Erling Olsen

Erling Olsen (18 April 1927 – 27 June 2011)^[1] was a Danish politician for the Social Democrats. He was member of parliament 1964–66, 1971–73 and 1975–98, and was minister of housing 1978–82 and minister of justice 1993–94. Olsen was Speaker of the Folketing from 1994 to 1998. He was professor of national economics and the first dean of Roskilde University 1971–73.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Ritzau (27 June 2011). "Politikeren Erling Olsen er død" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2011/06/27/182833.htm. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ Gyldendal encyclopedia entry
^ Erling Olsen, Fra ælling til ugle. Fremad Paperback, 1999. ISBN 87-557-2266-0 (memoirs)

Political offices
Preceded by Henning Rasmussen	Speaker of the Folketing 1994– 26 March 1998	Succeeded by Ivar Hansen

Persondata
Name	Olsen, Erling
Alternative names
Short description	Politician
Date of birth	1927-04-18
Place of birth
Date of death	2011-06-27
Place of death