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Also Known As Hans Christian Svane Hansen
Born November 8, 1906 • Århus • Denmark
Died February 19, 1960 (aged 53) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Title / Office prime minister (1955-1960), Denmark • foreign minister (1953-1960), Denmark
Political Affiliation Social Democratic Party
Role In Resistance
Hans Hedtoft
Danish statesman
Thorvald Stauning
Thorvald Stauning
prime minister of Denmark
Christian X
Christian X
king of Denmark
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
prime minister of Denmark
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
prime minister of Denmark
Jens Otto Krag
prime minister of Denmark
Alfred the Great
Alfred
king of Wessex
Margaret I
Margaret I
queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
King Frederik of Denmark
Frederik X
king of Denmark
Canute
Canute (I)
king of England, Denmark, and Norway
Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.
Johannes Ewald
Danish poet
Margrethe II
Margrethe II
queen of Denmark
Christian II
Christian II
Scandinavian king
Valdemar IV Atterdag
Valdemar IV Atterdag
king of Denmark
Valdemar II, coin, 13th century; in the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen
Valdemar II
king of Denmark
Christian I
Christian I
Scandinavian king
Saxo Grammaticus
Danish historian
Hans Tausen
Danish religious reformer
Valdemar I
Valdemar I
king of Denmark
John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden; detail from a plaster cast of his tombstone, original sculpture by Claus Berg, c. 1513; in the Cathedral of St. Canute, Odense, Den.
John
king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden