Jens Christian Christensen (21 November 1856 – 19 December 1930) most often called J. C. Christensen with the ‘J’ pronounced as an ‘I’ was a Danish politician normally considered the most important Danish political figure between circa 1900 and 1920. Christensen was born into a West Jutland peasant family and starting as a herd boy he was educated a teacher and joined politics at an early age. He was a member of the Danish Liberal Party until he founded the Venstre Reform Party in 1895.
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active years end date
1908-10-12
active years start date
1905-01-14
birth date
1856-11-21
birth place
Jutland
death date
1930-12-19
death place
Ringkøbing
monarch
Frederick VIII of Denmark, Christian IX of Denmark
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