Ingeborg Hansen

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Ingeborg Cathrine Hansen (17 February 1886 in Copenhagen – 5 August 1954 in Vedbæk) was a Danish lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party. Elected speaker of the Landsting in 1950, she was the world's first female Parliament speaker.

She was a member of the Landsting (the upper chamber of Parliament) from 1936. When K.K. Steincke was appointed minister of justice in 1950, she was elected speaker of the Landsting. In 1951 Steincke returned as speaker, but when he exited the Landsting again in 1952, she was again elected speaker. As such she was the last speaker of the Landsting until its abolition with the constitution of 1953.

Ingeborg Hansen, as the only member in both chambers of Parliament, voted against the reinstitution of the death penalty with retroactive force in the Danish purge after World War II.

References

Ingeborg Hansen, Biographical Encyclopedia of Danish Women, KVINFO (in Danish)
Images of Ingeborg Hansen, Danish Royal Library

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Name	Hansen, Ingeborg Cathrine
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Short description	Danish politician
Date of birth	17 February 1886
Place of birth
Date of death	5 August 1954
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