Minister for Employment (Denmark)

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The Minister for Employment (Danish: Beskæftigelsesminister) is a Danish minister office. The minister is the labour minister of Denmark and is the political head of the Ministry of Employment of Denmark.

TypeMinister
Member of
Reports tothe Prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
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Minister for Employment
Beskæftigelsesminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
since 23 September 2025
Ministry of Employment
TypeMinister
Member of
Reports tothe Prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Formation9 November 1942; 83 years ago (1942-11-09)
First holderJohannes Kjærbøl
Successiondepending on the order in the State Council
DeputyPermanent Secretary
Salary1.624.503,02 DKK
(€217,931), in 2026[1]
WebsiteOfficial website
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The office was introduced with the Scavenius Cabinet on 9 November 1942. It was called Minister of Labour (Danish: Arbejdsminister) until 2001.[2]

List of ministers

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No. Portrait Name
(born-died)		 Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
(Arbejds- og socialminister)
1 Johannes Kjærbøl
(1885–1973)		 8 July 1940 9 November 1942 2 years, 124 days Social Democrats Stauning VI
Buhl I		 [3][4]
Minister of Labour
(Arbejdsminister)
(1) Johannes Kjærbøl
(1885–1973)		 9 November 1942 29 August 1943 287 days Social Democrats Scavenius [5]
No Danish government (29 August 1943[a] – 5 May 1945). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
(Arbejds- og socialminister)
2 Hans Hedtoft
(1903–1955)		 5 May 1945 7 November 1945 186 days Social Democrats Buhl II [6]
3 Søren Peter Larsen [da]
(1888–1948)		 7 November 1945 24 April 1947 1 year, 168 days Venstre Kristensen [7]
4 Jens Sønderup
(1894–1978)		 24 April 1947 13 November 1947 203 days Venstre Kristensen [7]
Minister of Labour
(Arbejdsminister)
5 Marius Sørensen [da]
(1891–1964)		 13 November 1947 2 years, 10 days 2 years, 351 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I [8]
Minister of Labour and Housing
(Arbejds- og boligminister)
(1) Johannes Kjærbøl
(1885–1973)		 23 November 1949 30 October 1950 341 days Social Democrats Hedtoft II [9]
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
(Arbejds- og socialminister)
6 Poul Sørensen
(1904–1969)		 30 October 1950 30 September 1953 2 years, 335 days Conservative People's Party Eriksen [10]
7 Johan Strøm [da]
(1898–1958)		 30 September 1953 1 November 1953 32 days Social Democrats Hedtoft III [11]
Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour
(Økonomi- og arbejdsminister)
(11) Jens Otto Krag
(1914–1978)		 1 November 1953 28 May 1957 3 years, 208 days Social Democrats Hedtoft III
Hansen I		 [11][12]
Minister of Labour and Housing
(Arbejds- og boligminister)
9 Kaj Bundvad [da]
(1904–1976)		 28 May 1957 21 February 1960 2 years, 269 days Social Democrat Hansen II [13]
Minister of Labour
(Arbejdsminister)
(9) Kaj Bundvad [da]
(1904–1976)		 21 February 1960 3 September 1962 2 years, 194 days Social Democrats Kampmann I–II [14][15]
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
(Arbejds- og socialminister)
(9) Kaj Bundvad [da]
(1904–1976)		 3 September 1962 27 August 1963 358 days Social Democrats Krag I [16]
Minister of Labour
(Arbejdsminister)
10 Erling Dinesen [da]
(1910–1986)		 27 August 1963 2 February 1968 5 years, 152 days Social Democrats Krag I–II [16][17]
11 Lauge Dahlgaard [da]
(1919–1996)		 2 February 1968 11 October 1971 3 years, 251 days Social Liberal Baunsgaard [18]
(16) Erling Dinesen [da]
(1910–1986)		 11 October 1971 19 December 1973 2 years, 69 days Social Democrats Krag III
Jørgensen I		 [19][20]
Minister of Labour and Housing
(Arbejds- og boligminister)
12 Johan Philipsen [da]
(1911–1992)		 19 December 1973 13 February 1975 1 year, 56 days Venstre Hartling [21]
Minister of Labour
(Arbejdsminister)
(10) Erling Dinesen [da]
(1910–1986)		 13 February 1975 8 September 1976 1 year, 208 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [22]
13 Erling Jensen [da]
(1919–2000)		 8 September 1976 1 October 1977 1 year, 23 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [22]
14 Svend Auken
(1943–2009)		 1 October 1977 10 September 1982 4 years, 344 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II–III–IV–V [22][23]
[24][25]
15 Grethe Fenger Møller
(born 1941)		 10 September 1982 12 March 1986 3 years, 183 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter I [26]
16 Henning Dyremose [da]
(born 1945)		 12 March 1986 30 October 1989 3 years, 232 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter I–II–III [26][27]
[28]
17 Knud Erik Kirkegaard [da]
(born 1942)		 30 October 1989 25 January 1993 3 years, 87 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter III–IV [28][29]
18 Jytte Andersen
(born 1942)		 25 January 1993 23 March 1998 5 years, 57 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I–II–III [30][31]
[32]
19 Ove Hygum [da]
(born 1956)		 23 March 1998 27 November 2001 3 years, 249 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV [33]
Minister for Employment
(Beskæftigelsesminister)
20 Claus Hjort Frederiksen
(born 1947)		 27 November 2001 7 April 2009 7 years, 131 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III [34][35]
[36]
21 Inger Støjberg
(born 1973)		 7 April 2009 3 October 2011 2 years, 179 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I [37]
22 Mette Frederiksen
(born 1977)		 3 October 2011 10 October 2014 3 years, 7 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I–II [38][39]
23 Henrik Dam Kristensen
(born 1957)		 10 October 2014 28 June 2015 261 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II [39]
24 Jørn Neergaard Larsen [da]
(born 1949)		 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 1 year, 153 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II [40]
25 Troels Lund Poulsen
(born 1976)		 28 November 2016 27 June 2019 2 years, 211 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III [41]
26 Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen
(born 1983)		 27 June 2019 15 December 2022 3 years, 171 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [42]
27 Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
(born 1983)		 15 December 2022 23 September 2025 2 years, 282 days Social Democrats Frederiksen II [43]
28 Kaare Dybvad
(born 1984)		 23 September 2025 3 June 2026 253 days Social Democrats Frederiksen II [43]
(27) Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
(born 1983)		 3 June 2026 Incumbent 67 days Social Democrats Frederiksen III [44]
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Notes

  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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