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'' (Social Physicians) who opposed

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. During the

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and the German

occupation of Denmark At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral. For most of the war, the country was a protectorate and then an occupied territory of Germany. The decision to occupy Denmark was taken in Berlin on 17 December ...

, he played a strategic role in the Danish resistance movement. In 1942, he helped to set up the ''Frit Danmark'', the illegal non-partisan resistance newspaper, and became an active member of the

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(''Frihedsrådet'') in 1943. He was arrested by the

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in October 1944 but escaped in March 1945 after their headquarters in the Shell building were bombed by the

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.Mogens Fog from Leksikon
Retrieved 17 April 2008. After the war, he continued his political career, first as a Communist but in 1958 he left the

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and founded the Socialist People's Party together with

Aksel Larsen Aksel Larsen (5 August 1897 – 10 January 1972) was a Danish politician who was chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP) and chairman and founder of the Socialist People's Party. He is remembered today for his long service in the C ...

. From 1966 to 1972, he was rector of the

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. He was rector during the

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and in cooperation with the students he made democratic reforms of university governance.

Bibliography

* Morten Møller: Mogens Fog: en biografi, Gyldendal A/S, 2009

References

External links

* Fog, Mogens. ''Danmark frit 1942-1946''. Copenhagen: Thaning and appel, 1947. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fog, Mogens Danish resistance members World War II resistance press activists 1990 deaths Communist Party of Denmark politicians Socialist People's Party (Denmark) politicians 1904 births Rectors of the University of Copenhagen