Carl Petersen (1 May 1894 – 21 May 1984) was a Danish

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, representing the

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in Parliament (''

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et''). He served as Minister for Public Works in 1945, Traffic Minister from 1947 to 1950 and again from 1953 to 1955,

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in 1950, and

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from 30 August 1955 to 28 May 1957.

References

*Skou, Kaare, R. (2005). ''Dansk politik A-Å'' . Aschehoug, pp. 537–538. . 1894 births 1984 deaths Ministers of the interior of Denmark Members of the Folketing Agriculture ministers of Denmark Transport ministers of Denmark {{Denmark-politician-stub