Minister of the Interior (Denmark)

Minister of the Interior
Indenrigsminister (Danish)
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent
Sophie Løhde
since 15 December 2022
Ministry of the Interior
TypeMinister
Member of
Reports tothe prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the prime minister)
Formation16 November 1848; 177 years ago (1848-11-16)
First holderPeter Georg Bang
Successiondepending on the order in the State Council
DeputyPermanent Secretary
Salary1.400.192,97 DKK
(€187,839), in 2024[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

The Minister of the Interior (Danish: Indenrigsminister) is a member of the Danish cabinet and the head of the Ministry of the Interior.

After the 2007 Folketing elections, the ministry was disbanded, and its areas of responsibility divided between two newly created ministries, the Ministry of Welfare and the Ministry of Health and Prevention. With the announcement of the first Lars Løkke Rasmussen cabinet in 2009, the Ministry of Welfare was abolished and replaced by the Ministry of the Interior and Social Affairs, a de facto re-establishment of two old ministries. Only emancipation affairs were moved to the Ministry of Employment.

List of interior ministers

Ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863)

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Peter Georg Bang
(1797–1861) 		16 November 1848 21 September 1849 309 days Independent Moltke I–II [2][3]
2 Mathias Hans Rosenørn [da]
(1814–1902) 		21 September 1849 13 July 1851 1 year, 295 days Independent Moltke II [3]
3 Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch [da]
(1801–1889) 		13 July 1851 27 January 1852 198 days Independent Moltke III–IV [4][5]
(1) Peter Georg Bang
(1797–1861) 		27 January 1852 21 April 1853 1 year, 84 days Højre Bluhme I [6]
4 Anders Sandøe Ørsted
(1778–1860) 		21 April 1853 29 April 1854 1 year, 8 days Højre Ørsted [7]
(3) Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch [da]
(1801–1889) 		29 April 1854 12 December 1854 227 days National Liberal Ørsted [7]
(1) Peter Georg Bang
(1797–1861) 		12 December 1854 18 February 1856 4 years, 68 days Independent Bang [8]
5 Carl Frederik Simony [da]
(1806–1872) 		18 February 1856 4 June 1856 107 days National Liberal Bang [8]
6 Iver Johannes Unsgaard [da]
(1798–1872) 		4 June 1856 18 October 1856 136 days Independent Bang [8]
7 Andreas Frederik Krieger
(1817–1893) 		18 October 1856 1 August 1858 1 year, 287 days National Liberal Andræ
Hall I 		[9][10]
(6) Iver Johannes Unsgaard [da]
(1798–1872) 		1 August 1858 6 May 1859 278 days Independent Hall I [10]
(7) Andreas Frederik Krieger
(1817–1893) 		6 May 1859 2 December 1859 210 days National Liberal Hall I [10]
8 Johan Christian von Jessen [da]
(1817–1884) 		2 December 1859 24 February 1860 84 days National Liberal Rotwitt [11]
9 Ditlev Gothard Monrad
(1811–1887) 		24 February 1860 15 September 1861 1 year, 172 days National Liberal Hall II [12]
10 Orla Lehmann
(1810–1870) 		15 September 1861 31 December 1863 2 years, 138 days National Liberal Hall II [12]

Ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906)

