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Karl Kristian Steincke

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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. 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.

Eugenics

Steincke is especially known for his book The Future's Social Welfare (Danish: Fremtidens forsørgelsesvæsen) from 1920 in which he foretells:

"We treat the inferior individual with all care and love, but forbid him, in return, only to reproduce himself."

His book was the basis of the Danish laws about Eugenics, the sterilization and castration of unwanted elements. Steincke regarded the prevention of "inferior individuals" reproducing as important for society, as for the children of the "inferior individuals".

Notes

  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.
Political offices
Preceded bySvenning Rytter Justice Minister of Denmark
23 April 1924 – 14 December 1926 		Succeeded bySvenning Rytter
Preceded by— Social Minister of Denmark
30 April 1929 – 4 November 1935 		Succeeded byLudvig Christensen
Preceded byCarl Theodor Zahle Justice Minister of Denmark
4 November 1935 – 15 September 1939 		Succeeded bySvend Unmack Larsen
Preceded byCharles Petersen Speaker of the Landsting
7 January 1948 – 15 March 1950 		Succeeded byIngeborg Hansen
Preceded byVilhelm Buhl Justice Minister of Denmark
4 March 1950 – 30 October 1950 		Succeeded byHelga Pedersen
Preceded byIngeborg Hansen Speaker of the Landsting
1951 – 1952 		Succeeded byIngeborg Hansen


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