Ejnar Martin Kjær (1893–1947) was a Danish teacher and politician who served as the

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in the period between 1945 and 1947. He died when he was in office

Biography

Kjær was born in Ullits on 9 January 1893. In 1915 he received a teaching diploma and worked as a teacher and then a librarian in

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until 1935 when he was elected to the

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. He served there until 1943. He was appointed minister of interior to the cabinet led by

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in 1945. He was one of the right-wing members of the cabinet. He supported the suggestions to improve the treatment of mental illness using new psychiatric approaches and techniques. Kjær died at a hospital in

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on 18 June 1947 while serving in the post and was buried in Brønderslev. Kjær married two times. His first wife died in 1930, and he married second time in 1931.

References

* 20th-century Danish educators 1893 births 1947 deaths Ministers of the interior of Denmark Members of the Folketing Venstre (Denmark) politicians Danish librarians {{Denmark-politician-stub