Tøger Seidenfaden

Tøger Seidenfaden   (editor, journalist, publisher)
Born	1957-04-28
Died	2011-01-27 (Age 53)
Cause of death	cancer
Nationality	Danish
Alma mater	Institut d’études politiques de Paris, Aarhus Universitet, Yale University
Member of	Bilderberg/Steering committee, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Trilateral Commission
10 time Bilderberger Danish editor. Bilderberg Steering committee  Politiken/Editor-in-Chief In office 1993 - 2011 Preceded by Herbert Pundik Succeeded by Bo Lidegaard Editor-in-chief at the Danish newspaper Politiken

Tøger Seidenfaden was editor-in-chief of Weekendavisen between 1987 and 1992 and managing director of TV 2 from 1992 to 1993, and, most prominent, as editor-in chief of Politiken from 1993-2011.

Family Background

Tøger Seidenfaden comes from a family of Danish bourgeoisie prominently linked to the intellectual, cultural and political life of the capital Copenhagen. His father, Erik Seidenfaden, was editor-in-chief at the Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information for almost twenty years (1946-65). During WW2, Erik was active in the Danish resistance a British SOE agent with rank of officer, having close ties to SOE leader Ronald Turnbull. After the war, Erik's campaign for Denmark joining NATO in 1949 had a crucial impact.

Career

From 1984 to 1985, straight out of university, Tøger Seidenfaden was employed by the government's security committee. In 1985 he was hired as foreign editor, and from 1987 to 1992 as editor-in-chief at Weekendavisen. In 1989, Seidenfaden published, despite strong resistance, extracts from Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses in Weekendavisen.

As editor-in-chief of Politiken from 1993 to 2011, Tøger Seidenfaden was known as a prominent and at times controversial editor-in-chief who stuck to his opinions.

He was a staunch critic of the Soviet Union. As editor-in-chief at Weekendavisen, he was for Danish participation in the first Gulf War in 1991. 12 years later, in Politiken, he was against Denmark's participation in the 2003 war.

Connections

Like his father, he was a member of The International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Executive Committee of the Danish European Movement, and the so-called VL groups, a network of corporate and public sector executives, the closest to a Danish version of Bilderberg.

Seidenfaden was a long-time Bilderberger and Bilderberg Steering committee member, member of the Trilateral Commission's Executive Committee (his father was also member of the Trilateral Commission).

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1994	2 June 1994	5 June 1994	Finland Helsinki	The 42nd Bilderberg, in Helsinki.
Bilderberg/1996	30 May 1996	2 June 1996	Canada Toronto	The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada
Bilderberg/1997	12 June 1997	15 June 1997	US Lake Lanier Georgia (State)	The 45th Bilderberg meeting
Bilderberg/1998	14 May 1998	17 May 1998	Scotland Turnberry	The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington
Bilderberg/1999	3 June 1999	6 June 1999	Portugal Sintra	The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants
Bilderberg/2000	1 June 2000	4 June 2000	Belgium Brussels Genval	The 48th Bilderberg, 94 guests
Bilderberg/2001	24 May 2001	27 May 2001	Sweden Stenungsund	The 49th Bilderberg, in Sweden. Reported on the WWW.
Bilderberg/2002	30 May 2002	2 June 2002	US Virginia Chantilly Westfields Marriott	The 50th Bilderberg, held at Chantilly, Virginia.
Bilderberg/2003	15 May 2003	18 May 2003	France Versailles	The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France
Bilderberg/2006	8 June 2006	11 June 2006	Canada Ottawa	54th Bilderberg, held in Canada. 133 guests
WEF/Annual Meeting/2004	21 January 2004	25 January 2004	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.

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