Else Zeuthen

Else Marie Zeuthen née Bengtsson (1897–1975) was a Danish peace activist and feminist. In the 1950s, she represented the Danish Social Liberal Party as a member of the Folketing. From 1941 to 1953, she headed the Danish branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and was president of the international organization from 1956 to 1965. Zeuthen opposed Denmark's membership of NATO. She contributed to creating a Danish network of associations and institutions able to collaborate with similar organisations at the international level.

Early life, family and education Born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen on 10 October 1897, Else Marie Bengtsson was the daughter of the teacher Svend Otto Bengtsson (1871–1956) and his wife Elise Marie née Lassen (1873–1956). In 1915, she matriculated from Marie Kruse's School and earned a master's degree in English from the University of Copenhagen in 1921. In November 1924, she married the economics professor Frederik Ludvig Bang Zeuthen (1888–1959). They had no children.