List of ministers of the interior (Denmark)
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This is a list of interior ministers of Denmark since the establishment of the Danish Ministry of the Interior in 1848. The ministry was abolished in 2007 with most of the portfolio becoming part of a new Ministry of Welfare. It was reestablished in 2009.
List of interior ministers (1848–present)
[edit]Interior ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Peter Georg Bang (1797–1861) | 16 November 1848 | 21 September 1849 | 309 days | Independent | Moltke I Moltke II | |
2 | Mathias Hans Rosenørn (1814–1902) | 21 September 1849 | 13 July 1851 | 1 year, 295 days | Independent | Moltke II | |
3 | Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch (1801–1889) | 13 July 1851 | 27 January 1852 | 198 days | Independent | Moltke IV | |
(1) | Peter Georg Bang (1797–1861) | 27 January 1852 | 21 April 1853 | 1 year, 84 days | Independent | Bluhme I | |
4 | Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778–1860) | 21 April 1853 | 29 April 1854 | 1 year, 8 days | Independent | Ørsted | |
(3) | Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch (1801–1889) | 29 April 1854 | 12 December 1854 | 227 days | Independent | Ørsted | |
(1) | Peter Georg Bang (1797–1861) | 12 December 1854 | 18 February 1856 | 4 years, 68 days | Independent | Bang | |
5 | Carl Frederik Simony (1806–1872) | 18 February 1856 | 4 June 1856 | 107 days | National Liberal | Bang | |
6 | Iver Johannes Unsgaard (1798–1872) | 4 June 1856 | 18 October 1856 | 136 days | Independent | Bang | |
7 | Andreas Frederik Krieger (1817–1893) | 18 October 1856 | 1 August 1858 | 1 year, 287 days | National Liberal | Andræ Hall I | |
(6) | Iver Johannes Unsgaard (1798–1872) | 1 August 1858 | 6 May 1859 | 278 days | Independent | Hall I | |
(7) | Andreas Frederik Krieger (1817–1893) | 6 May 1859 | 2 December 1859 | 210 days | National Liberal | Hall I | |
8 | Johan Christian von Jessen (1817–1884) | 2 December 1859 | 24 February 1860 | 84 days | National Liberal | Rotwitt | |
9 | Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) | 24 February 1860 | 15 September 1861 | 1 year, 172 days | National Liberal | Hall II | |
10 | Peter Martin Orla Lehmann (1810–1870) | 15 September 1861 | 31 December 1863 | 2 years, 138 days | Bondevennerne | Hall II |
Interior ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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11 | Carl von Nutzhorn (1828–1899) | 31 December 1863 | 10 May 1864 | 131 days | Independent | Monrad | |
12 | Hans Rasmussen Carlsen (1810–1887) | 10 May 1864 | 11 July 1864 | 62 days | Independent | Monrad | |
(3) | Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch (1801–1889) | 11 July 1864 | 6 November 1865 | 1 year, 118 days | Independent | Bluhme II | |
13 | Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913) | 6 November 1865 | 22 September 1869 | 3 years, 320 days | National Landowners | Frijs | |
14 | Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887) | 22 September 1869 | 28 May 1870 | 248 days | National Landowners | Frijs | |
15 | Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817–1880) | 28 May 1870 | 14 July 1874 | 4 years, 47 days | National Landowners | Holstein-Holsteinborg | |
16 | Fritz Tobiesen (1829–1908) | 14 July 1874 | 11 June 1875 | 332 days | Independent | Fonnesbech | |
17 | Erik Skeel (1818–1884) | 11 June 1875 | 29 August 1884 | 9 years, 79 days | Højre | Estrup | |
18 | Hilmar Finsen (1824–1886) | 29 August 1884 | 8 August 1885 | 344 days | Højre | Estrup | |
19 | Hans Peter Ingerslev (1831–1896) | 8 August 1885 | 15 January 1894 | 8 years, 160 days | Højre | Estrup | |
20 | Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842–1909) | 15 January 1894 | 23 May 1897 | 3 years, 128 days | Højre | Reedtz-Thott | |
21 | Vilhelm Bardenfleth (1850–1933) | 23 May 1897 | 28 August 1899 | 2 years, 97 days | Højre | Hørring | |
22 | Ludvig Ernst Bramsen (1847–1914) | 28 August 1899 | 24 July 1901 | 1 year, 330 days | Højre | Sehested | |
23 | Enevold Sørensen (1850–1920) | 24 July 1901 | 14 January 1905 | 3 years, 174 days | Venstre Reform | Deuntzer | |
24 | Sigurd Berg (1868–1921) | 14 January 1905 | 12 October 1908 | 3 years, 272 days | Venstre Reform | Christensen I Cabinet–II |
Interior ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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25 | Klaus Berntsen (1866–1946) | 12 October 1908 | 28 October 1909 | 1 year, 16 days | Venstre Reform | Holstein-Ledreborg | |
