Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs

Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (8 December 1817 – 12 October 1896) was a Danish nobleman and politician. He was Council President of Denmark from 1865 to 1870 as the leader of the Cabinet of Frijs.

Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
Council President of Denmark
In office 6 November 1865 – 28 May 1870
Monarch	Christian IX
Preceded by	Christian Albrecht Bluhme
Succeeded by	Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
Personal details
Born	8 December 1817 Frijsenborg
Died	12 October 1896 (aged 78) Boller
Political party	Højre

Biography

Frijs graduated from Sorø Academy in 1835, thereby achieving his studentereksamen. He went on to study law, graduating cand.jur. in 1842.

Being the wealthiest large squire of Denmark and personally honoured by his peasants Frijs played a role in politics from the 1850s. During the internal debate about a new constitution after the 1864-war he was appointed prime minister in 1865 inaugurating the rule of the conservative party Højre that lasted until 1901 His cabinet was expected to widen the influence also of the farmers disappointed by the issuing of the conservative 1866-constitution but was besides marked by a beginning reclaiming of the moors and by railroad-founding. After his retreat in 1870 he led the negotiations with the French preventing a Danish participation in the Franco-Prussian War. He left politics 1880.

His son Count Mogens Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1849–1923) was an outstanding liberal-conservative politician whose work anticipated the making of the modern conservative party.

See also

• Frijsenborg

Literature

• Svend Thorsen: De danske ministerier, vol. 1, Copenhagen, 1967.

External links

• Danish Wikipedia on Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs