# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/niels-helveg-petersen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:27:46.023Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/niels-helveg-petersen"
name: "Niels Helveg Petersen"
slug: "niels-helveg-petersen"
description: "Niels Lolk Helveg Petersen was a Danish politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 2000, having previously held the role of Minister for Economic Affairs between 1988 and 1990. He was a Member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1966 to 1974, 1977 to 1993, and again from 1994 to 2011."
tagline: "Danish politician (1939-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niels-Helveg-Petersen.jpg?width=1200"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1939-01-17"
deathDate: "2017-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump