List of ministers for finance (Denmark)

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This is a list of finance ministers of Denmark since Denmark's first unified finance ministry was established in 1848.[2]

TypeMinister
Member of
  • Cabinet
  • State Council
  • Government's Coordination Committee
  • Government's Economic Committee
  • Government's Security Committee [da]
  • Government's Employment Committee
Reports tothe Prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
Quick facts Minister of Finance, Type ...
Minister of Finance
Finansminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
since 3 June 2026
Ministry of Finance
TypeMinister
Member of
  • Cabinet
  • State Council
  • Government's Coordination Committee
  • Government's Economic Committee
  • Government's Security Committee [da]
  • Government's Employment Committee
Reports tothe Prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Formation22 March 1848; 178 years ago (1848-03-22)
First holderAdam Wilhelm Moltke
Successiondepending on the order in the State Council
DeputyPermanent Secretary
Salary1.786.953,32 DKK
(€239,724), in 2026[1]
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List of finance ministers (1848–present)

Ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died)		 Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Adam Wilhelm Moltke
(1785–1864)		 22 March 1848 16 November 1848 239 days Independent Moltke I [3]
2 Wilhelm Sponneck
(1815–1888)		 16 November 1848 12 December 1854 6 years, 26 days Independent Moltke II–III–IV
Bluhme I
Ørsted		 [4][5]
[6][7]
[8]
3 Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ
(1812–1893)		 12 December 1854 10 July 1858 3 years, 210 days Society of the Friends of Peasants Bang
Andræ
Hall I		 [9][10]
[11]
4 Andreas Frederik Krieger
(1817–1893)		 10 July 1858 6 May 1859 300 days National Liberal Hall I [11]
5 Carl Emil Fenger [da]
(1814–1884)		 6 May 1859 2 December 1859 210 days Independent Hall I [11]
6 Regnar Westenholz [da]
(1815–1866)		 2 December 1859 24 February 1860 84 days Independent Rotwitt [12]
5 Carl Emil Fenger [da]
(1814–1884)		 24 February 1860 31 December 1863 3 years, 310 days Independent Hall II [13]
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Ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died)		 Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
7 Ditlev Gothard Monrad
(1811–1887)		 31 December 1863 11 July 1864 193 days National Liberal Monrad [14]
8 Christian Nathan David [da]
(1793–1874)		 11 July 1864 6 November 1865 1 year, 118 days Independent Bluhme II [15]
9 Christen Andreas Fonnesbech
(1817–1880)		 6 November 1865 28 May 1870 4 years, 203 days Independent Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs [16]
(5) Carl Emil Fenger [da]
(1814–1884)		 28 May 1870 25 March 1872 1 year, 302 days Independent Holstein-Holsteinborg [17]
– Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
(1815–1892)
acting		 25 March 1872 1 July 1872 98 days Centre Holstein-Holsteinborg [17]
(4) Andreas Frederik Krieger
(1817–1893)		 1 July 1872 20 June 1874 1 year, 354 days National Liberal Holstein-Holsteinborg [17]
– Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
(1815–1892)
acting		 20 June 1874 14 July 1874 24 days Centre Holstein-Holsteinborg [17]
(9) Christen Andreas Fonnesbech
(1817–1880)		 14 July 1874 11 June 1875 332 days Independent Fonnesbech [18]
10 Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup
(1825–1913)		 11 June 1875 7 August 1894 19 years, 57 days National Landowners Estrup [19]
Højre
11 Christian Lüttichau [da]
(1832–1915)		 7 August 1894 23 May 1897 2 years, 289 days Højre Reedtz-Thott [20]
12 Hugo Egmont Hørring
(1842–1909)		 23 May 1897 27 April 1900 2 years, 339 days Højre Hørring [21]
13 William Scharling [da]
(1837–1911)		 27 April 1900 24 July 1901 1 year, 88 days Højre Sehested [22]
14 Christopher Hage [da]
(1848–1930)		 24 July 1901 14 January 1905 3 years, 174 days Venstre Reform Party Deuntzer [23]
15 Vilhelm Lassen [da]
(1861–1908)		 14 January 1905 6 April 1908 # 3 years, 83 days Venstre Reform Party Christensen I [24]
– Jens Christian Christensen
(1856–1930)
acting		 6 April 1908 24 July 1908 109 days Venstre Reform Party Christensen I [24]
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Ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died)		 Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
16 Niels Neergaard
(1854–1936)		 24 July 1908 12 October 1908 80 days Moderate Venstre Christensen II [25]
17 Charles Brun
(1866–1919)		 12 October 1908 16 September 1909 339 days Venstre Reform Party Neergaard I [26]
(16) Niels Neergaard
(1854–1936)		 16 August 1909 28 October 1909 73 days Venstre Holstein-Ledreborg [27]
18 Edvard Brandes
(1847–1931)		 28 October 1909 5 July 1910 250 days Social Liberal Zahle I [28]
(16) Niels Neergaard
(1854–1936)		 5 July 1910 21 June 1913 2 years, 351 days Venstre Berntsen [29]
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Ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died)		 Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
(18) Edvard Brandes
(1847–1931)		 21 June 1913 30 March 1920 6 years, 283 days Social Liberal Zahle II [30]
19 Hans Peter Hjerl Hansen [da]
(1870–1946)		 30 March 1920 5 April 1920 6 days Independent Liebe [31]
20 Michael Koefoed [da]
(1870–1946)		 5 April 1920 5 May 1920 30 days Independent Friis [32]
(16) Niels Neergaard
(1854–1936)		 5 May 1920 23 April 1924 3 years, 354 days Venstre Neergaard II–III [33][34]
21 Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs [da]
(1879–1965)		 23 April 1924 14 December 1926 2 years, 235 days Social Democrats Stauning I [35]
(16) Niels Neergaard
(1854–1936)		 14 December 1926 30 April 1929 2 years, 137 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal [36]
(21) Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs [da]
(1879–1965)		 30 April 1929 31 May 1933 4 years, 31 days Social Democrats Stauning II [37]
22 Hans Peter Hansen
(1872–1953)		 31 May 1933 20 July 1937 4 years, 50 days Social Democrats Stauning II–III [37][38]
23 Vilhelm Buhl
(1881–1954)		 20 July 1937 16 July 1942 4 years, 361 days Social Democrats Stauning III–IV–V–VI
Buhl I		 [38][39]
[40][41]
[42]
24 Alsing Andersen
(1893–1962)		 16 July 1942 9 November 1942 116 days Social Democrats Buhl I [42]
25 Kristian Hansen Kofoed
(1879–1951)		 9 November 1942 29 August 1943 293 days Social Liberal Scavenius [43]
No Danish government (29 August 1943[a] – 5 May 1945). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.
26 Hans Christian Hansen
(1906–1960)		 5 May 1945 7 November 1945 186 days Social Democrats Buhl II [44]
27 Thorkil Kristensen
(1899–1989)		 7 November 1945 13 November 1947 2 years, 6 days Venstre Kristensen [45]
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Ministers under Frederik IX (1947–1972)

