Niels Neergaard

Niels Neergaard
8th Prime Minister of Denmark
In office
5 May 1920 – 23 April 1924
MonarchChristian X
Preceded byMichael Pedersen Friis
Succeeded byThorvald Stauning
Council President of Denmark
In office
12 October 1908 – 16 August 1909
MonarchFrederik VIII
Preceded byJens Christian Christensen
Succeeded byLudvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Minister for Finance
In office
14 December 1926 – 30 April 1929
Prime MinisterThomas Madsen-Mygdal
Preceded byCarl Valdemar Bramsnæs
Succeeded byCarl Valdemar Bramsnæs
In office
5 May 1920 – 23 April 1924
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byMichael Kofoed
Succeeded byCarl Valdemar Bramsnæs
In office
5 July 1910 – 21 June 1913
Prime MinisterKlaus Berntsen
Preceded byEdvard Brandes
Succeeded byEdvard Brandes
In office
16 August 1909 – 28 October 1909
Prime MinisterLudvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Preceded byCharles Brun
Succeeded byEdvard Brandes
Minister of Defence
In office
12 October 1908 – 16 September 1909
Prime MinisterHimself
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Preceded byJens Christian Christensen
Succeeded byJens Christian Christensen
Personal details
Born(1854-06-27)27 June 1854
Ugilt, Hjørring, Denmark
Died2 September 1936(1936-09-02) (aged 82)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Political partyModerate Venstre
Venstre
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen

Niels Thomasius Neergaard (27 June 1854 – 2 September 1936) was a Danish historian and political figure, a member of the Liberal Moderate Venstre and since 1910 of Venstre. He served as Council President of Denmark between 1908 and 1909 and as Prime Minister of Denmark and Finance Minister from 1920 to 1924. He was also minister of defence from 1908 to 1909, and finance minister on three more occasions: August to October 1909, 1910 to 1913 and 1926 to 1929.

Biography

Neergaard was educated at the University of Copenhagen, from which he attained the degrees cand.mag. in history and cand.polit. in 1879 and 1881, respectively.[1]

Neergaard's greatest challenges as a politician were as prime minister and finance minister after the Easter Crisis of 1920, organizing the return of South Jutland to Danish rule and having to deal with the economic crisis brought on by World War I.[2] He also had a significant influence on the content of the Constitution of 1915.[2]

Neergaard's largest work as a historian, Under junigrundloven (1892-1916), is still considered the primary work on Danish politics 1848–1866.[2] In addition to his political activities and work as a historian he also dealt with journalism, and in 1884 he founded a cultural and literary magazine, Tilskueren.[3]

References

  1. ^ "List of Danish Prime Ministers Since 1848" (in Danish). Ministry of the State of Denmark. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A-Å (in Danish). Aschehoug, pp. 491-92. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.
  3. ^ Peter Brooker; Sascha Bru; Andrew Thacker; Christian Weikop (19 May 2013). The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Europe 1880 - 1940. Oxford University Press. p. 622. ISBN 978-0-19-965958-6. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by Finance Minister of Denmark
24 July 1908 – 12 October 1908 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Council President of Denmark
12 October 1908 – 16 August 1909 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Defence Minister of Denmark
12 October 1908 – 16 August 1909 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Finance Minister of Denmark
16 August 1909 – 28 October 1909 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Finance Minister of Denmark
5 July 1910 – 21 June 1913 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Denmark
5 May 1920 – 23 April 1924 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Finance Minister of Denmark
5 May 1920 – 23 April 1924 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Finance Minister of Denmark
14 December 1926 – 30 April 1929 		Succeeded by