Per Hækkerup

Per Hækkerup (25 December 1915 – 13 March 1979) was a Danish Social Democratic politician, who served as Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1962 to 1966.

Per Hækkerup
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 3 September 1962 – 28 November 1966
Prime Minister	Jens Otto Krag
Preceded by	Jens Otto Krag
Succeeded by	Jens Otto Krag
Minister for Economic Affairs
In office 13 February 1975 – 30 August 1978
Prime Minister	Anker Jørgensen
Preceded by	Poul Nyboe Andersen
Succeeded by	Anders Andersen
In office 11 October 1971 – 19 December 1973
Prime Minister	Jens Otto Krag Anker Jørgensen
Preceded by	Poul Nyboe Andersen
Succeeded by	Poul Nyboe Andersen
Minister of Commerce
In office 8 September 1976 – 26 February 1977
Prime Minister	Anker Jørgensen
Preceded by	Erling Jensen
Succeeded by	Ivar Nørgaard
Minister without portfolio with special attention to economic coordination
In office 30 August 1978 – 13 March 1979
Prime Minister	Anker Jørgensen
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1915-12-25)25 December 1915 Ringsted, Denmark
Died	13 March 1979(1979-03-13) (aged 63) Herritslev, Denmark
Political party	Social Democrats
Spouse	Grethe Hækkerup (1939–1979)

Hækkerup, the son of Hans Kristian Hækkerup, a politician, was active in politics from the end of the Second World War to his death in 1979. He was the chairman of the youth organization of the Danish Social Democrats from 1946 to 1952 and the secretary general of International Union of Socialist Youth from 1946 to 1951.

Hækkerup is most widely known for the agreement he reached with the Norwegian Minister Jens Evensen that gave Norway the oil-rich Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea. According to an urban legend, Hækkerup was drunk when he signed the agreement, but Danish historians today agree that the agreement was most fair and that Hækkerup was not drunk.

He was married to Grethe Hækkerup and is the father of Hans Hækkerup and Klaus Hækkerup.

References

• Nikolaj Bøgh: Hækkerup. København 2003