# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-scavenius
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:51:46.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-scavenius"
name: "Erik Scavenius"
slug: "erik-scavenius"
description: "Erik Julius Christian Scavenius was the Danish foreign minister from 1909 to 1910, 1913 to 1920 and 1940 to 1943, and prime minister from 1942 to 1943, during the occupation of Denmark until the Danish elected government ceased to function. He was the foreign minister during some of the most important periods of Denmark's modern history, including the First World War, the plebiscites over the return of northern Schleswig to Denmark, and the German occupation. Scavenius was a member of the Landsting from 1918 to 1920 and from 1925 to 1927 representing the Social Liberal Party. He was chairman of its party organization from 1922 to 1924."
tagline: "Prime Minister of Denmark (1877-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erik_Scavenius_1_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1877-07-13"
deathDate: "1962-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump