Thøger Thøgersen

Thøger Thøgersen (24 February 1885 – 9 December 1947) was a Danish politician who headed the Communist Party of Denmark for two years between 1927 and 1929. He was dismissed from the party in 1931 and was forced to exile in Moscow. He returned to Denmark in 1936 and was readmitted to the DKP. During the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany he was imprisoned in the Stutthof concentration camp.

Early life He was born Thøger Ingvard Marius Thøgersen in Viborg on 24 February 1885. Then the party was renamed as Communist Party (DKP). The same year he was sent to Moscow. After his return in 1936, he rejoined the party work becoming a member of its central committee. He also worked for the DKP's newspaper Arbejderbladet.