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Krag was born in Randers, Denmark. He joined the Danish Social Democratic Party youth organization in 1930 and rose through the ranks of the party. During World War II, he was Danish supply director and advisor to the labor unions on economic matters. He was elected to Parliament in 1947 and became commerce minister. He supported the strengthening of the Danish military.

In 1950 Krag resigned from Parliament and, in order to become more fluent in the English language and see more of the world, requested a position at the Danish embassy in the United States. He received the position, and was in America until 1952 when he was re-elected to parliament and became a minister without portfolio. He was minister of the new department of foreign economic affairs from 1953 until 1958 and foreign minister from 1958 until 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e.

In September 1962 he succeeded Viggo KampmannViggo Olfret Fischer Kampmann ( July 21 1910 June 3 1976 was a politician from Denmark. He was the Prime Minister of that country from 1960 until 1962. Kampmann was born in Frederiksberg Denmark. He came from an academic background and rose to a high rank as Prime Minister and leader of the Danish Social Democratic Party. He was Prime Minister until February 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the when the Social Democrats lost power. He became Prime Minister again in 19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua when his party returned to power.

During his second term as Prime Minister, Krag campaigned particularly for European cooperation and unity. He sponsored a referrendum for Denmark to join the European Economic Community. In 19721972 is a leap year starting on Saturday (click link for calendar). Events January events January 2 the Pierre Hotel Heist Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 President of the Un the referrendum passed, but the nation was divided over the issue, and Krag resigned, claiming that he had becom tired of politics. His last role in public life was as the European Common Market representative to the United States from 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped until 1975. He died in Skiveren , Denmark.