Gudrun Bjørner | |
|---|---|
 Bjørnerc. 1958 | |
| Member of theFolketing for theEastern constituency [da] | |
| In office 21 March 1958 – 19 August 1959[a] | |
| Preceded by | Knud Tholstrup [da] |
| Succeeded by | Robert Sandau |
| In office 2 October 1957 – 20 March 1958 (substitute) 18 May 1948 – 27 June 1948 (substitute) | |
| Member of theCopenhagen City Council | |
| In office 1950–1959[b] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1898-10-29)29 October 1898 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 19 August 1959(1959-08-19) (aged 60) |
| Political party | Justice Party |
Gudrun Marie Elisabeth Bjørner (29 October 1898 – 19 August 1959) was a Danish teacher and politician who served in theFolketing from 1958 until 1959. A member of theJustice Party, she was also a member of theCopenhagen City Council and was a prominentGeorgist activist.
Gudrun Marie Elisabeth Bjørner was born on 29 October 1898 inCopenhagen, Denmark. Her father wasJohannes Lauritz Bjørner, a wholesaler and prominentGeorgist activist, and her mother was the editor Signe Bjørner. She completed her teacher's examination from theGedved Seminary [da] in 1922, and became a municipal teacher in Copenhagen in 1927. She would eventually become a head teacher (Overlærer [da]) in 1952.[1]
Like her father, Bjørner became a prominent member of the Georgist movement in Denmark. She became a member of theJustice Party's board of directors in 1929, and was an unsuccessful candidate for theFolketing in 1926, 1939, and 1943. From May until June 1948, Bjørner was a substitute member of parliament forKnud Tholstrup [da].[1] She was also a public speaker and writer, and was an editor for the Georgist magazineGrundskyld.[2] Her brotherBue Bjørner was a Justice Party MP from 1947 until 1950.[3]
In 1950, Bjørner was elected to theCopenhagen City Council.[1] Georgist writer Peder C. Pedersen considers this to have been her most influential position, stating that her outspokenness against the status quo was a testament to her "firm conviction".[2] During her tenure on the city council, Bjørner was an advocate for the creation of awelfare state particularly for the elderly.[4]
Bjørner became a substitute MP again in October 1957 when Tholstrup took a leave of absence. She was a substitute member until 20 March 1958, when Tholstrup resigned from parliament citing increased difficultly sitting in parliament while running his business.[1][5] The following day, Bjørner became a full member of parliament, representing theEastern constituency [da] as a member of the Justice Party. Due to poor health, she went on sick leave beginning on 22 October 1958. She resigned her seat on the city council sometime in 1959 due to illness, but retained her seat in parliament.[1]
Bjørner died on 19 August 1959.[1] She was succeeded in parliament byRobert Sandau.[6] Though the Justice Party won nine seats in parliament in the1957 election, the party was devastated by the deaths and resignations of several of its veteran MPs and it failed to recover in the years after.[5]
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