Viggo Hørup

Viggo Hørup (born May 22, 1841, Torpmagle, Den.—died Feb. 15, 1902, Copenhagen) was a Danish politician and journalist, the leading late 19th-century advocate of parliamentary government in Denmark. Hørup was the leader of the radical left opposition in the Parliament from 1876 to 1892. Also a prominent journalist, he served as editor of the liberal Morgenbladet from 1881 to 1883 and of his own journal, Politiken, from 1884 to 1901. He became a leader of...