Per Hækkerup

Per Hækkerup
Foreign Minister
In office
3 September 1962  28 November 1966
Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag
Preceded by Jens Otto Krag
Succeeded by Jens Otto Krag
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office
11 October 1971  19 December 1973
Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag & Anker Jørgensen
Preceded by Poul Nyboe Andersen
Succeeded by Poul Nyboe Andersen
In office
13 February 1975  30 August 1978
Prime Minister Anker Jørgensen
Preceded by Poul Nyboe Andersen
Succeeded by Anders Andersen
Trade Minister
In office
8 September 1976  26 February 1977
Prime Minister Anker Jørgensen
Preceded by Erling Jensen
Succeeded by Ivar Nørgaard
Minister without portfolio with special attention to economic coordination
In office
30 August 1978  13 March 1979
Prime Minister Anker Jørgensen
Preceded by New office
Succeeded by Office abolished
Personal details
Born (1915-12-25)25 December 1915
Ringsted
Died 13 March 1979(1979-03-13) (aged 63)
Herritslev
Nationality Danish
Political party Social Democrats
Spouse(s) Grethe Hækkerup (1939-1979)

Per Hækkerup (25 December 1915 – 13 March 1979) was a Danish Social Democratic politician, who served as Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1962 to 1966.

Hækkerup, the son of Hans Kristian Hækkerup, a politician, was active in politics from the end of the Second World War to his death in 1979. He was the chairman of the youth organization of the Danish Social Democrats from 1946 to 1952 and the secretary general of International Union of Socialist Youth from 1946 to 1951.

Hækkerup is most widely known for the agreement he reached with the Norwegian Minister Jens Evensen that gave Norway the oil-rich Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea. According to an urban legend, Hækkerup was drunk when he signed the agreement, but Danish historians today agree that the agreement was most fair and that Hækkerup was not drunk.[1]

He was married to Grethe Hækkerup and is the father of Hans Hækkerup and Klaus Hækkerup.

References

  1. Richard Milne (December 15, 2014). "Denmark lays formal claim to North Pole". Financial Times.
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