Thorkil KRISTENSEN

Born in October 1899 in Fløjstrup near Vejle, Denmark
Died in 1989

Education
Business School diploma 1919.  Pupil at the Folk High School, Askov 1920-1921.
Baccalauréat 1922.
Degree in Politics and Economics (Cand. Polit.), University of Copenhagen 1927

Career
Assistant professor at the School of Business, Aarhus, and at the Universityof Copenhagen 1927-1938.  Professor of economics, business and industry at the University of Aarhus 1939-1947, and at the Copenhagen Business School since 1947.

Official posts
Member of Parliament 1945-1960
Finance Minister 7 November 1945-13 November 1947 and 30 October 1950-30 September 1953
Member of the Finance Commission 1947-1949 and 1953-1960
Member of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe 1949-1958
Member of the Foreign Affairs Commission 1953-1960
Member of the Nordic Council 1953-1960
Member of the Academy of Technical Sciences
President of the Foreign Policy Society 1948-1960
Member of the History and Political Economy Institute
President of the National Association for Combating Unemployment 1956-1960
Member of the Higher Insurance Council 1958-1960.

Published works
“Danmarks Driftsregnskab” (“National Accounting in Denmark”) 1930;  “En Sikringsfond for Indskud i Sparekasser” (“Deposit Guarantee Funds in Savings Banks”) 1931;  “Undersøgelser af  kommunale Skattespørgsmaal” (“Studies on Municipal Tax Issues”) 1935;  “Faste og variable Omkostninger” (“Constant and Variable Costs”) 1939.

Other writings
“Haandbog i Kredit- og hypoteksforeningsspørgsmaal” (“Handbook on Real Estate Credit Issues”) 1944;  “De Europaciske markedsplaner” (“European Market Plans”) 1958;  “The Economic World Balance” 1960.

Married Mrs. Ellen KRISTENSEN, née NIELSEN.