Bo Lidegaard

Bo Lidegaard (born 23 January 1958 in Godthåb) is a Danish historian, public intellectual, and former responsible editor-in-chief for Politiken.

Bo Lidegaard worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1984-2005), was Ministerial Counselor and Ambassador in the Prime Minister's Office (2005-2011), and on 26 April 2011 was appointed editor-in-chief of Politiken, succeeding Tøger Seidenfaden.

It examined why the Danish envoy in Washington during World War II, Henrik Kauffmann, on his own initiative gave the Americans permission to establish air bases in Greenland.

Lidegaard has since published ten books, mainly on Denmark's recent history, including a biography of Jens Otto Krag (2014).

[2] From 2021 to 2022, Lidegaard was a member of the Trilateral Commission’s Task Force on Global Capitalism in Transition, chaired by Carl Bildt, Kelly Grier and Takeshi Niinami.