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H. C. Hansen

1906 - 1960

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Hans Christian Svane Hansen (8 November 1906 – 19 February 1960), often known as H. C. Hansen or simply H. C., was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1955 until his death in 1960. A Social Democrat, Hansen served as finance minister in the unity cabinet from May to November 1945 and again from 1947 to 1950 under Hans Hedtoft. He served as minister of industry, commerce and seafare in the final month of Hedtoft's first cabinet, and later became foreign minister in 1953, and continued in this post during his own premiership until 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. C. Hansen has received more than 45,992 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). H. C. Hansen is the 10,219th most popular politician (down from 10,215th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 287th in 2019) and the 100th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, H. C. Hansen ranks 10,219 out of 19,576Before him are Arik-den-ili, Alexander Guchkov, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Khosrow III, Marcantonio Memmo, and Aparicio Méndez. After him are Nebetah, Gerard, Duke of Lorraine, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen, Abdalla Hamdok, Bera, Count of Barcelona, and Tito Okello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, H. C. Hansen ranks 153Before him are Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Artur Lundkvist, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Vitaly Abalakov, Alexander Gode, and Pietro Serantoni. After him are Endre Kabos, Ango Sakaguchi, Andrei Kirilenko, Dmitry Likhachov, Tribhuvan of Nepal, and Francisco Ayala. Among people deceased in 1960, H. C. Hansen ranks 92Before him are Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Ayşe Sultan, Adone Zoli, Chris Bristow, Sibilla Aleramo, and Otto Ender. After him are Ken McArthur, Johan Gunnar Andersson, Mitrofan Nedelin, Eric Temple Bell, Friedrich Kirchner, and Yury Olesha.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, H. C. Hansen ranks 283 out of 1,032Before him are Christian Frederik Hansen (1756), Ole Worm (1588), Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), Ebbe Schwartz (1901), Laurits Tuxen (1853), and Estrid Svendsdatter (990). After him are Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1721), Peter Høeg (1957), Kasper Schmeichel (1986), Ulrich Thomsen (1963), Grethe Ingmann (1938), and Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (1820).

Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, H. C. Hansen ranks 100Before him are Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1573), Erik Axelsson Tott (1419), Karl Verner (1846), Margrethe Vestager (1968), Ernst Reuter (1889), and Ebbe Schwartz (1901). After him are Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (1820), Harald Klak (null), Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831), Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731), Poul Hartling (1914), and Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (1244).