{{Short description|German environmentalist}} {{expand German|date=March 2023|topic=bio}} {{Infobox person | name = Loki Schmidt | image = 1981-05-20 Loki Schmidt in the U.S..jpg | caption = Schmidt in 1981 | birth_name = Hannelore Glaser | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1919|3|3}} | birth_place = Hamburg, Germany | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|10|21|1919|3|3}} | death_place = Hamburg, Germany | resting_place = Ohlsdorf Cemetery | spouse = {{marriage|Helmut Schmidt|1942}} | children = 2 | occupation = Environmentalist }} thumb|Schmidt as a companion of her husband (right from President Jimmy Carter) in the US, 1977

'''Hannelore''' "'''Loki'''" '''Schmidt''' ({{nee|'''Glaser'''}}; 3 March 1919 – 21 October 2010)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=x3W0oBoGFnMC&dq=loki+schmidt+1919&pg=PA162 Profile of Hannelore "Loki" Schmidt]</ref> was a German teacher and environmentalist. She was the wife of Helmut Schmidt, who was the Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hannelore-schmidt-conservationist-who-worked-to-protect-endangered-plants-2118326.html Hannelore Schmidt: Conservationist who worked to protect endangered plants], ''The Independent Obituary'', 28 October 2010.</ref>

==Life and work== Hannelore Glaser was born in 1919 in Hamburg. She studied four semesters of education. After graduation she worked as a school teacher continuously from 1940 until 1972 (teaching elementary school, Volksschule and Realschule). She married Helmut Schmidt in 1942. He became a politician who rose in 1974 to become Chancellor of West Germany.

In 1976, Loki Schmidt founded the ''Stiftung zum Schutze gefährdeter Pflanzen'' (engl.: foundation for the protection of endangered plants), which later became the ''Stiftung Naturschutz Hamburg und Stiftung zum Schutze gefährdeter Pflanzen'' (engl.: nature conservancy foundation Hamburg for the protection of endangered plants).

In 1980, she established the Flower of the Year campaign, a public awareness campaign for the protection of endangered wildflowers in Germany. For this work she was awarded the title Professor by the University of Hamburg. She was an honorary doctor of the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg and the University of Hamburg.

The new botanical garden in Hamburg was renamed after her to "Loki-Schmidt-Garten" in 2012.

She was buried in the Ohlsdorf Cemetery.<ref>[http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article1683405/Loki-Schmidt-in-Ohlsdorf-beigesetzt.html ''Loki Schmidt in Ohlsdorf beigesetzt''] ''Hamburger Abendblatt''; 3 November 2010 (de)</ref>

==Legacy== The ''Puya loki-schmidtiae'', the ''Pitcairnia'' ''loki-schmidtiae'' and the scorpion ''Tityus lokiae'' are named in her honour.<ref>[http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2007/06/26/761485.html?s=2 ''Das ist eisern! 65 Jahre Schmidt-Einander''], ''Hamburger Abendblatt''. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2009.</ref>

==Family== Loki and Helmut Schmidt married on 27 June 1942; they had a son (who died as an infant) and a daughter.

==Later years== In 2009, she was awarded the honorary citizen award (Ehrenbürgerschaft)—the highest decoration—of Hamburg.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.hamburgische-buergerschaft.de/cms_de.php?templ=presse_detail.tpl&sub1=97&sub2=175&cont=3252 |title=Ehrenbürgerschaft für Loki Schmidt (Press release) |date=9 February 2009 |accessdate=24 July 2009 |language=German |work=Hamburg Parliament |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035309/http://www.hamburgische-buergerschaft.de/cms_de.php?templ=presse_detail.tpl&sub1=97&sub2=175&cont=3252 |archivedate=19 July 2011 }}</ref> She died during the night of 20/21 October 2010, aged 91, at her home in Langenhorn, after 68 years of marriage to Helmut Schmidt.

==Publications== *''Schützt die Natur: Impressionen aus unserer Heimat''. Herder Verlag, 1979, {{ISBN|3-451-18225-4}}. *H.-U. Reyer, W. Migongo-Buke und L. Schmidt: ''Field Studies and Experiments on Distribution and Foraging of Pied and Malachite Kingfishers at Lake Nakuru (Kenya)''. In: ''Journal of Animal Ecology'', Band 57, 1988, S. 595–610, [https://www.jstor.org/pss/4927 Zusammenfassung], {{ISSN|0021-8790}}. *W. Barthlott, S. Porembski, M. Kluge, J. Hopke und L. Schmidt: ''Selenicereus wittii (Cactaceae). An epiphyte adapted to Amazonian Igapó inundation forests''. In: ''Plant Systematics and Evolution'', Band 206, 1997, S. 175–185, {{ISSN|0378-2697}}. *''Die Botanischen Gärten in Deutschland''. Verlag Hoffmann und Campe, 1997, {{ISBN|3-455-11120-3}}. *''Die Blumen des Jahres''. Verlag Hoffmann und Campe, 2003, {{ISBN|3-455-09395-7}}. *P. Parolin, J. Adis, M. F. da Silva, I. L. do Amaral, L. Schmidt und M. T. F. Piedade: ''Floristic composition of a floodplain forest in the Anavilhanas archipelago, Brazilian Amazonia''. In: '' Amazoniana'', Band 17 (3/4), 2003, S. 399–411, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161102205457/http://edoc.mpg.de/65154 Abstract], {{ISSN|0065-6755}}. *''Loki: Hannelore Schmidt erzählt aus ihrem Leben''. Verlag Hoffmann und Campe, 2003, {{ISBN|3-455-09408-2}}. *''Mein Leben für die Schule''. 2005, {{ISBN|3-455-09486-4}} *''Erzähl doch mal von früher: Loki Schmidt im Gespräch mit Reinhold Beckmann''. Verlag Hoffman und Campe, 2008, {{ISBN|3-455-50094-3}}.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal|Hamburg}} {{Commons category}} *{{DNB portal|118836617|TYP=}} *[http://www.stiftung-naturschutz-hh.de Stiftung Naturschutz Hamburg]

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