Karl Kristian Steincke

Karl Kristian Steincke, circa 1940.
Karl Kristian Steincke in 1921.

Karl Kristian Vilhelm Steincke (25 August 1880 – 8 August 1963), was a Danish politician from the Social Democratic Party. He was justice minister from 1924 to 1926 in the Stauning I Cabinet, social minister from 1929 to 1935 in the Stauning II Cabinet, and justice minister again from 1935 to 1939 in the Stauning III Cabinet and in 1950 in the Hedtoft I and II Cabinets.[1] He has been cited as the chief architect of the Danish welfare state with the Social Reform Acts of the early 1930s, including the Kanslergade Agreement.[2]

  1. ^ Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A-Å (in Danish). Aschehoug. pp. 640–1. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.
  2. ^ Paul, Diane. Controlling Human Heredity. pp. 88–9.

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