Mogens Glistrup
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Mogens Glistrup (born May 28, 1926-) was born on the Baltic island of Bornholm as the son of a highschool teacher.
Cand. Jur. 1950. lawyer with the right to appear before the state court (landsretssagfører) 1955.
Glistrup founded the Progress Party (fremskridtspartiet) on August 23, 1972 in the restaurant "Grøften" in Tivoli gardens, Copenhagen. Glistrup has been a staunch opponent of Muslim immigration to Denmark, and Europe in general for more than 25 years. Glistrup was incarcerated from August 31, 1983 to March 11, 1985 on the charge of taxation fraud. He represented the Progress Party in parliament from 1973-1983 and 1987-1990.
He famously suggested to replace the Danish defence force with an answering machine saying "We surrender" in Russian.da:Mogens Glistrup