26 | Peter Rochegune Munch (1870–1948) | 28 October 1909 | 5 July 1910 | 250 days | Social Liberals | Zahle I | |
27 | Jens Jensen-Sønderup (1862–1949) | 5 July 1910 | 21 June 1913 | 2 years, 351 days | Venstre | Berntsen |
Interior ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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28 | Ove Rode (1867–1933) | 21 June 1913 | 30 March 1920 | 6 years, 283 days | Social Liberals | Zahle II | |
29 | Waldemar Oxholm (1868–1945) | 30 March 1920 | 5 April 1920 | 6 days | Nonpartisan | Liebe | |
30 | Henrik Vedel (1867–1932) | 5 April 1920 | 5 May 1920 | 30 days | Nonpartisan | Friis | |
(24) | Sigurd Berg (1868–1921) | 5 May 1920 | 11 July 1921 † | 1 year, 67 days | Venstre | Neergaard II | |
31 | Oluf Christian Krag (1870–1942) | 18 July 1921 | 23 April 1924 | 2 years, 287 days | Venstre | Neergaard II Cabinet–III | |
32 | Christen Nielsen Hauge (1870–1940) | 23 April 1924 | 14 December 1926 | 2 years, 235 days | Social Democrats | Stauning I | |
(31) | Oluf Christian Krag (1870–1942) | 14 December 1926 | 30 April 1929 | 2 years, 137 days | Nonpartisan | Madsen-Mygdal | |
33 | Bertel Dahlgaard (1887–1972) | 30 April 1929 | 8 July 1940 | 11 years, 69 days | Social Liberals | Stauning II Cabinet–III–IV–V | |
34 | Knud Kristensen (1880–1962) | 8 July 1940 | 9 November 1942 | 2 years, 93 days | Venstre | Stauning VI Cabinet Buhl I Cabinet | |
35 | Jørgen Jørgensen (1888–1974) | 9 November 1942 | 29 August 1943 | 324 days | Social Liberals | Scavenius | |
No Danish government in between 29 August 1943 | and 5 May 1945 . Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.|||||||
(34) | Knud Kristensen (1880–1962) | 5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Venstre | Buhl II | |
36 | Ejnar Martin Kjær (1893–1947) | 7 November 1945 | 18 June 1947 † | 1 year, 223 days | Venstre | Kristensen |
Interior ministers under Frederik IX (1947–1972)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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37 | Niels Arnth-Jensen (1883–1966) | 30 June 1947 | 13 November 1947 | 136 days | Venstre | Kristensen | |
38 | Alsing Emanuel Andersen (1893–1962) | 13 November 1947 | 23 November 1947 | 10 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I | |
39 | Jens Smørum (1891–1976) | 23 November 1947 | 30 October 1950 | 2 years, 341 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I | |
40 | Aksel Møller (1906–1958) | 30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | 2 years, 335 days | Conservatives | Eriksen | |
41 | Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) | 30 September 1953 | 30 August 1955 | 1 year, 334 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft II Hansen I | |
42 | Carl Petersen (1894–1984) | 30 August 1955 | 28 May 1957 | 1 year, 271 days | Social Democrats | Hansen I | |
43 | Søren Olesen (1891–1973) | 28 May 1957 | 18 November 1960 | 3 years, 174 days | Justice | Hansen II Kampmann I | |
44 | Hans Rynkeby Knudsen (1903–1962) | 18 November 1960 | 7 September 1961 | 293 days | Social Democrats | Kampmann II | |
45 | Lars P. Jensen (1909–1986) | 7 September 1961 | 26 September 1964 | 3 years, 19 days | Social Democrats | Kampmann II Krag I | |
46 | Hans Erling Hækkerup (1907–1974) | 26 September 1964 | 2 February 1968 | 3 years, 129 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | |
47 | Poul Clorius Sørensen (1904–1969) | 2 February 1968 | 29 June 1969 † | 1 year, 147 days | Conservatives | Baunsgaard | |
48 | Hans Carl Toft (1914–2001) | 11 July 1969 | 11 October 1971 | 2 years, 92 days | Conservatives | Baunsgaard | |
49 | Egon Jensen (1922–1985) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Jørgensen I |
Interior ministers under Margrethe II (1972–present)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
Minister of the Interior (Indenrigsminister) | |||||||
50 | Jacob Sørensen (1915–1990) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling Cabinet | |
(49) | Egon Jensen (1922–1985) | 13 February 1975 | 30 August 1978 | 3 years, 198 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | |
51 | Knud Enggaard (1929–2024) | 30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | Venstre | Jørgensen III Cabinet | |
52 | Henning Rasmussen (1926–1997) | 26 October 1979 | 10 September 1982 | 2 years, 319 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet | |
53 | Britta Schall Holberg (1941–2022) | 10 September 1982 | 12 March 1986 | 3 years, 183 days | Venstre | Schlüter I Cabinet | |
(51) | Knud Enggaard (1929–2024) | 12 March 1986 | 10 September 1987 | 1 year, 182 days | Venstre | Schlüter I Cabinet | |
54 | Thor Pedersen (born 1945) | 10 September 1987 | 25 January 1993 | 5 years, 137 days | Venstre | Schlüter II Cabinet–III–IV | |
55 | Birte Weiss (born 1941) | 25 January 1993 | 20 October 1997 | 4 years, 268 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III | |
56 | Thorkild Simonsen (1926–2022) | 20 October 1997 | 23 February 2000 | 2 years, 126 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet–IV | |
57 | Karen Jespersen (born 1947) | 23 February 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 1 year, 277 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | |
Minister of the Interior and Health (Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister) | |||||||
58 | Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964) | 27 November 2001 | 23 November 2007 | 5 years, 361 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II | |
Dismantled, role placed within the Ministry of Social Affairs | |||||||
- | Karen Jespersen (born 1947) | 23 November 2007 | 7 April 2009 | 1 year, 135 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
Ministry of the Interior and Social Affairs (Indenrigs- og Socialminister) | |||||||
59 | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | 322 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
Minister of the Interior and Health (Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister) | |||||||
60 | Bertel Haarder (born 1944) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
Ministry of Economy and the Interior (Økonomi- og Indenrigsministeriet) | |||||||
61 | Margrethe Vestager (born 1968) | 3 October 2011 | 2 September 2014 | 2 years, 334 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II | |
62 | Morten Østergaard (born 1976) | 2 September 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 299 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | |
Ministry of Social Affairs and the Interior (Social- og Indenrigsministeriet) | |||||||
(59) | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
Ministry of Economy and the Interior (Økonomi- og Indenrigsministeriet) | |||||||
63 | Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (born 1977) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Liberal Alliance | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
Minister for Social Affairs and the Interior (Social- og indenrigsminister) | |||||||
63 | Astrid Krag (born 1982) | 27 June 2019 | 21 January 2021 | 1 year, 208 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
Minister for Housing and Interior (Bolig- og indenrigsminister) | |||||||
64 | Kaare Dybvad (born 1984) | 21 January 2021 | 2 May 2022 | 1 year, 101 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
65 | Christian Rabjerg Madsen (born 1986) | 2 May 2022 | 15 December 2022 | 227 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | |
Minister of the Interior and Health (Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister) | |||||||
66 | Sophie Løhde (born 1983) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 250 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II Cabinet |
Notes
[edit]- Frederik Tobiesen was often referred to by his nickname Frits Tobiesen.
- From November 1918 to March 1920, Thorvald Stauning (Minister without Portfolio) assumed the Interior Minister's duties regarding the so-called Interior Ministry's Social Department Regarding Worker's Relations. ([1]), but he was not awarded the title of minister.
- On 29 August 1943, the Danish government resigned, refusing to grant further concessions to Nazi Germany. All government operations were assumed by the permanent secretaries of the individual departments, and this arrangement lasted until the Liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945. Since King Christian X never accepted the resignation of the government, it existed de jure until a new cabinet was formed on 5 May 1945.
- A total of three ministers died in office. Their successors were not appointed immediately.
- Some tasks were transferred to the Ministry of Health in 1987.
- The Ministry of Health was shut down in 2001, and some tasks transferred to the Ministry of the Interior, which were then renamed to the Ministry of the Interior and Health.