Kristian Hansen Kofoed

Kristian Hansen Kofoed, known as KH Kofoed, (1879–1951) was a Danish civil servant and politician who served as the finance minister in the period 1942–1945.

Kristian Hansen Kofoed
Finance Minister
In office
November 1942 – 5 May 1945
Prime MinisterErik Scavenius
Preceded byAlsing Andersen
Succeeded byH. C. Hansen
Personal details
Born11 March 1879
Died14 May 1951(1951-05-14) (aged 72)
NationalityDanish
Political partyDanish Social Liberal Party

Biography

Kofoed was born on 11 March 1879.[1] He received a degree in biology.[2]

He was a member of the Danish Parliament for the Danish Social Liberal Party between 1913 and 1920.[1][3] From 1916 he served in the commissions for the salary negotiations with the central union.[2] In 1924 he was appointed permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance led by Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs.[3][4] Kofoed's appointment led to some controversy in that this post had been assumed by non-political figures who had a degree in law.[2]

During the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany the Germans demanded the appointment of a new finance minister.[1] Upon this request in November 1942 Kofoed was named minister of finance to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Erik Scavenius, replacing Alsing Andersen in the post.[5] Kofoed remained in office until 5 May 1945 when H. C. Hansen was appointed finance minister.[5]

He died on 14 May 1951.[1]

References
  1. Hans Kirchhoff (19 October 2010). "K.H. Kofoed" (in Danish). Den Store Danske. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. Ludvig Goldschmidt Pedersen (Winter 2020). "The Rise of Scientific Virtues in the Danish Central Administration: From Anti-parliamentarism to Objective Expertise". Scandinavian Studies. 92 (4): 468. doi:10.5406/scanstud.92.4.0461. S2CID 225095742.
  3. Jacob Halvas Bjerre (2018). Excluding the Jews: The Aryanization of Danish-German Trade and German Anti-Jewish Policy in Denmark 1937-1943 (PhD thesis). Copenhagen Business School. p. 289. hdl:10419/209091. ISBN 9788793744356. ISSN 0906-6934.
  4. "Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs, 1879-1965" (in Danish). Danmarks Historien. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. "Tidligere finansministre" (in Danish). Finansministriet. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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