Carl Christian Hall

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Carl Christian Hall, detail of an oil painting by J.V. Gertner, 1864; in Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark

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Carl Christian Hall

Danish politician

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Born:: Feb. 25, 1812, Copenhagen, Den.

Died:: Aug. 14, 1888, Copenhagen (aged 76)

Title / Office:: foreign minister (1858-1863), Denmark; prime minister (1857-1863), Denmark

Political Affiliation:: National Liberal Party

Role In:: Eider Program; German-Danish War; Schleswig-Holstein question

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Carl Christian Hall (born Feb. 25, 1812, Copenhagen, Den.—died Aug. 14, 1888, Copenhagen) was a Danish politician whose policies led Denmark into a disastrous war with Germany. Hall was educated in the law, and in 1848 he became a leader of the National Liberal Party. He served as minister of church, education, and culture in 1854–57. He supported his party’s old Eider policy favouring the incorporation of the duchy of Schleswig into the Danish state. As prime minister, from 1857 (and also as foreign minister from 1858) he tried to draw Schleswig closer to Denmark, despite Prussian objections. Hall pushed ...(100 of 197 words)

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