{{Short description|Danish politician (1910–1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = Minister of Defence | term_start = 15 November 1962 | term_end = 2 February 1968 | predecessor = Poul Hansen | successor = Erik Ninn-Hansen | prime_minister = Jens Otto Krag | office1 = Member of the Folketing | term_start1 = 3 April 1943 | term_end1 = 12 February 1969 | constituency1 = Vejle | birth_name = Victor Bernhard Gram<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=victorgram|title= Victor Gram|work= gravsted.dk|access-date=4 January 2023|language=da}}</ref> | birth_date = 30 January 1910 | birth_place = Højby, Denmark | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|2|12|1910|1|30|df=y}} | death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark | burial_date = | resting_place = Fredericia, Denmark | party = Social Democrats | spouse = | alma_mater = | profession = }} '''Victor Gram''' (30 January 1910 – 12 February 1969) was a Danish politician who was a member of the Social Democrats. He was the minister of defence between 1962 and 1968 and a long-term member of the Parliament (1943–1969).
==Biography== Gram was born in Højby on 30 January 1910.<ref name=folket/><ref name=vagdy/> At age 16 he became a member of the Social Democratic Youth of Denmark which he headed between 1942 and 1946.<ref name=vagdy/> Then he joined the Social Democrats and served at the Parliament from 3 April 1943 to 12 February 1969.<ref name=vagdy/> On 15 November 1962 Gram was appointed minister of defense.<ref name=vagdy/> He remained in the post until 2 February 1968.<ref name=folket>{{cite web|title=Victor Gram (S)|url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/fhvmf/v/victor-gram|language=da|publisher=Folketinget|access-date=19 July 2022|archive-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719052652/https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/fhvmf/v/victor-gram|url-status=live}}</ref> The cabinets were headed by Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag.<ref>{{cite web|author=Claus Bryld|title=Victor Gram|language=da|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Victor_Gram|publisher=Den Store Danske Encyklopædi|access-date=19 July 2022|archive-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719052652/https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Victor_Gram|url-status=live}}</ref>
Gram died in Copenhagen on 12 February 1969 and was buried in Fredericia.<ref name=vagdy>{{cite web|author=Vagn Dybdahl|title=Victor Gram |url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Victor_Gram|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|language=da}}</ref>
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{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gram, Victor}} Category:1910 births Category:1969 deaths Category:Members of the Folketing Category:Ministers of defence of Denmark Category:Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians Category:People from Odsherred Municipality