# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thorkild-simonsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:49:02.392Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thorkild-simonsen"
name: "Thorkild Simonsen"
slug: "thorkild-simonsen"
description: "Thorkild Simonsen was a Danish politician and member of the Social Democrats. He was mayor of Århus municipality from 1982 to 1997 and Interior Minister of Denmark from 1997 to 2000 in the Cabinets of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III and IV."
tagline: "Danish politician (1926–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thorkild_Simonsen_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-07-07"
deathDate: "2022-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.31
  momentum:             3.773584905660378
  historical:           7.669294666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkild_Simonsen"
    title: "Thorkild Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkild_Simonsen"
    title: "Thorkild Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkild_Simonsen"
    title: "Thorkild Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkild_Simonsen"
    title: "Thorkild Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkild_Simonsen"
    title: "Thorkild Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkild_Simonsen"
    title: "Thorkild Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkild_Simonsen"
    title: "Thorkild Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkild_Simonsen"
    title: "Thorkild Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkild_Simonsen"
    title: "Thorkild Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2428917"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump