Lars Thygesen has spent the majority of his professional career at Statistics Denmark where he has served in many areas and positions such as: (current) Director of Sales and Marketing, (1995-2003) Director of User Services, (1987-1995) Director of Persons Statistics, among others (Stiil, 2009). Mr. Thygesen also worked at the OECD as the Division Head for statistical information management and support from 2003 to 2009. Lars has served in various statistical organizations throughout his career and is a prolific author. Before joining Statistics Denmark, Lars earned his Masters degree in Economics from the University of Copenhagen in 1970. During his tenure at Statistics Denmark, Lars Thygesen has been a key player in designing and implementing a new, innovative method of performing nationwide censuses. He has faced challenges from many different angles - insufficient computational power, social pressures, a reluctant statistical community, and others. Notwithstanding these challenges, Statistics Denmark in 1981, through the relentless work of Mr. Thygesen and his associates, was the first country to implement a register-based census, which revolutionized Statistics Denmark and much of the international census community.
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