Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Denmark)
Danish cabinet position
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The Minister of Nordic Cooperation (Danish: Minister for Nordisk Samarbejde; prev. Minister of Nordic Affairs (Danish: Minister for Nordiske Anliggender)) is a cabinet minister within the Danish Government appointed by the Prime Minister of Denmark.
| Minister of Nordic Cooperation | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Nordisk Samarbejde | |
| |
| Type | Minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | the Prime minister |
| Seat | Slotsholmen |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Formation | 28 May 1957 |
| First holder | Bertel Dahlgaard |
| Succession | depending on the order in the State Council |
| Deputy | Permanent Secretary |
| Salary | 1.400.192,97 DKK (€187,839), in 2024[1] |
The minister is responsible for issues regarding Nordic affairs, trade and development. The current Minister for Nordic Cooperation is Morten Dahlin, appointed on 23 November 2023.
List of ministers
| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) |
Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| Minister of Nordic Affairs (Danish: Minister for nordiske anliggender) | |||||||||
| 1 |  |
Bertel Dahlgaard (1887–1972) |
28 May 1957 | 18 November 1960 | 3 years, 174 days | Social Liberal | Hansen II | [2] | |
| 2 |  |
Henry Grünbaum (1911–2006) |
8 October 1964 | 15 July 1965 | 280 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | [3] | |
| 3 | |
Lars P. Jensen (1909–1986) |
15 July 1965 | 21 September 1966 | 1 year, 68 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | [3] | |
| 4 | |
Tyge Dahlgaard (1921–1985) |
21 September 1966 | 1 October 1967 | 1 year, 10 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | [3] | |
| 5 |  |
Ove Hansen (1909–1997) |
1 October 1967 | 2 February 1968 | 124 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | [3] | |
| 6 | |
Poul Nyboe Andersen (1913–2004) |
2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Venstre | Baunsgaard | [4] | |
| 7 | |
Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) |
11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 1 year, 351 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Jørgensen I |
[5][6] | |
| Minister of Foreign Economic and Nordic Affairs (Minister for udenrigsøkonomi og for nordiske anliggender) | |||||||||
| (7) | |
Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) |
29 January 1975 | 26 February 1977 | 2 years, 28 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II | [7] | |
| Minister of Nordic Affairs (Minister for nordiske anliggender) | |||||||||
| 8 | .jpg) |
Lise Østergaard (1924–1996) |
28 February 1980 | 10 September 1982 | 2 years, 194 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV–V | [8][9] | |
| 9 | |
Christian Christensen (1925–1988) |
10 September 1982 | 10 September 1987 | 5 years, 0 days | Christian Democrats | Schlüter I | [10] | |
| Minister of Nordic Cooperation (Minister for nordiske samarbejde) | |||||||||
| 10 | |
Lars P. Gammelgaard (1945–1994) |
10 September 1987 | 3 June 1988 | 267 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter II | [11] | |
| 11 |  |
Thor Pedersen (born 1945) |
3 June 1988 | 19 December 1992 | 4 years, 199 days | Venstre | Schlüter III–IV | [12][13] | |
| 12 | |
Knud Enggaard (1929–2024) |
19 December 1992 | 25 January 1993 | 37 days | Venstre | Schlüter IV | [13] | |
| 13 | |
Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (born 1944) |
25 January 1993 | 27 September 1994 | 1 year, 245 days | Christian Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I | [14] | |
| 14 |  |
Marianne Jelved (born 1943) |
27 September 1994 | 27 November 2001 | 7 years, 61 days | Social Liberal | P. N. Rasmussen II–III–IV | [15][16] [17] | |
| 15 |  |
Bendt Bendtsen (born 1954) |
27 November 2001 | 18 June 2002 | 203 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen I | [18] | |
| 16 | .jpg) |
Flemming Hansen (1939–2021) |
18 June 2002 | 18 February 2005 | 2 years, 245 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen I | [19] | |
| 17 |  |
Connie Hedegaard (born 1960) |
18 February 2005 | 23 November 2007 | 2 years, 278 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen II | [20] | |
| 18 |  |
Bertel Haarder (born 1944) |
23 November 2007 | 23 February 2010 | 2 years, 92 days | Venstre | A. F. Rasmussen III L. L. Rasmussen I |
[21][22] | |
| 19 | .jpg) |
Karen Ellemann (born 1969) |
23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen I | [22] | |
| 20 |  |
Manu Sareen (born 1967) |
3 October 2011 | 3 February 2014 | 2 years, 123 days | Social Liberal | Thorning-Schmidt I | [23] | |
| 21 |  |
Carsten Hansen (born 1957) |
3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrat | Thorning-Schmidt II | [24] | |
| 22 | .jpg) |
Carl Holst (born 1970) |
28 June 2015 | 30 September 2015 | 94 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II | [25] | |
| 23 |  |
Peter Christensen (1975–2025) |
30 September 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 59 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II | [25] | |
| (19) | |
Karen Ellemann (born 1969) |
28 November 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 1 year, 155 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen III | [26] | |
| 24 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) |
2 May 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen III | [26] | |
| 25 | _Danmark.jpg) |
Mogens Jensen (born 1963) |
27 June 2019 | 18 November 2020 | 1 year, 144 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | [27] | |
| 26 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 1963) |
19 November 2020 | 15 December 2022 | 2 years, 26 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | [27] | |
| 27 |  |
Louise Schack Elholm (born 1977) |
15 December 2022 | 23 November 2023 | 343 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II | [28] | |
| 28 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Mette Madsen (born 1989) |
23 November 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 162 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II | [28] | |