16 Facts About Mogens Lykketoft

Mogens Lykketoft was adopted twice, since his first adoptive father died when he was only a few months old.

Mogens Lykketoft was the only child in the family and had, according to himself, a safe and secure childhood.

Mogens Lykketoft matriculated in mathematics from Frederiksberg Gymnasium, an upper secondary school, in 1964 and went on to study at the University of Copenhagen.

At Copenhagen University Mogens Lykketoft became a member of Frit Forum, the Social Democratic student organisation.

Mogens Lykketoft had been working at the think tank since 1966.

Mogens Lykketoft was minister for less than 20 months before the Social Democratic government resigned.

Mogens Lykketoft has been member of the Folketing ever since, standing for election eleven times.

Mogens Lykketoft is the longest serving Finance Minister in modern Danish history.

Mogens Lykketoft became Foreign Minister in December 2000 and continued as such until the government lost the general election of 2001.

In March 2013, Mogens Lykketoft was nominated for the position of President of the United Nations General Assembly by the Danish government.

Mogens Lykketoft was the sole official candidate from the Western European and Others Group and received their nomination in November 2014.

Mogens Lykketoft returned to the Danish parliament at the end of his United Nations presidency in October 2016.

Mogens Lykketoft said that he was keen to hear both parts in the conflict and he had tried to schedule a meeting with the speaker of the Knesset.

Mogens Lykketoft was married for the first time in 1967 to librarian Aase Toft.

Mogens Lykketoft has two children from his first marriage, Maja, born in 1969, and Kit, born in 1972.

Since 2005 Mogens Lykketoft has been married to author Mette Holm.