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Claus Bertel Toksvig 21 October — 5 November [ 1 ] was a Danish broadcaster, journalist and politician who, as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation 's first permanent foreign correspondent , is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest figures in Danish broadcasting history. In later life he turned his attention to politics. In , he was elected as a member of the European Parliament and served briefly as one of the European Parliament 's fourteen Vice-Presidents.

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Commencing with five years spent working on the BBC World Service 's Danish-language broadcasts, in London, Toksvig held numerous appointments in journalism and broadcasting. He was part of the original team of reporters on TV Avisen, the first daily evening television news programme broadcast by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR in ; [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and in he was posted to New York City as DR's first ever permanent foreign correspondent.

After fifteen years of continuous service as a foreign correspondent, in New York and London; he resigned his position with DR in a dispute over working conditions and their intention to rotate him out of his posting to London, where his family were settled and he had established a permanent home. As a broadcaster, he is probably most popularly remembered as the man providing the live Danish commentary on the Apollo 11 mission and Neil Armstrong 's first Moon walk.

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He served three successive terms as the Vice-Chairman of the European Democrats ED grouping within the parliament, was for a short time one of the fourteen Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament , chaired the EU delegation for relations with Norway and served as a member on the European Parliament's standing committees on: Institutional Affairs; Political Affairs; and Energy , Research and Technology.

Claus Toksvig was born in Copenhagen in and was the second child of Harald Toksvig, a well-known editor and illustrator, and Karen Frederikke Clauson-Kaas. Claus Toksvig appeared as himself and as the narrator in both the English-language and Danish-language versions of the Danish-American co-production of Reptilicus ; which, as the country's first and only giant monster film , has a large cult following in Denmark.

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