Carl Peter Herman Christensen (13 August 1869 in Særslev – 9 October 1936) was the last

executioner An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person. Scope and job The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorizing or ordering him to ...

(skarpretter) in office for the government of

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. He was hired by

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, Peter Adler Alberti and held the office from 27 August 1906 until 1 April 1926. He never conducted any executions. His predecessor, Jens Carl Theodor Seistrup, was the last active executioner in office in Denmark.

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1869 births 1936 deaths Danish executioners People from Nordfyn Municipality {{Denmark-bio-stub