Thøger Thøgersen
Thøger Thøgersen | |
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| Chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark | |
| In office 1927–1929 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 February 1885 Viborg, Denmark |
| Died | 9 December 1947 (aged 62) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Political party | Communist Party of Denmark |
Thøger Thøgersen (24 February 1885 – 9 December 1947) was a Danish politician who headed the Communist Party of Denmark for two years between 1927 and 1929. He was dismissed from the party in 1931 and was forced to exile in Moscow. He returned to Denmark in 1936 and was readmitted to the DKP. During the occupation of Denmark by the Nazi Germany he was imprisoned in the Stutthof concentration camp.