Otto Christian Scavenius

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Otto Christian Scavenius (born December 10, 1875 in Basnæs , † September 10, 1945 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish diplomat. He was foreign minister in the short-lived Friis cabinet .

Life

Scavenius came from the noble family Scavenius . His father was the chamberlain Otto Scavenius . In 1893 he graduated from the Latin and Realschule in Østerbro , in 1897 he passed the political science exam. In the same year he began to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , where he was appointed assistant in 1899. From October to December 1900 he was legation secretary in Stockholm , from October to December 1901 he held the same post in Berlin and Paris , in Berlin also in 1903 and 1908 to 1909, in between again in Paris. In 1909 he was appointed Legation Councilor and Envoy in St. Petersburg , from where he moved to Stockholm in 1912. He later became head of the department. On April 5, 1920 he was appointed Danish Foreign Minister and a month later succeeded by Harald Scavenius .

Awards

literature

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Scavenius, Otto Christian. In: Kraks Blå Bog . Gads Förlag Copenhagen 1910, p. 386 ( runeberg.org ).
  2. ^ A b Finn TB Friis, Viggo Sjøqvist: OC Scavenius . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 12 : Rasmussen – Scavenius . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1982, ISBN 87-01-77482-4 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
personal data
SURNAME Scavenius, Otto Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH on Basnæs
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1945
Place of death Copenhagen