Fog was born in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, in 1904. In his youth he was a member of the
Communist Party of Denmark, but in the 1930s he was not active in the political arena due to his studies in medicine. After the war, he continued his political career, first as a Communist but in 1958 he left the Communist Party of Denmark and founded the
Socialist People's Party together with
Aksel Larsen. From 1966 to 1972, he was rector of the
University of Copenhagen. He was rector during the
protests of 1968 and in cooperation with the students he made democratic reforms of university governance. == Bibliography ==