Lone Dybkjær

Lone Dybkjær (23 May 1940 – 20 July 2020) was a Danish politician and environmentalist. She was a member of the Social Democrats. During the Poul Schlüter cabinet, she was Minister for the Environment from 1988 to 1990. Between 1973 to 1977, 1979 to 1994 and 2005 to 2011, she was a member of the Folketing.

Between 1994 to 2004, she was a member of the European Parliament. Dybkjær was born in Copenhagen.

She was married to former Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen from 1994 until her death.

Dybkjær died on 20 July 2020 in Copenhagen from cancer, aged 80.