Viggo Kampmann

Viggo Kampmann
Kampmann in 1960
17th Prime Minister of Denmark
In office 21 February 1960 – 3 September 1962
Monarch	Frederik IX
Preceded by	H. C. Hansen
Succeeded by	Jens Otto Krag
Minister for Finance
In office 30 September 1953 – 31 March 1960
Prime Minister	Hans Hedtoft H. C. Hansen Himself
Preceded by	Thorkil Kristensen
Succeeded by	Kjeld Philip
In office 16 September 1950 – 30 October 1950
Prime Minister	Hans Hedtoft
Preceded by	H. C. Hansen
Succeeded by	Thorkil Kristensen
Personal details
Born	(1910-07-21)21 July 1910 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Died	3 June 1976(1976-06-03) (aged 65) Store Torøje, Faxe, Denmark
Political party	Social Democrats
Spouses	Ulla Knudsen ​ (m. 1970⁠–⁠1976)​ Eva Marie Hedevig Brinch ​ ​ (m. 1942; div. 1970)​ Karen Elisabeth Jensen ​ ​ (m. 1934; div. 1941)​
Children	5, including Jens
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen

Olfert Viggo Fischer Kampmann (Danish pronunciation: [ˈʌlˀfɐt ˈviko ˈfiɕɐ ˈkʰɑmpˌmænˀ]; 21 July 1910 – 3 June 1976) was a Danish politician who served as the leader of the Danish Social Democrats and Prime Minister of Denmark from 1960 to 1962. He formed his first cabinet just prior to the 1960 election, which was a coalition between the Social Democrats, the Justice Party and Social Liberal Party. Following the election, he formed another cabinet with the latter of the two parties.

Before becoming Prime Minister he served as Finance Minister from 1953 to 1960 under Hans Hedtoft and H. C. Hansen.

Kampmann was born in Frederiksberg Denmark. He came from an academic background and was the first academic to rise to a high rank in the Danish Social Democratic Party. He studied economics at the University of Copenhagen, gaining a cand.polit. degree in 1934.^[1] Before becoming Minister of Finance, Kampmann worked in the newly formed economical secretariat as the Finance Minister's closest adviser. He was first elected to the Folketing in 1953.