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Carl Frederik Madsen (17 November 1862 – 27 May 1944) was a Danish trade unionist and politician. Madsen worked as a cobbler, and became chair of the Danish Shoemakers' Union. In 1908, he became the secretary of the
Danish Confederation of Trade Unions LO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions ( Danish: ''LO, Landsorganisationen i Danmark'' or simply ''LO'') was founded in 1898 and was an umbrella organisation (the largest of the three national trade union centers in Denmark) for 18 Danish ...
, serving until 1928. In 1920, he was appointed as a
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member of the
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, serving until 1936. In 1927, Madsen was elected as a vice-president of the
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, but resigned the following year.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Madsen, Carl 1862 births 1944 deaths Danish trade union leaders Members of the Landsting (Denmark) Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians