- Egon Weidekamp
Egon Weidekamp (
March 14 1921 –April 26 2000 ) was a Danish politician andCEO of aninsurance company .The political career of Weidekamp started in 1946 when we became the national leader of "DSU", the youth branch of the Social Democratic Party, a position he held until 1950. In 1952 he was elected to the
city council ofCopenhagen for the Social Democratic Party, of which he became the president from 1970 to 1976. From 1976 to 1989, he held the office ofLord Mayor of Copenhagen .The primary focus of Egon Weidekamp was to provide better apartments for the citizens of Copenhagen, primarily by renewing many of the worst apartments of the city.
Egon Weidekamp is perhaps best known for giving the rights to use
Ungdomshuset on Jagtvej 69 (which was torn down in 2007) to the group ofsquatter s called "BZ-bevægelsen" after many years of social unrest andriot s. In 1982, he said in an interview to Danishtabloid newspaper B.T.: "They get a house, and we get peace and quiet".Egon Weidekamp also made the decision of closing the system of
tram s in the streets ofCopenhagen . When resigning as lord mayor, Egon Weidekamp said that his two biggest regrets were the donation of Ungdomshuset and closing the tram system.Eksternal links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3109ttStg4A Interview with Egon Weidekamp about Ungdomshuset on YouTube]
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