Holger Hansen

Holger Hansen (1929–2015) was a Danish academic, jurist and politician from Venstre who served as the minister of environment and minister of Greenland in the cabinet of Poul Hartling from 1973 to 1975. Trained as an agronomist, he received a law degree and worked as an academic after retiring from politics.

Early life and education Hansen was born in Tågeby near Mern on 16 May 1929. He graduated from a high school in Frederiksborg and went to England to study agriculture in 1952. Between 1958 and 1973 he worked at several municipal councils. On 19 December 1973, Hansen was appointed both minister of environment and minister for Greenland to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Poul Hartling. Hansen's tenure ended on 13 February 1975 when the cabinet resigned following the 1975 election.

From 1986 Hansen worked at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Law which he headed between 1994 and 1996.

Personal life and death Hansen married Anna Sofie Hansen on 9 September 1961. They had three children. He died in Tågeby on 3 May 2015 and buried there on 8 May.