Nathalie Lind (1 October 1918 – 11 January 1999) was a

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jurist and politician from Venstre. She notably served as minister of justice from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1979, while concurrently also being minister of culture for the former period. She also served as minister of social affairs from 1968 to 1971.

Early life and education

Lind was born in

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on 1 October 1918. Her father involved fishing business and died when she was two years old. Then her mother took over his business in

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and received a degree in law in 1943.

Career

Lind started her career in

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where her husband and she worked as a police assistant. From 1948 she began to work as a lawyer and then, moved with her husband to

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where she ran a law firm in the period 1955–1963. She joined the Venstre and was elected to the

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in 1964 representing the Fredensborg constituency, but was not reelected in 1966. In 1968 she won a seat at the Folketing representing the Vardek, and served at the parliament until 1981. Lind's first ministerial post was the minister of social affairs in the cabinet of

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which she held between 1968 and 1971. She was both minister of justice and minister of culture in the

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led by

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from 1973 to 1975. She also served as the minister of justice in the cabinet of

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in the period 1978–1979. Lind died on 11 January 1999.

References

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