What is Erling Brøndum?
[[File:Erling Brøndum.jpg|thumb|Brøndum in 1974]] '''Erling Brøndum''' (11 July 1930 – 4 August 2017) was a Danish journalist and politician. He began at ''Bornholms Tidende'' as a reporter, and at age 26, was named chief editor. After fourteen years as the publication's editor, Brøndum joined the staff of the ''Horsens Folkeblad''. In 1973, [[Poul Hartling]] named Brøndum [[Ministry of Defence (Denmark)|Minister of Defence]]. He left the post in 1975, and returned to ''Horsens Folkeblad'' and the ''[[Aalborg Stiftstidende]]''. Brøndum died in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark on 4 August 2017 at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite news|title=Han blev chefredaktør på Bornholm som 26-årig: Erling Brøndum er død|url=http://tidende.dk/?Id=81354|access-date=6 August 2017|work=Bornholms Tidende|date=5 August 2017|language=da|archive-date=5 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805184840/http://tidende.dk/?Id=81354|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brondum, Erling}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Danish politicians]] [[Category:Danish writers]] [[Category:Danish journalists]] {{bio-stub}}