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
11 Carl von Nutzhorn [da]
(1828–1899) 		31 December 1863 10 May 1864 131 days Independent Monrad [13]
12 Hans Rasmussen Carlsen [da]
(1810–1887) 		10 May 1864 11 July 1864 62 days Independent Monrad [13]
(3) Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch [da]
(1801–1889) 		11 July 1864 6 November 1865 1 year, 118 days Independent Bluhme II [14]
13 Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup
(1825–1913) 		6 November 1865 22 September 1869 3 years, 320 days National Landowners Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs [15]
14 Wolfgang von Haffner
(1810–1887) 		22 September 1869 28 May 1870 248 days National Landowners Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs [15]
15 Christen Andreas Fonnesbech
(1817–1880) 		28 May 1870 14 July 1874 4 years, 47 days National Landowners Holstein-Holsteinborg [16]
16 Fritz Tobiesen [da]
(1829–1908) 		14 July 1874 11 June 1875 332 days Independent Fonnesbech [17]
17 Erik Skeel [da]
(1818–1884) 		11 June 1875 29 August 1884 9 years, 79 days National Landowners Estrup [18]
Højre
18 Hilmar Finsen
(1824–1886) 		29 August 1884 8 August 1885 344 days Højre Estrup [18]
19 Hans Peter Ingerslev
(1831–1896) 		8 August 1885 15 January 1894 8 years, 160 days Højre Estrup [18]
20 Hugo Egmont Hørring
(1842–1909) 		15 January 1894 23 May 1897 3 years, 128 days Højre Reedtz-Thott [19]
21 Vilhelm Bardenfleth [da]
(1850–1933) 		23 May 1897 28 August 1899 2 years, 97 days Højre Hørring [20]
22 Ludvig Ernst Bramsen [da]
(1847–1914) 		28 August 1899 24 July 1901 1 year, 330 days Højre Hørring
Sehested 		[20][21]
23 Enevold Sørensen
(1850–1920) 		24 July 1901 14 January 1905 3 years, 174 days Venstre Reform Party Deuntzer [22]
24 Sigurd Berg [da]
(1868–1921) 		14 January 1905 12 October 1908 3 years, 272 days Venstre Reform Party Christensen I–II [23][24]

Ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912)

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
25 Klaus Berntsen
(1844–1927) 		12 October 1908 28 October 1909 1 year, 16 days Venstre Reform Party Neergaard I
Holstein-Ledreborg 		[25][26]
26 Peter Rochegune Munch
(1870–1948) 		28 October 1909 5 July 1910 250 days Social Liberal Zahle I [27]
27 Jens Jensen-Sønderup [da]
(1862–1949) 		5 July 1910 21 June 1913 2 years, 351 days Venstre Berntsen [28]

Ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
28 Ove Rode
(1867–1933) 		21 June 1913 30 March 1920 6 years, 283 days Social Liberal Zahle II [29]
29 Waldemar Oxholm [da]
(1868–1945) 		30 March 1920 5 April 1920 6 days Independent Liebe [30]
30 Henrik Vedel [da]
(1867–1932) 		5 April 1920 5 May 1920 30 days Independent Friis [31]
(24) Sigurd Berg [da]
(1868–1921) 		5 May 1920 11 July 1921 # 1 year, 67 days Venstre Neergaard II [32]
31 Oluf Christian Krag [da]
(1870–1942) 		18 July 1921 23 April 1924 2 years, 287 days Venstre Neergaard II–III [32][33]
32 Christen Nielsen Hauge [da]
(1870–1940) 		23 April 1924 14 December 1926 2 years, 235 days Social Democrats Stauning I [34]
(31) Oluf Christian Krag [da]
(1870–1942) 		14 December 1926 30 April 1929 2 years, 137 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal [35]
33 Bertel Dahlgaard
(1887–1972) 		30 April 1929 8 July 1940 11 years, 69 days Social Liberal Stauning II–III–IV–V [36][37]
[38][39]
34 Knud Kristensen
(1880–1962) 		8 July 1940 29 August 1943 2 years, 93 days Venstre Stauning VI
Buhl I 		[40][41]
35 Jørgen Jørgensen
(1888–1974) 		9 November 1942 29 August 1943 324 days Social Liberal Scavenius [42]
No Danish government in between August 29, 1943 (1943-08-29) and May 5, 1945 (1945-05-05). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.[a]
(34) Knud Kristensen
(1880–1962) 		5 May 1945 7 November 1945 186 days Venstre Buhl II [43]
36 Ejnar Martin Kjær
(1893–1947) 		7 November 1945 18 June 1947 # 2 years, 6 days Venstre Kristensen [44]

Ministers under Frederik IX (1947–1972)

