Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (8 December 1817 – 12 October 1896) was a Danish nobleman and

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. He was Council President of Denmark from 1865 to 1870 as the leader of the

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Biography

Frijs graduated from

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in 1835, thereby achieving his studentereksamen. He went on to study law, graduating cand.jur. in 1842. Being the wealthiest large squire of Denmark and personally honoured by his peasants Frijs played a role in politics from the 1850s. During the internal debate about a new constitution after the 1864-war he was appointed prime minister in 1865 inaugurating the rule of the conservative party

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that lasted until 1901 His cabinet was expected to widen the influence also of the farmers disappointed by the issuing of the conservative 1866-constitution but was besides marked by a beginning reclaiming of the moors and by railroad-founding. After his retreat in 1870 he led the negotiations with the French preventing a Danish participation in the Franco-Prussian War. He left politics 1880. His son Count ''Mogens Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs'' (1849–1923) was an outstanding liberal-conservative politician whose work anticipated the making of the modern conservative party.

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*Svend Thorsen: ''De danske ministerier'', vol. 1, Copenhagen, 1967. *Danish Manorhouse
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* Danish Wikipedia on Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs {{DEFAULTSORT:Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Christian Emil 1817 births 1896 deaths Prime Ministers of Denmark Foreign ministers of Denmark Danish nobility Members of the Folketing Members of the Landsting (Denmark) 19th-century Danish politicians Members of the Rigsrådet (1855-1866) Krag family Juel family Friis family

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