August 13, 1869 - Carl Peter Hermann Christensen
Denmark's last official executioner held the post for nearly two decades without ever carrying out a single execution — a tenure that reflects the country's quiet drift away from capital punishment in the early twentieth century. His appointment marked the end of a state office that, by the time he left it, had become largely ceremonial, its purpose overtaken by legal and social shifts that rendered it obsolete.
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Carl Peter Herman Christensen (13 August 1869 in Særslev – 9 October 1936) was the last executioner (skarpretter) in office for the government of Denmark. He was hired by justice minister, Peter Adler Alberti and held the office from 27 August 1906 until 1 April 1926.
He never conducted any executions. His predecessor, Jens Carl Theodor Seistrup, was the last active executioner in office in Denmark.
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