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Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs

Danish politician (1817–1896)

Summary

Danish politician (1817–1896)

Field	Value
name	Christian Emil
Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
image	K V Frijs.jpg
caption	Christian Emil
Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
order	Council President of Denmark
term_start	6 November 1865
term_end	28 May 1870
monarch	Christian IX
predecessor	Christian Albrecht Bluhme
successor	Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
birth_date
birth_place	Frijsenborg, Denmark
death_date
death_place	Boller, East Jutland, Denmark
party	Højre

Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (8 December 1817 – 12 October 1896) was a Danish nobleman and politician. He was Council President of Denmark from 1865 to 1870 as the leader of the Frijs Cabinet.

Biography

Frijs was born on 8 December 1817 at Frijsenborg, the son of count Jens Christian Carl Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1779-1860) and Henriette Frederikke Magdalene Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (née zu Inn- und von Knyphausen). He graduated from Sorø Academy in 1835, thereby achieving his studentereksamen. He went on to study law, graduating cand.jur. in 1842.

Being the wealthiest large squire of Denmark and personally honoured by his peasants Frijs played a role in politics from the 1850s. During the internal debate about a new constitution after the 1864-war he was appointed prime minister in 1865 inaugurating the rule of the conservative party Højre that lasted until 1901 His cabinet was expected to widen the influence also of the farmers disappointed by the issuing of the conservative 1866-constitution but was besides marked by a beginning reclaiming of the moors and by railroad-founding. After his retreat in 1870 he led the negotiations with the French preventing a Danish participation in the Franco-Prussian War. He left politics 1880.

His son Count Mogens Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1849–1923) was an outstanding liberal-conservative politician whose work anticipated the making of the modern conservative party.

References

Citations

Svend Thorsen: De danske ministerier, vol. 1, Copenhagen, 1967.
Danish Manorhouses website - Boller
Danish Manorhouses website - Frijsenborg
Lex.dk - Dansk Biografisk Leksikon - C.E. Frijs

References

Lex - DBL

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