Svend Bergstein

Bergstein was born in Copenhagen on 7 July 1941.^[1] He joined the Royal Danish Air Force in 1971.^[1] He was promoted to the rank of captain in 1975 and became a major in 1980.^[1]

Bergstein was an advisor at the Ministry of Defense between 1988 and 1993.^[2] He was a national secretary of the Center Democrats.^[3] In 1993 he was appointed minister of higher education and science for the party in the cabinet led by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.^[3] Bergstein was dismissed from the post in 1994 and he resigned from the Center Democrats following his dismissal.^[3] He then taught at the Defense Academy.^[3] He served as a military expert on the Danish television channels during the Gulf War in 1991.^[4] In 1995 he joined the Conservative People's Party.^[3] He served as a military attaché of Denmark in Sweden and Finland from 1995 to 1999.^[2] He was a section chief at the Defense Academy until 2001 when he retired with the rank lieutenant colonel.^[2] In 2007 Bergstein was elected as the head of Copenhagen branch of the Conservative People's Party.^[3]

Bergstein died on 8 March 2014 due to complications related to Alzheimer's disease.^[3]