Ivar Hansen Explained

Ivar Hansen
Term Start:	26 March 1998
Term End:	11 March 2003
Successor:	Christian Mejdahl
Term Start1:	30 August 1978
Term End1:	26 October 1979
Successor1:	Jens Risgaard Knudsen
Term Start2:	4 December 1973
Term End2:	11 March 2003
Birth Date:	1 November 1938
Occupation:	Farmer

Ivar Hansen (1 November 1938 – 11 March 2003) was a Danish politician from the Liberal party Venstre.

He was elected to the Folketing in 1973. In 1978–79, he was Minister of Public Works in the Anker Jørgensen cabinet. In 1998, he became speaker of the Folketing defeating his Social Democrat rival, Birte Weiss, after a drawing of lots.

He served until his sudden death in the Copenhagen apartment of his mistress Mariann Fischer Boel, who was at the time Minister for Foods and Agriculture. She publicly announced the death after she had talked to his wife. She continued her work and went on to become the European Commissioner for Agriculture.^[1]

He was chairman of the JydskeVestkysten newspaper from 1991 to 1998.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Press release. Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri. 11 March 2003. 19 July 2021. da.
   - News: Døde i sin venindes lejlighed. Ekstra Bladet. 12 March 2003. Anders Langballe, Elisabet Svane and Troels Mylenberg. 19 July 2021. da.
   - News: Ikke uden overraskelser. Nyhederne. 2 August 2004. 19 July 2021. da.
   - Se og Hør reported that Hansen died in her apartment, and that the two had had a relationship running for years. "Fischer Boel initially tried to hide what had happened, but it naturally escaped. She was otherwise on the verge of taking over the chairmanship of the Folketing, but when the circumstances surrounding Ivar Hansen's death came to light, there was broad agreement that it was hardly appropriate anymore.Today, Mariann Fischer Boel sits far from Denmark as EU Commissioner in Brussels." Se og Hør, 27 March 2008.