Hilmar Baunsgaard

Hilmar Baunsgaard

Infobox Prime Minister
name=Hilmar Baunsgaard


caption=Baunsgaard (left) and Richard Nixon, 1970
order=Prime Minister of Denmark
term_start =February 2, 1968
term_end =October 11, 1971
predecessor =Jens Otto Krag
successor =Jens Otto Krag
birth_date =birth date|1920|2|26|mf=y
birth_place =
death_date =death date and age|1989|7|2|1920|2|26|mf=y
death_place =
party =Det Radikale Venstre

Hilmar Baunsgaard (IPA2|'hilmɑ: 'b̥ɑʊnsg̊ɒ:) (26 February 1920 – 2 July 1989) was a Danish politician. He was a member of Det Radikale Venstre, a social liberal party. He was the Prime Minister of Denmark from February 15 1968, when his party gained power, ending 15 years of government by the Social Democrats, until October 9 1971, when the Social Democrats regained power. He was preceded and succeeded by the Social Democratic leader of that time, Jens Otto Krag.

His government coalition with the Conservative Party and the Liberal "Venstre" held a clear majority of seats in the parliament. In spite of this, they utterly failed to tackle the growing problems of the welfare state and rein in public spending. As a result, taxation sky-rocketed. In the social sphere the government was one of the most radical thus far seen in Denmark, abolishing censorship of pornography and legalising abortion. However, in doing so they alienated sufficient numbers of core supporters to lose the 1971 election.

Baunsgaard is often credited with being the first major Danish politician to truly embrace TV as the main media for communication with the voters. [Siune, Karen (1984). "Bestemmer TV valgresultatet?" da icon in Elklit, Jørgen & Tonsgaard, Ole (eds.) "Valg og vælgeradfærd - Studier i dansk politik". Århus: Forlaget Politica, p. 132. ISBN 87-7335-058-3.] Although his appearance and style on the screen looks old-fashioned by today's standards, he was way ahead of his contemporaries in politics. He managed to connect with the voters, and was consistently rated as the most trustworthy politician from the mid-1960s to the early 1970's. However his weak leadership of the government damaged his reputation. He remained as party leader until 1975, and resigned from parliament in 1977.

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