Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (24 December 1876 – 23 February 1943) was a Danish politician from Venstre who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1926 to 1929. He was also Minister for Agriculture from 1920 to 1924 and again while concurrently being prime minister.

Early life and education

Madsen-Mygdal was born in Mygdal,

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, the son of landstingsmand, statsrevisor N.P. Madsen-Mygdal (1835-1913) and Ane Kirstine Jacobsen (1839–1902). He became a teacher from Jelling Seminarium but later studied agriculture.

Political career

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal was a self-taught

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, and was also

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while he was Prime Minister, as he had also been in the Cabinet of Neergaard. His government had the parliamentary support of the Conservative People's Party, but he lost their support in 1929 when the Conservative People's Party was not satisfied with the resources allocated to the

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in the budget. Having lost his parliamentary support on this important issue, new elections were held, and the

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and the

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came into power. The

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was founded under his government.

Personal life and education

Madsen-Mygdal married Marie Deichmann, née Rovsing (27 December 1885 - 15 December 1955) on 15 November 1907 in

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. He owned Edelgave from 1921 and until his death. His widow kept the estate until her death in 1955.

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Kristian Hvidt, ''Statsministre i Danmark fra 1913 til 1995'' (1995) 1876 births 1943 deaths Prime Ministers of Denmark Members of the Folketing Members of the Landsting (Denmark) 20th-century Danish politicians 20th-century Danish landowners Agriculture ministers of Denmark Leaders of Venstre (Denmark) {{Denmark-politician-stub