Karl Kristian Steincke

Karl Kristian Steincke

Karl Kristian Vilhelm Steincke (25 August 1880 – 8 August 1963), was a Danish politician. He was Justice Minister of Denmark from 1924 to 1926 in the Cabinet of Stauning I, 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 Cabinets of Hedtoft I and II. He has been cited as the chief architect of the Danish welfare state with the Social Reform Acts of the early 1930's.