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Halfdan T. Mahler

Danish medical doctor and director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
April 21, 1923
Date of death
December 14, 2016
Place of birth
Vivild
Place of death
Geneva
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Denmark[8]
Occupation
physician, official
Employer
United Nations[14]
Field of work
medicine, phthisiology, health service, health policy[9][10][11][12]
Position held
Director-General of the World Health Organization[13]
Educated at
University of Copenhagen[15]
Award received
Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon, Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, Order of the Dannebrog, Order of the Falcon, honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Danish, German[25][26]
Different from
Mahler[28]
Family name
Mahler[23]
Given name
Halfdan[24]
Name in native language
Halfdan Mahler[27]
Place of burial
Cemetery of Kings[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Halfdan Theodor Mahler en Halfdan T. Mahler en Halfdan Mahler ar هالفدان ماهلر cs Halfdan Theodor Mahler cs Halfdan T. Mahler da Halfdan Theodor Mahler da Halfdan T. Mahler de Halfdan Mahler de Halfdan Theodor Mahler es Halfdan Theodor Mahler fr Halfdan Mahler fr Halfdan Theodor Mahler ja ハルフダン・T・マーラー ko 할프단 말레르 nl Halfdan T. Mahler pt Halfdan Theodor Mahler ru Малер, Хальфдан ru Хальфдан Малер zh 哈夫丹·T·馬勒
🔖 Identifiers · 17
ISNI
0000000063555485
VIAF cluster ID
72773496
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83174878
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Halfdan Mahler by Erling Mandelmann.jpg ↗
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon ID
Halfdan_Mahler
Freebase ID
/m/077q74
GTAA ID
128964
Lex ID
Halfdan_Mahler
Medvik ID
xx0225721
Munk's Roll ID
halfdan-theodor-mahler
Munzinger person ID
00000014355
NL CR AUT ID
xx0225721
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074835815
Our Campaigns candidate ID
685443
SBN author ID
LIGV086546
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtxjvqtkM3HTyQ7FMvfv3
Yale LUX ID
person/7cd846f7-ff43-44c5-9a72-3dfe032049d8

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 4
medicine, health policy, phthisiology, health service
Award received 3
Order of the Dannebrog, Order of the Falcon, honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
German, Danish
Occupation 2
physician, official
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Denmark
Different from 1
Mahler
Educated at 1
University of Copenhagen
Employer 1
United Nations
Family name 1
Mahler
Given name 1
Halfdan
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Vivild
Place of burial 1
Cemetery of Kings
Place of death 1
Geneva
Position held 1
Director-General of the World Health Organization
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Halfdan T. Mahler was born on April 21, 1923[1], in Vivild[2]. He died on December 14, 2016[3], in Geneva[4]. He worked as a physician[5] and official[6].

FAQs

Where was Halfdan T. Mahler born?

Halfdan T. Mahler was born in Vivild[2].

Where did Halfdan T. Mahler die?

Halfdan T. Mahler died in Geneva[4].

What did Halfdan T. Mahler do for work?

Halfdan T. Mahler worked as a physician[5] and official[6].

Where did Halfdan T. Mahler go to school?

Halfdan T. Mahler was educated at University of Copenhagen[15].

What awards did Halfdan T. Mahler receive?

Honors received include Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want[16], Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon[17], Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog[18], and Order of the Dannebrog[19].

Related Entities

health policy Kingdom of Denmark medicine United Nations

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . fourfreedoms.nl. Retrieved . fourfreedoms.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . ut-capitole.fr. ut-capitole.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Ennomeijers · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Award received → Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon, Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog +1
    Educated at → University of Copenhagen
    Field of work → medicine, phthisiology, health service +1
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