11 Facts About Ole Sohn

Ole Christian Liep Sohn was born on 12 September 1954 and is a Danish politician and author.

Ole Sohn was a member of the Parliament of Denmark for the Social Democrats and was Denmark's Minister for Business and Growth until he announced his resignation on 12 October 2012.

Besides his political work, Sohn is an author and publisher.

Ole Sohn has written several books on the Soviet Union, using material that has been released from Soviet archives after the breakup of the union.

Ole Sohn was born in Torsted, in Horsens Municipality in Denmark in 1954.

Ole Sohn was a member of the Communist Party of Denmark.

Ole Sohn served as a member of the Horsens city council from 1982 to 1984.

Ole Sohn was elected chairman of the communist party in 1987.

Ole Sohn was elected to balance out Andersen as a young and dynamic candidate who could represent the Gorbachev faction of the party.

Ole Sohn had to deal with the great upheavals in the communist world in the late 1980s.

Ole Sohn was first elected to parliament on the ticket of the Socialist People's Party in the 1998 election and has been in parliament until 2015.