Birthe Johanne Sparrevohn Rønn Hornbech (born 18 October 1943 in Copenhagen) is a Danish politician, member of the Folketing (the national parliament of Denmark) for Venstre, the liberal party, elected in the constituency of Køge, and former Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration and for Ecclesiastical Affairs.
Hornbech graduated as cand.jur. (Master of Laws) from the University of Copenhagen in 1971. After that, she worked as a clerk at the Police and in 1981 she was promoted to deputy police commissioner. She was first elected to the Folketing in 1984.
Hornbech is known for her pronounced views and has on numerous occasions disagreed with the leadership of her own party; for instance, she voted against an increase of public surveillance.
Following the 2007 election, she became minister, although having previously denied offers of such appointment on more than one occasion.
In 2010, Hornbech came under public scrutiny as the Minister of Integration, when it was discovered that young stateless Palestinians living in Denmark were being illegally denied Danish citizenship, with her knowledge.
On 8 March 2011, she was fired from her ministries because of the stateless Palestinians case.
N.F.S. Grundtvig er en af dansk åndslivs mest betydningsfulde personer. I Gud, Grundtvig, Grundlov viser Birthe Rønn Hornbech ikke bare Grundtvig som en vigtig dansk tænker, digter og politiker, men også som en mand med mange relevante budskaber til nutidens debat. Således diskuterer hun i bogen både religionsfrihed, integration, det nationale versus det globale, magt, frihed og lovgivning - alt sammen under fællesnævneren "åndsfrihed".
Gud, Grundtvig, Grundlov er ikke en biografi om Grundtvig, men en debatbog, der med udgangspunkt i Grundtvigs liv, værk (ikke mindst salmerne) og betydning for dansk kultur behandler en hel række presserende spørgsmål til den måde, vi har indrettet vores samfund i dag. Som Birthe Rønn Hornbech skriver: "Jeg har læst Grundtvig ind i min situation og min tid og med mine forudsætninger."
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