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(born–died)		 Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
(26) Hans Christian Hansen
(1906–1960)		 13 November 1947 16 September 1950 2 years, 307 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I [46]
28 Viggo Kampmann
(1910–1976)		 16 September 1950 30 October 1950 44 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I–II [46][47]
(27) Thorkil Kristensen
(1899–1989)		 30 October 1950 30 September 1953 2 years, 335 days Venstre Eriksen [48]
28 Viggo Kampmann
(1910–1976)		 30 September 1953 31 March 1960 6 years, 183 days Social Democrats Hedtoft III
Hansen I–II
Kampmann I		 [49][50]
[51][52]
29 Kjeld Philip
(1912–1989)		 31 March 1960 7 September 1961 1 year, 160 days Social Liberal Kampmann I–II [52][53]
30 Hans R. Knudsen [da]
(1903–1962)		 7 September 1961 4 November 1962 # 1 year, 160 days Social Democrats Kampmann II
Krag I		 [53][54]
31 Poul Hansen
(1913–1966)		 15 November 1962 24 August 1965 2 years, 282 days Social Democrats Krag I–II [54][55]
32 Henry Grünbaum [da]
(1911–2006)		 24 August 1965 2 February 1968 2 years, 162 days Social Democrats Krag II [55]
33 Poul Møller
(1919–1997)		 2 February 1968 17 March 1971 3 years, 43 days Conservative People's Party Baunsgaard [56]
34 Erik Ninn-Hansen
(1922–2014)		 17 March 1971 11 October 1971 208 days Conservative People's Party Baunsgaard [56]
(32) Henry Grünbaum [da]
(1911–2006)		 11 October 1971 19 December 1973 2 years, 69 days Social Democrats Krag III
Jørgensen I		 [57][58]
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Ministers under Margrethe II (1972–2024)

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(born–died)		 Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
35 Anders Ejnar Andersen
(1912–2006)		 19 December 1973 13 February 1975 1 year, 56 days Venstre Hartling [59]
36 Knud Heinesen
(1932–2025)		 13 February 1975 26 October 1979 4 years, 255 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II–III [60][61]
37 Svend Jakobsen
(1935–2022)		 26 October 1979 30 December 1981 2 years, 65 days Social Democrats Jørgensen IV [62]
(36) Knud Heinesen
(1932–2025)		 30 December 1981 10 September 1982 254 days Social Democrats Jørgensen V [63]
38 Henning Christophersen
(1939–2016)		 10 September 1982 23 July 1984 1 year, 317 days Venstre Schlüter I [64]
39 Palle Simonsen [da]
(1933–2014)		 23 July 1984 31 October 1989 5 years, 100 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter I–II–III [64][65]
[66]
40 Henning Dyremose [da]
(born 1945)		 31 October 1989 25 January 1993 3 years, 86 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter III–IV [66][67]
41 Mogens Lykketoft
(born 1946)		 25 January 1993 21 December 2000 7 years, 331 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I–II–III–IV [68][69]
[70][71]
42 Pia Gjellerup
(born 1959)		 21 December 2000 27 November 2001 341 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV [71]
43 Thor Pedersen
(born 1945)		 27 November 2001 23 February 2007 5 years, 88 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I–II [72][73]
44 Lars Løkke Rasmussen
(born 1964)		 23 November 2007 7 April 2009 1 year, 135 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen III [74]
45 Claus Hjort Frederiksen
(born 1947)		 7 April 2009 3 October 2011 2 years, 179 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I [75]
46 Bjarne Corydon
(born 1973)		 3 October 2011 28 June 2015 3 years, 268 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I–II [76][77]
(45) Claus Hjort Frederiksen
(born 1947)		 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 1 year, 153 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II [78]
47 Kristian Jensen
(born 1971)		 28 November 2016 27 June 2019 2 years, 211 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III [79]
48 Nicolai Wammen
(born 1971)		 27 June 2019 3 June 2026 6 years, 341 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I–II [80][81]
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Ministers under Frederik X (2024–present)

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(born–died)		 Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
49 Peter Hummelgaard
(born 1983)		 3 June 2026 Incumbent 62 days Social Democrats Frederiksen III [82]
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Nottes

  1. [a]
    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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