Politician, Journalist. He was a member of the Danish Parliament from 1901 until his death. He was the main supporter of the Widows' Child Act of 1913. In 1900 he began his political career as a member of the City Council in Aarhus, where he was the editor of the newspaper from 1895 to 1908. Born Rasmus Peter Sabroe, he had little formal education, becoming a fourteen-year-old apprentice to a shoemaker. He was self-taught by reading on his own. In his younger years, he had been a member of the Karl Marx Club. Recognizing the impact on children, whose parents dealt with a problem of alcohol abuse, he joined the temperance movement in 1909. In 1887, he started as a newspaper reporter. As an investigative reporter, he uncovered abuse and neglect in state-funded educational facilities and orphanages and publishing his findings. These publications generated law suits against him. Over the years, he gained recognition for his persistent fight to improve the conditions for the poor, children at risk and other marginalized groups. He married Thyra Møller on April 23, 1892 and the couple had at least three sons and a daughter. He died from injuries obtained as one of the 15 victims of the Bramminge Railway Accident on July 23, 1913. In his honor, the annual Peter Sabroe Prize is awarded to a person or facility, which made an important contribution to improving the lives of children in Denmark. There is a larger-than-life sized statue of him embracing a little girl in downtown Aarhus. In 1992 Socialpedagogisk Seminarium in Aarhus, Denmark's second biggest institute for social educators, was named in his honor.
Politician, Journalist. He was a member of the Danish Parliament from 1901 until his death. He was the main supporter of the Widows' Child Act of 1913. In 1900 he began his political career as a member of the City Council in Aarhus, where he was the editor of the newspaper from 1895 to 1908. Born Rasmus Peter Sabroe, he had little formal education, becoming a fourteen-year-old apprentice to a shoemaker. He was self-taught by reading on his own. In his younger years, he had been a member of the Karl Marx Club. Recognizing the impact on children, whose parents dealt with a problem of alcohol abuse, he joined the temperance movement in 1909. In 1887, he started as a newspaper reporter. As an investigative reporter, he uncovered abuse and neglect in state-funded educational facilities and orphanages and publishing his findings. These publications generated law suits against him. Over the years, he gained recognition for his persistent fight to improve the conditions for the poor, children at risk and other marginalized groups. He married Thyra Møller on April 23, 1892 and the couple had at least three sons and a daughter. He died from injuries obtained as one of the 15 victims of the Bramminge Railway Accident on July 23, 1913. In his honor, the annual Peter Sabroe Prize is awarded to a person or facility, which made an important contribution to improving the lives of children in Denmark. There is a larger-than-life sized statue of him embracing a little girl in downtown Aarhus. In 1992 Socialpedagogisk Seminarium in Aarhus, Denmark's second biggest institute for social educators, was named in his honor.
Bio by: Linda Davis
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