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
37 Niels Arnth-Jensen [da]
(1883–1966) 		30 June 1947 13 November 1947 136 days Venstre Kristensen [44]
38 Alsing Emanuel Andersen
(1893–1962) 		13 November 1947 23 November 1947 10 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I [45]
39 Jens Smørum [da]
(1891–1976) 		23 November 1947 30 October 1950 2 years, 341 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I–II [45][46]
Minister of the Interior and Housing
(Indenrigs- og boligminister)
40 Aksel Møller
(1906–1958) 		30 October 1950 30 September 1953 2 years, 335 days Conservative People's Party Eriksen [47]
41 Johannes Kjærbøl
(1885–1973) 		30 September 1953 30 August 1955 1 year, 334 days Social Democrats Hedtoft III
Hansen I 		[48][49]
Minister of the Interior
(Indenrigsminister)
42 Carl Petersen
(1894–1984) 		30 August 1955 28 May 1957 1 year, 271 days Social Democrats Hansen I [49]
43 Søren Olesen
(1891–1973) 		28 May 1957 18 November 1960 3 years, 174 days Justice Party Hansen II
Kampmann I 		[50][51]
44 Hans R. Knudsen [da]
(1903–1962) 		18 November 1960 7 September 1961 293 days Social Democrats Kampmann II [52]
45 Lars P. Jensen [da]
(1909–1986) 		7 September 1961 26 September 1964 4 years, 179 days Social Democrat Kampmann II
Krag I 		[52][53]
46 Hans Erling Hækkerup [da]
(1907–1974) 		26 September 1964 2 February 1968 3 years, 129 days Social Democrats Krag II [54]
47 Poul Clorius Sørensen [da]
(1904–1969) 		2 February 1968 29 June 1969 # 1 year, 147 days Conservative People's Party Baunsgaard [55]
48 Hans Carl Toft [da]
(1914–2001) 		11 July 1969 11 October 1971 2 years, 92 days Conservative People's Party Baunsgaard [55]
49 Egon Jensen
(1922–1985) 		11 October 1971 19 December 1973 2 years, 69 days Social Democrats Krag III
Jørgensen I 		[56][57]

Ministers under Margrethe II (1972–present)

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister of the Interior
(Indenrigsminister)
50 Jacob Sørensen [da]
(1915–1990) 		19 December 1973 13 February 1975 1 year, 56 days Venstre Hartling [58]
(49) Egon Jensen
(1922–1985) 		13 February 1975 30 August 1978 3 years, 198 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [59]
51 Knud Enggaard
(1929–2024) 		30 August 1978 26 October 1979 1 year, 57 days Venstre Jørgensen III [60]
52 Henning Rasmussen [da]
(1926–1997) 		26 October 1979 10 September 1982 2 years, 319 days Social Democrats Jørgensen IV–V [61][62]
53 Britta Schall Holberg
(1941–2022) 		10 September 1982 12 March 1986 3 years, 183 days Venstre Schlüter I [63]
(51) Knud Enggaard
(1929–2024) 		12 March 1986 10 September 1987 1 year, 182 days Venstre Schlüter I [63]
54 Thor Pedersen
(born 1945) 		10 September 1987 25 January 1993 5 years, 137 days Venstre Schlüter II–III–IV [64][65]
[66]
55 Birte Weiss
(born 1941) 		25 January 1993 20 October 1997 4 years, 268 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I–II–III [67][68]
[69]
56 Thorkild Simonsen
(1926–2022) 		20 October 1997 23 February 2000 2 years, 126 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen III–IV [69][70]
57 Karen Jespersen
(born 1947) 		23 February 2000 27 November 2001 1 year, 277 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV [70]
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 A. F. Rasmussen I–II [71][72]
Dismantled, role placed within the Ministry of Social Affairs
Minister of the Interior and Social Affairs
(Indenrigs- og socialminister)
59 Karen Ellemann
(born 1969) 		7 April 2009 23 February 2010 322 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I [73]
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 L. L. Rasmussen I [73]
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 Liberal Thorning-Schmidt I–II [74][75]
62 Morten Østergaard
(born 1976) 		2 September 2014 28 June 2015 299 days Social Liberal Thorning-Schmidt II [75]
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 L. L. Rasmussen II [76]
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 L.L. Rasmussen III [77]
Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior
(Social- og indenrigsminister)
64 Astrid Krag
(born 1982) 		27 June 2019 21 January 2021 1 year, 208 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [78]
Minister for Housing and Interior
(Indenrigs- og boligminister)
65 Kaare Dybvad
(born 1984) 		21 January 2021 2 May 2022 1 year, 101 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [78]
66 Christian Rabjerg Madsen
(born 1986) 		2 May 2022 15 December 2022 227 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [78]
Minister of the Interior and Health
(Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister)
67 Sophie Løhde
(born 1983) 		15 December 2022 Incumbent 3 years, 69 days Venstre Frederiksen II [79]

Notes

  1. ^ 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.

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