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Gunnar Larsen (politician)

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Larsen was arrested in 1945 and the Copenhagen City Court sentenced him to prison for providing financial support to a gun brush factory. He was acquitted by the High Court and the Supreme Court in 1948. Because it was concluded that the reasons for his financial support was not economical, but
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in 1935 becoming a prominent figure in the Danish industry. Larsen replaced his father as the director of the company. Larsen was one of the confidantes of Danish politician
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Following the end of his tenure as minister he developed an alliance with the British intelligence service and supported the resistance movement financially. After
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Larsen left Denmark and settled in Ireland in 1954. He became a citizen of Ireland and involved in business. He died in Ireland on 1 February 1973.
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Joachim Lund (Autumn 2010). "Building Hitler's Europe: Forced Labor in the Danish Construction Business during World War II".
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between 1940 and 1943. He left Denmark in 1954 and exiled into Ireland where he lived until his death.
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Larsen's diaries covering the period between January 1941 and September 1943 were published in 2011.
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Larsen was born on 10 January 1902. He was an engineer by profession and graduated from the
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which ceased to function on 29 August 1943. He served in the cabinets as an
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Larsen during a road construction while serving as minister of transport
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obtaining a degree in chemical engineering in 1926.
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Minister of Transport
Vilhelm Buhl
Thorvald Stauning
Alma mater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
minister for transport
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FL Smidth & Co.
Erik Scavenius
coalition government
first Buhl cabinet
independent politician
World War II



"Gunnar Larsen"
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon



"Til nationens bedste – historien om Gunnar Larsen"





"Gunnar Larsen (trafikminister)"
Den Store Danske Encyklopædi

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