Oluf Pedersen (6 September 1891 in Lille Rørbæk near

Frederikssund Frederikssund () is a Danish town, seat of the Frederikssund Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden with a population of 16,850 (1 January 2022).Justice Party of Denmark The Justice Party ( da, Retsforbundet) of Denmark was founded in 1919 as an association and transformed into a political party in 1922. The party's platform is based upon the principles of U.S. economist Henry George - who advocated a single tax ...

(''Danmarks Retsforbund''). He was a member of the Folketing 1932-45 and 1950–60 and Minister of Fishery in the cabinet of H.C. Hansen II (1957–60) and the cabinet of Viggo Kampmann I (1960). Privately he was a

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consultant and fruit producer. After editing a

single tax A single tax is a system of taxation based mainly or exclusively on one tax, typically chosen for its special properties, often being a tax on land value. The idea of a single tax on land values was proposed independently by John Locke and Bar ...

proposal with Jakob E. Lange, which the Radical Liberal Party rejected, he switched to the Justice Party in 1928.Pioneers of the Danish Henry George Movement
(in Danish) During 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 ...

from 1940 to 45 he was secretary of the Parliamentary Cooperation Committee ('Nine Man Committee'), a cross-party body of the democratic parties which was a link between Parliament and the government in questions regarding the occupation. Oluf Pedersen was a staunch opponent of the reinstitution of the

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in the Danish purge after World War II. His energetic opposition caused indignation and got him enemies in the former

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. He received a letter with

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s which caused much attention in the press.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pedersen, Oluf 1891 births 1970 deaths People from Frederikssund Municipality Georgist politicians Government ministers of Denmark Members of the Folketing