Bo Lidegaard

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rdf:langString Bo Lidegaard (born 23 January 1958 in Godthåb) is a Danish historian, dr.phil. 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. Bo Lidegaard is the son of high school teacher and author Mads Lidegaard and journalist and author Else Lidegaard. He is the brother of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Martin Lidegaard (RV), professor, dr.med. Øjvind Lidegaard and biologist Kresten Lidegaard. Bo Lidegaard became a student at in 1976 and in 1984 became a cand.phil. in history at the University of Copenhagen. In 1997 he began writing his dissertation on Henrik Kauffmann, which was published under the title In the King's name - Henrik Kauffmann in Danish diplomacy 1919-1958. 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). His book on the Danish people's efforts to help Danish Jews escape the Nazi regime in 1943, Countrymen (2013), has been published in 12 countries.