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Carsten Hansen

Danish politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 1, 2024
Entity authorityQ531748 ↗
Source-derived summary

Carsten Mogens Hansen (born 10 January 1957) is a Danish Social Democrat politician. He has been a member of the Folketing—the parliament of Denmark—since 1998. He was formerly the Minister for the city, Housing and Rural Affairs in the Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet and the Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Carsten Hansen” as danish politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Carsten, Hansen and Danish.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1957, 1998—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1957-01-10. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Carsten, Hansen and Danish providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Carsten Hansen”, the useful work is to connect “danish politician” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 1, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q531748. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1957 and 1998.

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This entry incorporates text from “Carsten Hansen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.