Bjarne Corydon | |
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Minister of Finance | |
In office 3 October 2011 –28 June 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
Preceded by | Claus Hjort Frederiksen |
Succeeded by | Claus Hjort Frederiksen |
Member of the Folketing | |
In office 15 September 2011 –12 January 2016 | |
Constituency | South Jutland |
Personal details | |
Born | Bjarne Fog Corydon 1 March 1973 Kolding,Denmark |
Political party | Social Democrats |
Alma mater | Aarhus University |
Bjarne Fog Corydon (born 1 March 1973) is a Danish politician and businessman,who was a member of the Folketing from the Social Democrats from 2011 to 2016. He served as Finance Minister of Denmark in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2011 to 2015,and was formerly her secretary. [1] He serves since 2025 as Director General for DR. [2]
Corydon was born on 1 March 1973 in Kolding. [3] He was born in a detached house just outside of Skovparken,which is now classified as a ghetto. [4] He is the son of landscape gardener Arne Corydon and secretary Tove Corydon. [3] During the weekends he worked a part-time job alongside his father to help his family's income by laying tiles. [4] He also had to help his mom,who was often mentally unwell. [5]
During his youth while attending the local gymnasium,he enjoyed reading books about politics and Fyodor Dostoevsky and playing football. [6] After graduating from the gymnasium he attended Aarhus University from 1992 to 2000,graduating as a Candidate of Political Science. [3]
In 2011 he was elected to the Folketing,and was appointed Minister of Finance by Helle Thorning-Schmidt. [7] He was behind the controversial sale of the Danish company DONG to the American Goldman Sachs in 2014,which led the Socialist People's Party to leave the government coalition. [8]
After he left the Folketing in 2016,Corydon worked for the management consulting company McKinsey &Co,and he was in 2018 appointed new CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Dagbladet Børsen,a Danish newspaper specialising in business news published in Denmark. [9]
He is married to Nina Eg Hansen,who in 2012 became Director of the Ministry of Social Affairs,where she had worked for 10 years. [10] Together,they have four children. [10]