This article is about the politician. For the ship, see MS Hans Hedtoft.
Hans Hedtoft Hansen (21 April 1903 – 29 January 1955) was a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1947 to 1950 and again from 1953 until his death in 1955. He also served as the first President of the Nordic Council in 1953.
During his time as Prime Minister, progressive taxation was introduced, together with other reforms. The Public Assistance Act of April 1949 introduced special treatment and assistance (transferred from communal assistance or poor relief) for TB patients, while the law on measures for the deaf and dumb of January 1950 introduced special provisions for the deaf and partially deaf within the framework for the special care of handicapped persons. In addition, the Home Help Act of April 1949 obliged municipalities to operate home help services, while regulations relating to pottery factories were issued.
After the failure to create a Scandinavian defence union, Denmark joined NATO in 1949. In October 1950 his government lost a vote on lifting the rationing of butter. Because this failure to get his policy through signalled that his party had lost its parliamentary support, new elections were called. Erik Eriksen from the Liberal Party was able to form the Cabinet of Erik Eriksen together with the Conservative People's Party on 30 October 1950.
On 30 September 1953 Hedtoft was able to return as Prime Minister,[1] and formed the Cabinet of Hans Hedtoft II, consisting only of the Social Democrats. He did not have the support of the Danish Social Liberal Party as they were unsatisfied with the large amount of resources allocated to the military because of Denmark's obligations to NATO.
On 29 January 1955 Hedtoft died suddenly from a heart attack while in a meeting in the Nordic Council in Stockholm. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by his friend and Foreign MinisterH. C. Hansen. The liner MS Hans Hedtoft was named after him. Unfortunately, on its maiden voyage in 1959, the ship struck an iceberg and sank off the coast of Greenland. It is the last ship known to have been sunk by an iceberg, with casualties. There were no survivors.
Hans Hedtoft in his office, Copenhagen, 1954Grave of Hans and Ella Hedtoft at the Vestre Cemetery in Copenhagen
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^Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Taylor & Francis. 2014. p. 222. ISBN9781134264902.
Kristian Hvidt, Statsministre i Danmark fra 1913 til 1995 (1995)
Growth to Limits: The Western European Welfare States Since World War II, Volume 4 edited by Peter Flora
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SURVEY, VOLUME XXVI, 1950
Hans Hedtoft. Encyclopædia Britannica.
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