cabinet led by Prime Minister [[Thorvald Stauning]], but he had to resign when during a football match between Danish and Viennese national teams on Denmark's Constitution Day, 5 June, the Danish people attacked German soldiers with rocks and bottles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shadow of the Swastika |url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,765795,00.html|access-date=8 January 2022|work=Time Magazine|date=21 July 1941}}</ref>
Petersen worked as a journalist at ''Ringsted Folketidende'' for two years between 1916 and 1918.<ref name=dbl/> In 1918 he began to work for the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] as a parliament correspondence and from 1919 at its press office.<ref name=dbl/> In 1925, Petersen became the secretary of the left-wing parliamentary group and secretary of the left's national organization in 1929 becoming the first to hold this post.<ref name=dbl/> Between July 1940 and July 1941 he was the minister of justice in the cabinet led by Prime Minister [[Thorvald Stauning]], but he had to resign when during a football match between the Danish and Austrian teams on [[Constitution Day (Denmark)|Denmark's Constitution Day]], 5 June, the Danish people attacked German soldiers with rocks and bottles.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Shadow of the Swastika|date=21 July 1941
|url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,765795,00.html|access-date=8 January 2022|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>


Petersen was elected to Parliament from the Højrupkredsen in 1943 and remained in the office until 1950.<ref name=dbl/> In 1945 he became the deputy chairman of the party's parliamentary group and was a close adviser to [[Knud Kristensen]].<ref name=dbl/> Petersen was appointed minister of defence to the [[Kristensen Cabinet|cabinet]] led by Kristensen.<ref name=danmark>{{cite web|title=Danske regeringer 1945-1953|publisher=Danmarks Historien
Petersen was elected to Parliament from the Højrupkredsen in 1943 and remained in the office until 1950.<ref name=dbl/> In 1945 he became the deputy chairman of the party's parliamentary group and was a close adviser to [[Knud Kristensen]].<ref name=dbl/> Petersen was appointed minister of defence to the [[Kristensen Cabinet|cabinet]] led by Kristensen.<ref name=danmark>{{cite web|title=Danske regeringer 1945-1953|language=da
|url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/danske-regeringer-1945-1953/|access-date=8 January 2022|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108124524/https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/danske-regeringer-1945-1953/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=M. Epstein|title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1947|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK| year=2016|isbn=978-0-230-27076-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNjMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA821|page=821}}</ref> Petersen served in the post until 12 December 1947.<ref name=danmark/> He was named the director of the [[Mortgage bank|Mortgage Bank]] in 1948, but was reappointed minister of defence to the cabinet led by [[Erik Eriksen]] in 1950 and was in office until 1953.<ref name=danmark/> When the government resigned following the elections in September 1953 Petersen returned to the mortgage bank as director where he worked until 1964.<ref name=dbl/>
|publisher=Danmarks Historien|url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/danske-regeringer-1945-1953/|access-date=8 January 2022|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108124524/https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/danske-regeringer-1945-1953/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=M. Epstein|title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1947|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|year=2016|isbn=978-0-230-27076-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNjMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA821
|page=821}}</ref> Petersen served in the post until 12 December 1947.<ref name=danmark/><ref>{{cite web |title=Regeringen Knud Kristensen |url=https://www.stm.dk/regeringen/regeringer-siden-1848/regeringen-knud-kristensen/ |website=stm.dk/ |publisher=Ministry of the State |access-date=8 April 2023 |language=da}}</ref> He was named the director of the [[Mortgage bank|Mortgage Bank]] in 1948, but was reappointed minister of defence to the cabinet led by [[Erik Eriksen]] in 1950 and was in office until 1953.<ref name=danmark/><ref>{{cite web |title=Regeringen Erik Eriksen |url=https://www.stm.dk/regeringen/regeringer-siden-1848/regeringen-erik-eriksen/ |website=stm.dk/ |publisher=Ministry of the State |access-date=8 April 2023 |language=da}}</ref> When the government resigned following the elections in September 1953 Petersen returned to the Mortgage Bank as director where he worked until 1964.<ref name=dbl/>


==Personal life and death==
==Personal life and death==
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Revision as of 14:09, 27 November 2023

Harald Petersen
Minister of Justice
In office
July 1940 – July 1941
Prime MinisterThorvald Stauning
Preceded bySvend Unmack Larsen
Succeeded byEigil Thune Jacobsen
Minister of Defence
In office
7 November 1945 – 13 November 1947
Prime MinisterKnud Kristensen
Preceded byOle Bjørn Kraft
Succeeded byHans Rasmus Hansen
In office
30 October 1950 – 30 September 1953
Prime MinisterErik Eriksen
Preceded byHans Rasmus Hansen
Succeeded byHans Rasmus Hansen
Personal details
Born27 October 1893
Store Damme, Møn, Denmark
Died16 January 1970(1970-01-16) (aged 76)
Hellerup, Denmark
Political partyVenstre
Parent(s)Emil Petersen (father)
Emilie Marie Carstensen (mother)

Harald Petersen (1893–1970) was a Danish politician who served as the minister of justice and twice minister of defence in the 1940s and 1950s.

Early life and education

Petersen was born in Store Damme, Møn, on 27 October 1893.[1] His parents were Emil Petersen who was a teacher and a member of the parliament, and Emilie Marie Carstensen.[1] He received a teaching certificate in 1914 and then attended courses on economics and foreign languages in Copenhagen.[1]

Career

Petersen worked as a journalist at Ringsted Folketidende for two years between 1916 and 1918.[1] In 1918 he began to work for the Venstre as a parliament correspondence and from 1919 at its press office.[1] In 1925, Petersen became the secretary of the left-wing parliamentary group and secretary of the left's national organization in 1929 becoming the first to hold this post.[1] Between July 1940 and July 1941 he was the minister of justice in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning, but he had to resign when during a football match between the Danish and Austrian teams on Denmark's Constitution Day, 5 June, the Danish people attacked German soldiers with rocks and bottles.[2]

Petersen was elected to Parliament from the Højrupkredsen in 1943 and remained in the office until 1950.[1] In 1945 he became the deputy chairman of the party's parliamentary group and was a close adviser to Knud Kristensen.[1] Petersen was appointed minister of defence to the cabinet led by Kristensen.[3][4] Petersen served in the post until 12 December 1947.[3][5] He was named the director of the Mortgage Bank in 1948, but was reappointed minister of defence to the cabinet led by Erik Eriksen in 1950 and was in office until 1953.[3][6] When the government resigned following the elections in September 1953 Petersen returned to the Mortgage Bank as director where he worked until 1964.[1]

Personal life and death

Petersen married twice. He married first Eleonora Vilhelmine Bugge on 24 September 1924.[1] His wife died in 1948, and Petersen married Ulricha Raun Kristensen on 29 May 1948.[1]

He died in Hellerup on 16 January 1970.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Harald Petersen (politiker)" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Shadow of the Swastika". Time. 21 July 1941. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Danske regeringer 1945-1953" (in Danish). Danmarks Historien. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ^ M. Epstein, ed. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1947. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 821. ISBN 978-0-230-27076-3.
  5. ^ "Regeringen Knud Kristensen". stm.dk/ (in Danish). Ministry of the State. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Regeringen Erik Eriksen". stm.dk/ (in Danish). Ministry of the State. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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