Per Federspiel

He graduated in law in 1931 and in 1937 joined the Bar of the Eastern High Court.

Working for the legal firm of Max Rothenborg brought him into contact with Jewish clients and gave him an insight into the condition of the Jews in Hitler's Germany.

During the German occupation, he was responsible for arranging the financing of a large part of the resistance movement.

After the war he became first president of the Freedom Fund, a charity for the families of resistance members.

He was minister for special affairs in the Kristensen cabinet from 1945 to 1947, then a member of the Folketing (first chamber of parliament) from 1947 to 1950 and again 1957 to 1973.