Bente Hansen

Bente Hansen (4 March 1940April 2022) was a Danish writer, editor and women's rights activist who was a prominent supporter of the Danish Red Stocking Movement from 1970. She published a number of books on socialism and the role of women and was coordinating editor of the daily newspaper Information in the mid-1970s, giving special attention to social movements.

Biography Born on 4 March 1940 in Kolding, Hansen was the daughter of the veterinarian Hans Kristian Hansen and Grethe Vera Nornild, a teacher. Her sister was Litten Hansen.

After matriculating from Vestjsk Gymnasium in Tarm, she spent a year in Brussels, returning to Denmark to study literature at the University of Copenhagen. From 1961 to 1966, she was influenced by the strong women's traditions of Kvinderegensen, the women's college where she stayed. She received her M.A. in 1966.

Selected publications Hansen published the following books in Danish: Den marxistiske litteraturkritik (1967) Kapitalisme, socialisme, kommunisme (1969) Kunst og kapitalisme (1971) Kvinderne fra Herning (1971) Det lille røde leksikon (1974) Forfattere i/mod kapitalismen (1975) Dengang i 60’erne (1978) I virkeligheden - poems (1980) Fuglen Herbert Jørgensen - children's book (1990) Kommer til live - poems (1993) Til den som elsker en narkoman - conversations with those concerned (1995) En køn historie - (2004) Gud og hvermand - (2008) Det kimer nu til julefest - (2011) Historien Findes - (2014)