Ejnar Martin Kjær

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Ejnar Martin Kjær
Minister of Interior
In office
1945 – 18 June 1947
Prime MinisterKnud Kristensen
Personal details
Born9 January 1893
Ullits
Died18 June 1947(1947-06-18) (aged 54)
Copenhagen
Resting placeBrønderslev
Political partyVenstre
ProfessionEducator

Ejnar Martin Kjær (1893–1947) was a Danish teacher and politician who served as the minister of interior in the period between 1945 and 1947. He died when he was in office

Biography[edit]

Kjær was born in Ullits on 9 January 1893.[1] In 1915 he received a teaching diploma and worked as a teacher and then a librarian in Brønderslev until 1935 when he was elected to the Parliament.[1] He served there until 1943. He was appointed minister of interior to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Knud Kristensen in 1945.[2] He was one of the right-wing members of the cabinet.[3] He supported the suggestions to improve the treatment of mental illness using new psychiatric approaches and techniques.[3] Kjær died at a hospital in Copenhagen on 18 June 1947 while serving in the post and was buried in Brønderslev.[1]

Kjær married two times. His first wife died in 1930, and he married second time in 1931.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Ejnar M. Kjær" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. ^ Julius Moritzen (January 1946). "Denmark's frontier and minority problem". Current History. 10 (53): 46. JSTOR 45306838.
  3. ^ a b Jesper Vaczy Kragh (July 2010). "Shock therapy in Danish psychiatry". Medical History. 54 (3): 341–364. doi:10.1017/s0025727300004646. PMC 2889500. PMID 20592884.