Bjarne Corydon
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Bjarne Corydon | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 3 October 2011 – 28 June 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Claus Hjort Frederiksen |
| Succeeded by | Claus Hjort Frederiksen |
| Member of the Folketing | |
| In office 15 September 2011 – 12 January 2016 | |
| Constituency | South Jutland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bjarne Fog Corydon 1 March 1973 |
| Party | Social Democrats |
| Alma mater | Aarhus University |
Bjarne Fog Corydon (born 1 March 1973) is a Danish politician and businessman, who was a member of the Folketing from the Social Democrats from 2011 to 2016. He served as Finance Minister of Denmark in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2011 to 2015, and was formerly her secretary.[1] He serves since 2025 as Director General for DR.[2]
Corydon was born on 1 March 1973 in Kolding.[3] He was born in a detached house just outside of Skovparken, which is now classified as a ghetto.[4] He is the son of landscape gardener Arne Corydon and secretary Tove Corydon.[3] During the weekends he worked a part-time job alongside his father to help his family's income by laying tiles.[4] He also had to help his mom, who was often mentally unwell.[5]
During his youth while attending the local gymnasium, he enjoyed reading books about politics and Fyodor Dostoevsky and playing football.[6] After graduating from the gymnasium he attended Aarhus University from 1992 to 2000, graduating as a Candidate of Political Science.[3]
Career
In 2011 he was elected to the Folketing, and was appointed Minister of Finance by Helle Thorning-Schmidt.[7] He was behind the controversial sale of the Danish company DONG to the American Goldman Sachs in 2014, which led the Socialist People's Party to leave the government coalition.[8]
After he left the Folketing in 2016, Corydon worked for the management consulting company McKinsey & Co, and he was in 2018 appointed new CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Dagbladet Børsen, a Danish newspaper specialising in business news published in Denmark.[9]