K. B.

Andersen
Knud Børge Andersen (1 December 1914 – 23 March 1984)
K. B. Andersen
was a Danish politician, who served as Danish Minister of
Cand. polit.
Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and held international
offices.

Biography
Andersen finished his degree in political science in 1940, worked
for Statsradiofonien from 1935 to 1950, and was the headmaster of
the "Workers' Folk high school" in Roskilde from 1950 to 1957.[1]
He entered politics, and was elected to the Folketing as a Social
Democrat in 1957.[1] He served as a member of the Council of
Europe from 1963 to 1964.[2]

Andersen served as Minister of Education in the Cabinet of Jens

Otto Krag from 1964 to 1968.[1] As a Minister of Education, Member of the Folketing
Andersen instated the Higher Preparatory Examination (HF) and In office
abolished corporal punishment in schools,[1] and turned the scrolls 1957–1970
of the Icelandic sagas back to Iceland.[3] In 1970, Andersen left In office
the Folketing, but was appointed Foreign Minister under Jens Otto 1973–1981
Krag and later Anker Jørgensen, from 1971 to 1973 and again
Minister of Education of Denmark
from 1975 to 1978.[3] Andersen was acting Prime Minister when
In office
Jens Otto Krag resigned in October 1972, until Anker Jørgensen
was appointed new Prime Minister a few days later.[4] When Poul 1964–1968
Schlüter in 1993 similarly attempted to have an acting prime Preceded by Kristen Helveg
minister appointed, royal cabinet secretary Niels Eilschou Holm Petersen
considered both that appointment, and the appointment of
Succeeded by Helge Larsen
Andersen, to be unconstitutional.[5] By 1973, Andersen had re-
Foreign Minister of Denmark
entered the Folketing.[3]
In office
As Foreign Minister, Andersen became well known in European 1971–1973
foreign affairs circles, and was invited to the Bilderberg Preceded by Poul Hartling
Conference. At a NATO council in December 1972, Andersen
received heavy criticism from Sir Alec Douglas-Home, William P. Succeeded by Ove Guldberg
Rogers, and NATO's Secretary General, for Denmark's eight In office
percent reduction in their defense budget. This was at a time when 1975–1978
the more powerful nations of Europe were calling for an increase
Preceded by Ove Guldberg
in military spending.
Succeeded by Anker Jørgensen
Andersen was President of the European Economic Community Personal details
Council of Ministers in 1978. During this time he was involved in
the economic sanctions against South Africa. He ended his tenure Born 1 December 1914
in the Folketing in 1981, after serving as its Speaker from 1978 to Died 23 March 1984
1981.[3] He was a critic of Denmark's political system. His belief (aged 69)
Nationality Danish
was that the large number of political parties in Denmark made for Political party Social Democrats
political instability and for difficulty in forming coalition
governments.

References
1. K.B. Andersen - Undervisningsminister - 26/9 1964 - 2/2 1968 (http://sekr.uvm.dk/historie/tek
ster_min_galleri/min_k_b_andersen.html) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/201603032
20032/http://sekr.uvm.dk/historie/tekster_min_galleri/min_k_b_andersen.html) 2016-03-03 at
the Wayback Machine at Danish Ministry of Education
2. Mr Knud Borge ANDERSEN (http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.
asp?MemberID=951) at Council of Europe
3. K.B. Andersen entry (http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danma
rks_historie/Danmark_efter_1945/Knud_B%C3%B8rge_Andersen) at Gyldendal
Encyklopædi
4. "Det Politisk-Økonomiske Udvalg 2008-09 - PØU alm. del Svar på Spørgsmål 208" (http://w
ww.ft.dk/samling/20081/almdel/P%C3%98U/spm/208/svar/endeligt/20090910/724014.pdf)
(PDF)., Folketinget, September 10, 2009
5. Klarskov, Kristian (26 May 2020). "Da ambassadøren måtte råbe ad USA: »Hm, det var ikke
helt oppe i 'fuck', vel. Men det var noget i retning af: 'Hvad fanden tænker I på?«" (https://polit
iken.dk/indland/art7800752/%C2%BBHm-det-var-ikke-helt-oppe-i-%E2%80%99fuck%E2%8
0%99-vel.-Men-det-var-noget-i-retning-af-%E2%80%99Hvad-fanden-t%C3%A6nker-I-p%C
3%A5%C2%AB). Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 26 May 2020.

Further reading
Maxen, Arsenio, "10 år med K.B. Andersen, 1972-82", Thise, 1983, ISBN 87-88259-08-0

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K._B._Andersen&oldid=1061592341"

This page was last edited on 22 December 2021, at 17:09 (UTC).

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0;

additional terms may apply. By
using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.