Andreas Frederik Krieger

Andreas Frederik Krieger (4 October 1817, Kolbjørnsvik  – 27 September 1893) was a Danish politician, government minister, professor of law and supreme court judge.

[4][5][6] After the death of her husband in 1860, Krieger became a close friend of actress Johanne Luise Heiberg, and they were both among the most vocal critics of Frederick VII's morganatic marriage with Louise Rasmussen,[6][7] and in private letters to Heiberg, but not publicly, Krieger described himself as a Republican.

As Finance Minister, he administered Denmark's accession to the Scandinavian Monetary Union in 1873, replacing the former currency—the rigsdaler—with the krone.

On 25 January 1877, a case at the Court of Impeachment (Danish: Rigsretten) was started against Krieger by the Folketing involving his sale of the ruins of the Frederik's Church in Copenhagen and the church square to Carl Frederik Tietgen while Finance Minister in 1874.

[8] The construction of the church had been started in 1749 but was halted in 1770 by Johann Friedrich Struensee, and the partial building had essentially lain untouched since then.