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{{Short description|Danish priest and politician (1916–1979)}}
{{Short description|Danish priest and politician (1916–1979)}}
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| office = Minister of Defense and Justice
| office = [[Justice Minister (Denmark)|Minister of Justice]]
| term_start = 1975
| term_start = 13 February 1975
| term_end = 1977
| term_end = 1 October 1977
| predecessor =
| predecessor = [[Nathalie Lind]]
| successor =
| successor = Erling Johannes Jensen
| primeminister = [[Anker Jørgensen]]
| primeminister = [[Anker Jørgensen]]
| office1 = [[Justice Minister (Denmark)|Minister of Justice]]
| office1 = [[List of Ministers of Defence (Denmark)|Minister of Defence]]
| term_start1 = 1973
| term_start1 = 13 February 1975
| term_end1 = 1973
| term_end1 = 1 October 1977
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| predecessor1 = [[Erling Brøndum]]
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| successor1 = [[Poul Søgaard]]
| primeminister1 = Anker Jørgensen
| primeminister1 = Anker Jørgensen
| term_start2 = 27 September 1973
| office2 = Minister of Ecclesiastes Affairs
| term_start2 = 1966
| term_end2 = 19 December 1973
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| primeminister2 = Anker Jørgensen
| term_end2 = 1968
| predecessor2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Kjeld Olesen]]
| successor2 =
| successor2 = Erling Brøndum
| office3 = [[Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (Denmark)|Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs]]
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| primeminister2 = [[Jens Otto Krag]]
| birth_name = Orla Reinhardt Møller
| term_start3 = 28 November 1966
| birth_date = 1916
| term_end3 = 2 February 1968
| birth_place = [[Mols]], Denmark
| predecessor3 = [[Bodil Koch]]
| death_date = {{death year and age|1979|1916}}
| successor3 = Arne Fog Pedersen
| primeminister3 = [[Jens Otto Krag]]
| office4 = [[Folketing|Member of the Folketing]]
| term_start4 = 5 April 1964
| term_end4 = 1 October 1977
| constituency4 = {{ubl|[[Ålborg]] (1964–1971) | [[North Jutland County|Nordjylland]] (1971–1977)}}
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'''Orla Møller''' (1916–1979) was a Danish priest and politician who served in different cabinet posts in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] and of the [[Folketing|Parliament]] between 1964 and 1977.
'''Orla Reinhardt Møller''' (7 May 1916 – 14 February 1979) was a Danish priest and politician who served in different cabinet posts in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] and of the [[Folketing|Parliament]] between 1964 and 1977.


==Biography==
==Early life==
Møller was born in [[Mols]] in 1916.<ref name=danhis>{{cite web|title=Orla Møller, 1916-1979|publisher=Danmarks Historien|url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/orla-moeller-1916-1979|access-date=19 July 2022
Møller was born in Feldballe, [[Mols]], on 7 May 1916.<ref name=vagdy/><ref name=folket>{{cite web|title=Orla Møller (S)|publisher=Folketinget
|language=da}}</ref><ref name=nils/> He was educated as a [[priest]].<ref name=danhis/> In 1951 he became general secretary of the Christian Association for Young Men and Women.<ref name=danhis/> From 1956 and 1965 he worked as a parish priest in [[Hasseris]], [[North Jutland Region|North Jutland]].<ref name=danhis/> In 1964 he was elected to the Parliament for the Social Democrats the and served there until 1977.<ref name=danhis/><ref name=nils/> He was the minister of ecclesiastes affairs in [[Prime Minister of Denmark|Prime Minister]] [[Jens Otto Krag]]'s second cabinet in the period between 1966 and 1968.<ref name=danhis/> From 1971 he was the political spokesman and chairman of the Social Democrats' parliamentary group.<ref name=danhis/>
|url=https://www.ft.dk/Medlemmer/Fhvmf/O/Orla-Moeller|access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref> He was educated as a [[priest]].<ref name=danhis/> In 1951 he became general secretary of the Christian Association for Young Men and Women.<ref name=danhis>{{cite web|title=Orla Møller, 1916-1979
|publisher=Danmarks Historien|access-date=19 July 2022|language=da|url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/orla-moeller-1916-1979}}</ref>


==Career==
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In 1973 he was named as the [[Justice Minister (Denmark)|minister of justice]] to the first cabinet of [[Anker Jørgensen]].<ref name=danhis/> In 1975 Møller was appointed the [[Minister of Defence (Denmark)|minister of defense]] and justice in the second cabinet of Anker Jørgensen.<ref name=nyt77>{{cite news|title=Danish Prime Minister Shuffles 3‐Month‐Old Minority Government|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/02/archives/danish-prime-minister-shuffles-3monthold-minority-government.html|access-date=19 July 2022|work=The New York Times|agency=Reuters|date=2 October 1977|location=Copenhagen}}</ref> In 1977 Møller resigned from the office, and in January 1978 he began to work as the director of [[NATO]]'s Information Office in Brussels.<ref name=danhis/> He died in 1979.<ref name=nils>{{cite book
From 1956 and 1965 Møller worked as a parish priest in [[Hasseris]], [[North Jutland Region|North Jutland]].<ref name=danhis/> In 1964 he was elected to the Parliament for the Social Democrats and served there until 1977.<ref name=danhis/><ref>{{cite book|editor=Michael Böss
|editor=Michael Böss|title=Bringing Culture Back In: Cultural Diversity, Religion, and the State|publisher=Aarhus University Press|location=Aarhus|year=2015|isbn=978-87-7184-120-6|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q9kKEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA268|chapter=The Entanglement between Religion and Politics in Denmark|page=268|author=Niels Kærgård}}</ref>
|title=Bringing Culture Back In: Cultural Diversity, Religion, and the State|publisher=Aarhus University Press|location=Aarhus|year=2015
|isbn=978-87-7184-120-6|page=268|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q9kKEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA268|chapter=The Entanglement between Religion and Politics in Denmark|author=Niels Kærgård}}</ref> He was the minister of ecclesiastes affairs in [[Prime Minister of Denmark|Prime Minister]] [[Jens Otto Krag]]'s second cabinet between 28 November 1966 and 2 February 1968.<ref name=folket/><ref name=danhis/> From 1971 to 1973 he was the political spokesman and chairman of the Social Democrats' parliamentary group.<ref name=danhis/>

