Karl Kristian Steincke 5094002 199787362 2008-03-21T08:10:40Z Hemmingsen 802766 Quick-adding category "Speakers of the Danish Landsting" (using [[User:TheDJ/HotCat|HotCat]]) '''Karl Kristian Vilhelm Steincke''' ([[25 August]] [[1880]] – [[8 August]] [[1963]]), was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[politician]]. He was [[Justice Minister of Denmark]] from 1924 to 1926 in the [[Cabinet of Stauning I]], [[Social Minister (Denmark)|Social Minister]] from 1929 to 1935 in the [[Cabinet of Stauning II]], and Justice Minister from 1935 to 1939 in the [[Cabinet of Stauning III]] and in 1950 in the [[Cabinet of Hedtoft I|Cabinets of Hedtoft I]] and [[Cabinet of Hedtoft II|II]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Skou|first=Kaare R.|title=Dansk politik A-Å|year=2005|publisher=Aschehoug|language=Danish|isbn=87-11-11652-8|pages=pp. 640-1}}</ref> He has been cited as the chief architect of the Danish welfare state with the Social Reform Acts of the early 1930's.<ref>{{cite book|last=Paul|first=Diane|title=Controlling Human Heredity|year=|publisher=|language=English|isbn=|pages=pp. 88-9}}</ref> ==Eugenics== Steincke is especially known for his book ''The Future's Social Welfare'' ({{lang-da|Fremtidens forsørgelsesvæsen}}) from 1920 in which he foretells: <blockquote> "We treat the nonentity with all kind of care and love, but forbid him, in return, only to reproduce himself." </blockquote> His book was the basis of the Danish laws about [[Eugenics]], the sterilization and castration of unwanted elements. Steincke regarded the prevention of "non-entities" reproducing as important for society and for the "non-entity's" children. His promotion of eugenics is a classic example of the breadth of opinion regarding the practice, showing that not only conservatives, but also social-progressives were attracted to measures of "racial betterment." ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{start box}} {{s-off}} {{succession box| title=[[List of Justice Ministers of Denmark|Justice Minister of Denmark]]| before=[[Svenning Rytter]]| years= [[23 April]] [[1924]] &ndash; [[14 December]] [[1926]]| after=[[Svenning Rytter]] }} {{succession box| title=[[List of Social Ministers of Denmark|Social Minister of Denmark]]| before=—| years=[[30 April]] [[1929]] &ndash; [[4 November]] [[1935]]| after=[[Ludvig Christensen]] }} {{succession box| title=[[List of Justice Ministers of Denmark|Justice Minister of Denmark]]| before=[[Carl Theodor Zahle]]| years= [[4 November]] [[1935]] &ndash; [[15 September]] [[1939]]| after=[[Svend Unmarck Larsen]] }} {{succession box| |before=[[Charles Petersen]] |title=[[Landsting (Denmark)|Speaker of the Landsting]] |years=[[7 January]] [[1948]] &ndash; [[15 March]] [[1950]] |after=[[Ingeborg Hansen]] }} {{succession box| title=[[List of Justice Ministers of Denmark|Justice Minister of Denmark]]| before=[[Vilhelm Buhl]]| years= [[4 March]] [[1950]] &ndash; [[30 October]] [[1950]]| after=[[Helga Pedersen (Denmark)|Helga Pedersen]] }} {{succession box| |before=[[Ingeborg Hansen]] |title=[[Landsting (Denmark)|Speaker of the Landsting]] |years=1951 &ndash; 1952 |after=[[Ingeborg Hansen]] }} {{end box}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Steincke, Karl Kristian}} [[Category:1880 births]] [[Category:1963 deaths]] [[Category:Danish Justice Ministers]] [[Category:Speakers of the Danish Landsting]] {{Denmark-politician-stub}} [[da:K.K. Steincke]]