Anker Joergensen, Danish PM During Oil Crises, Dies at 93
- Ex-World War II resistance fighter led nation 1972-73, 1975-82
- Admired by Danes for informal manner, working-class roots
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Anker Joergensen, the Danish prime minister who led the economy through two oil crises while the country recorded its slowest growth in the postwar era, has died. He was 93.
Joergensen’s death was confirmed Sunday by his Social Democratic party in a statement, which didn’t provide details. The former World War II resistance fighter led governments for the party from 1972 to 1973 and from 1975 to 1982.