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On 27 September 1973 he was named as the [[Justice Minister (Denmark)|minister of justice]] to the first cabinet of [[Anker Jørgensen]].<ref name=danhis/> He was in office until 19 December 1973.<ref name=folket/> On 13 February 1975 Møller was appointed the [[Minister of Defence (Denmark)|minister of defense]] and justice in the second cabinet of Anker Jørgensen.<ref name=folket/><ref name=nyt77>{{cite news|title=Danish Prime Minister Shuffles 3‐Month‐Old Minority Government|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/02/archives/danish-prime-minister-shuffles-3monthold-minority-government.html|access-date=19 July 2022|work=[[The New York Times]]|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=2 October 1977|location=Copenhagen}}</ref> On 1 October 1977 Møller resigned from the office due to the media reports about his private life.<ref name=vagdy/><ref name=folket/> In January 1978 he began to work as the director of [[NATO]]'s Information Office in Brussels.<ref name=danhis/>

==Personal life and death==
Møller married twice. He first married in 1940.<ref name=vagdy/> After divorcing his first wife on 7 January 1978 he married Winnie Lorentzen who would become a member of the Parliament.<ref name=vagdy/> He died on 14 February 1979.<ref name=vagdy>{{cite web|author=Vagn Dybdahl|title=Orla Møller|publisher=[[Dansk Biografisk Leksikon]]|access-date=19 July 2022|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Orla_M%C3%B8ller|language=da
|date=13 May 2014}}</ref>


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Revision as of 14:36, 13 February 2024

Orla Møller
Minister of Justice
In office
13 February 1975 – 1 October 1977
Prime MinisterAnker Jørgensen
Preceded byNathalie Lind
Succeeded byErling Johannes Jensen
Minister of Defence
In office
13 February 1975 – 1 October 1977
Prime MinisterAnker Jørgensen
Preceded byErling Brøndum
Succeeded byPoul Søgaard
In office
27 September 1973 – 19 December 1973
Prime MinisterAnker Jørgensen
Preceded byKjeld Olesen
Succeeded byErling Brøndum
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs
In office
28 November 1966 – 2 February 1968
Prime MinisterJens Otto Krag
Preceded byBodil Koch
Succeeded byArne Fog Pedersen
Member of the Folketing
In office
5 April 1964 – 1 October 1977
Constituency
Personal details
Born
Orla Reinhardt Møller[1]

7 May 1916
Feldballe, Mols, Denmark
Died14 February 1979(1979-02-14) (aged 62)
Political partySocial Democrats
ProfessionPriest

Orla Reinhardt Møller (7 May 1916 – 14 February 1979) was a Danish priest and politician who served in different cabinet posts in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the Social Democrats and of the Parliament between 1964 and 1977.

Early life

Møller was born in Feldballe, Mols, on 7 May 1916.[2][3] He was educated as a priest.[4] In 1951 he became general secretary of the Christian Association for Young Men and Women.[4]

Career

From 1956 and 1965 Møller worked as a parish priest in Hasseris, North Jutland.[4] In 1964 he was elected to the Parliament for the Social Democrats and served there until 1977.[4][5] He was the minister of ecclesiastes affairs in Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag's second cabinet between 28 November 1966 and 2 February 1968.[3][4] From 1971 to 1973 he was the political spokesman and chairman of the Social Democrats' parliamentary group.[4]

On 27 September 1973 he was named as the minister of justice to the first cabinet of Anker Jørgensen.[4] He was in office until 19 December 1973.[3] On 13 February 1975 Møller was appointed the minister of defense and justice in the second cabinet of Anker Jørgensen.[3][6] On 1 October 1977 Møller resigned from the office due to the media reports about his private life.[2][3] In January 1978 he began to work as the director of NATO's Information Office in Brussels.[4]

Personal life and death

Møller married twice. He first married in 1940.[2] After divorcing his first wife on 7 January 1978 he married Winnie Lorentzen who would become a member of the Parliament.[2] He died on 14 February 1979.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Orla Møller". gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vagn Dybdahl (13 May 2014). "Orla Møller" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Orla Møller (S)". Folketinget. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Orla Møller, 1916-1979" (in Danish). Danmarks Historien. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. ^ Niels Kærgård (2015). "The Entanglement between Religion and Politics in Denmark". In Michael Böss (ed.). Bringing Culture Back In: Cultural Diversity, Religion, and the State. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-87-7184-120-6.
  6. ^ "Danish Prime Minister Shuffles 3‐Month‐Old Minority Government". The New York Times. Copenhagen. Reuters. 2 October 1977. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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