Ole Bjørn Kraft

Ole Bjørn Kraft (17 December 1893 – 2 December 1980) was a Danish journalist and politician who was the leader of the Conservative People's Party. He also served as the minister of foreign affairs.

Early life Kraft was born in Copenhagen on 17 December 1893. He studied journalism at the University of Copenhagen.

Kraft joined the Conservative People's Party. In 1926 he was first elected to the Parliament representing Ålborg In 1945 Kraft briefly served as the minister of defense.

In 1950 Kraft was named as the foreign minister to the cabinet formed by Prime Minister Erik Eriksen. Kraft remained in the office until 1953. Eventually, Denmark voted against acceptance of these countries by NATO as full members.

Views At the beginning of his political career Kraft's views were based on Christianity and national idealism. He objected to the sale of the Virgin Islands to the US in 1916. He was among the admirers of the Italian fascism arguing that its corporative ideas should be integrated into the Danish constitution. He also stated that not all Danes were the same in that some of them were more truly Danish than others. Kraft was an observer at the 1966 meeting of the World Anti-Communist League.