Mogens Fog

Mogens Ludolf Fog (9 June 1904 – 16 July 1990) was a Danish physician, politician (Danish Communist Party) and resistance fighter. In the 1930s, he headed the Socialistiske Læger (Socialist Physicians) who opposed Fascism.

Biography Fog was born in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, in 1904. In his youth he was a member of the Communist Party of Denmark, but in the 1930s he was not active in the political arena due to his studies in medicine.

After the war, he continued his political career, first as a Communist but in 1958 he left the Communist Party of Denmark and founded the Socialist People's Party together with Aksel Larsen.

From 1966 to 1972, he was rector of the University of Copenhagen. He was rector during the protests of 1968 and in cooperation with the students he made democratic reforms of university governance.