Thorvald Stauning

Thorvald Stauning
Stauning in 1927
9th Prime Minister of Denmark
In office 24 April 1924 – 14 December 1926
Monarch	Christian X
Preceded by	Niels Neergaard
Succeeded by	Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
In office 30 April 1929 – 3 May 1942
Monarch	Christian X
Preceded by	Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Succeeded by	Vilhelm Buhl
Minister of Defence
In office 31 May 1933 – 4 November 1935
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Hans Peter Hansen
Succeeded by	Alsing Andersen
Personal details
Born	(1873-10-26)26 October 1873 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	3 May 1942(1942-05-03) (aged 68) Copenhagen, Denmark
Political party	Social Democrats

Thorvald August Marinus Stauning (Danish: [ˈtsʰɒːˌvælˀ ˈstɑwne̝ŋ]; 26 October 1873 in Copenhagen – 3 May 1942) was the first social democratic Prime Minister of Denmark. He served as Prime Minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 1942.

Under Stauning's leadership, Denmark, like some other Western European countries, developed a social welfare state,^[1] and though many of his ambitions for Social Democracy were ultimately thwarted in his lifetime by events beyond his control, his leadership through grave times places Stauning among the most admired of twentieth-century Danish statesmen.

The Stauning Alps, a large mountain range in Greenland, were named after him.^[2]