Tøger Seidenfaden (28 April 1957 – 27 January 2011) was a Danish journalist and political scientist, and, from 1993 until his death,

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of the broadsheet newspaper ''

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''. His father, Erik Seidenfaden, was also a journalist and was editor-in-chief of the newspaper

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. He was editor-in-chief of ''

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'' between 1987 and 1992 and managing director of TV 2 from 1992 to 1993. He was a long-time Bilderberg-attendee, and member of the

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's Executive Committee.

Death

Seidenfaden died on 27 January 2011 after a long battle with skin cancer."Tøger Seidenfaden"

References

External links

''Illustreret Bunker'', October 2004
(interview with Seidenfaden, "En moderat ekstremist", pp. 18-19)
Hvilket Europa?
1957 births 2011 deaths Deaths from cancer in Denmark Politiken editors Weekendavisen people Aarhus University alumni Members of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group Yale University alumni Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{Denmark-journalist-stub