Niels Neergaard

Niels Neergaard
Niels Neergaard
8th Prime Minister of Denmark
	In office; 5 May 1920 – 23 April 1924
Monarch	Christian X
Preceded by	Michael Pedersen Friis
Succeeded by	Thorvald Stauning
Council President of Denmark
	In office; 12 October 1908 – 16 August 1909
Monarch	Frederick VIII
Preceded by	Jens Christian Christensen
Succeeded by	Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Personal details
Born	27 June 1854; Ugilt, Hjørring
Died	2 September 1936 (aged 82); Copenhagen
Political party	Moderate Venstre, Venstre
Alma mater	University 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 as head of the Cabinet of Neergaard I and as both Prime minister of Denmark and Finance Minister from 5 May 1920 to 23 April 1924, leading the Cabinet of Neergaard II and III. His last cabinet office was as Finance Minister (14 December 1926 – 30 April 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 1848–66.[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

"List of Danish Prime Ministers Since 1848" (in Danish). Ministry of the State of Denmark. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A-Å (in Danish). Aschehoug, pp. 491-92. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.
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.

External links

Danish Wikipedia on Niels Neergaard

Political offices
Preceded by Vilhelm Lassen	Finance Minister of Denmark 24 July 1908 – 12 October 1908	Succeeded by Charles Brun
Preceded by Jens Christian Christensen	Council President of Denmark 12 October 1908 – 16 August 1909	Succeeded by Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Preceded by Jens Christian Christensen	Defence Minister of Denmark 12 October 1908 – 16 August 1909	Succeeded by Jens Christian Christensen
Preceded by Charles Brun	Finance Minister of Denmark 16 August 1909 – 28 October 1909	Succeeded by Edvard Brandes
Preceded by Edvard Brandes	Finance Minister of Denmark 5 July 1910 – 21 June 1913	Succeeded by Edvard Brandes
Preceded by Michael Pedersen Friis	Prime Minister of Denmark 5 May 1920 – 23 April 1924	Succeeded by Thorvald Stauning
Preceded by A.M. Koefoed	Finance Minister of Denmark 5 May 1920 – 23 April 1924	Succeeded by Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs
Preceded by Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs	Finance Minister of Denmark 14 December 1926 – 30 April 1929	Succeeded by Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs

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[DanishPrimeMinisters-1] "List of Danish Prime Ministers Since 1848" (in Danish). Ministry of the State of Denmark. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[Skou-2] 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.