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Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
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Thomas Madsen-Mygdal

Danish politician

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (24 December 1876 – 23 February 1943) was a Danish politician from Venstre who served as the prime minister of Denmark from 1926 to 1929. He was also minister for agriculture from 1920 to 1924 and again while concurrently being prime minister.2

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Born Dec 24, 1876, died Feb 23, 1943.1

Companies

Early life and education

Madsen-Mygdal was born in Mygdal, Vendsyssel, the son of landstingsmand, statsrevisor N.P. Madsen-Mygdal (1835–1913) and Ane Kirstine Jacobsen (1839–1902). He became a teacher from Jelling Seminarium but later studied agriculture.

Personal life and education

Madsen-Mygdal married Marie Deichmann, née Rovsing (27 December 1885 - 15 December 1955) on 15 November 1907 in Gentofte. He owned Edelgave from 1921 and until his death. His widow kept the estate until her death in 1955.

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Career

Occupation: politician, farmer.5

  • 1929 to 1941Chairman of Venstre3
  • 1929 to 1941Chair, Venstre4
  • 1926 to 1929Prime Minister of Denmark3
  • 1926 to 1929Danish Minister of Agriculture3
  • 1922 to 1924Danish Minister of Agriculture3
  • 1920 to 1922Danish Minister of Agriculture3
  • Date not recordedMember of the Folketing3

Personal life

  • BornDec 24, 1876, Mygdal6 7
  • DiedFeb 23, 1943, Copenhagen7 8
  • CitizenshipKingdom of Denmark9

Politics

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal was a self-taught farmer, and was also Minister of Agriculture while he was Prime Minister, as he had also been in the Cabinet of Neergaard.

His government had the parliamentary support of the Conservative People's Party, but he lost their support in 1929 when the Conservative People's Party was not satisfied with the resources allocated to the military in the budget. Having lost his parliamentary support on this important issue, new elections were held, and the Social Democrats and the Danish Social Liberal Party came into power.

The University of Aarhus was founded under his government.

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Awards

  • 1929Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog7 10
  • 1920commander of the Order of the Dannebrog7 10
  • 1919Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog7 10

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