Ester Larsen

Ester Larsen (23 May 1936 – 18 January 2025) was a Danish Venstre politician and schoolteacher who served as the Danish Minister of Health under the final two governments of Prime Minister Poul Schlüter from 1989 to 1993. She was a member of the Folketing as a representative of the constituency between 1994 and 2005. Larsen was appointed Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1990.

Early life Larsen was born in Copenhagen on 23 May 1936, to the Chief Agronomist Inspector Laurs Sørensen Thøgersen and the nurse Laurs Sørensen Thøgersen. She graduated from Snoghøj Gymnastikhøjskole in 1952, and then earned qualifications in Mathematics and Science from Rysensteen Gymnasium three years later.