Minister of Transport (Denmark)
Danish cabinet position
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The Minister of Transport (Danish: Transportminister) is the Danish minister responsible for the Ministry of Transport.
| Minister of Transport | |
|---|---|
| Transportminister | |
| |
| Ministry of Transport | |
| Type | Minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | the Prime minister |
| Seat | Slotsholmen |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Precursor | Minister of Public Works |
| Formation | 9 November 1942 as Minister for Traffic |
| First holder | Niels Elgaard |
| Succession | depending on the order in the State Council |
| Deputy | Permanent Secretary |
| Salary | 1.624.503,02 DKK (€217,931), in 2026[1] |
| Website | Official website |
List of ministers
| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) |
Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| Minister of Traffic (Trafikminister) | |||||||||
| 1 | .jpg) |
Niels Elgaard (1879–1963) |
9 November 1942 | 29 August 1943 | 293 days | Venstre | Scavenius | [2] | |
| No Danish government (29 August 1943[a] – 5 May 1945). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary. | |||||||||
| 2 |  |
Alfred Jensen (1903–1988) |
5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Communist Party of Denmark | Buhl II | [3] | |
| None (task assumed by the Minister of Public Works) 7 November 1945 – 14 August 1986 | |||||||||
| 3 | |
Frode Nør Christensen (born 1948) |
14 August 1986 | 3 June 1988 | 1 year, 294 days | Centre Democrats | Schlüter I–II | [4][5] | |
| 4 | |
Hans Peter Clausen (1928–1998) |
3 June 1988 | 10 January 1989 | 221 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter III | [6] | |
| 5 | |
Knud Østergaard (1922–1993) |
10 January 1989 | 18 December 1990 | 1 year, 342 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter III | [6] | |
| 6 | |
Kaj Ikast (1935–2020) |
18 December 1990 | 25 January 1993 | 2 years, 38 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter IV | [7] | |
| 7 | |
Helge Mortensen (1941–2026) |
25 January 1993 | 28 January 1994 | 1 year, 3 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I | [8] | |
| 8 | |
Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012) |
28 January 1994 | 30 December 1996 | 2 years, 337 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I–II | [8][9] | |
| 9 | |
Bjørn Westh (born 1944) |
30 December 1996 | 23 March 1998 | 1 year, 83 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen III | [10] | |
| 10 | |
Sonja Mikkelsen (born 1955) |
23 March 1998 | 23 February 2000 | 1 year, 337 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen IV | [11] | |
| 11 | |
Jacob Buksti (1947–2016) |
23 February 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 1 year, 277 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen IV | [11] | |
| 12 | .jpg) |
Flemming Hansen (1939–2021) |
27 November 2001 | 18 February 2005 | 3 years, 83 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen I | [12] | |
| Minister of Transport and Energy (Transport- og energiminister) | |||||||||
| 12 | |
Flemming Hansen (1939–2021) |
18 February 2005 | 12 September 2007 | 2 years, 206 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen II | [13] | |
| 13 | |
Jakob Axel Nielsen (born 1967) |
12 September 2007 | 23 November 2007 | 72 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen II | [13] | |
| Minister of Transport (Transportminister) | |||||||||
| 14 |  |
Carina Christensen (born 1972) |
23 November 2007 | 10 September 2008 | 292 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen III | [14] | |
| 15 |  |
Lars Barfoed (born 1957) |
10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | 1 year, 166 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen III L. L. Rasmussen III |
[14][15] | |
| 16 |  |
Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953) |
23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen I | [15] | |
| 17 | _Danmarks_delegation_till_Nordiska_radet.jpg) |
Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 1957) |
3 October 2011 | 9 August 2013 | 1 year, 310 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I | [16] | |
| 18 | .jpg) |
Pia Olsen Dyhr (born 1971) |
9 August 2013 | 3 February 2014 | 178 days | Socialist People's Party | Thorning-Schmidt I | [16] | |
| 19 | .JPG) |
Magnus Heunicke (born 1975) |
3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II | [17] | |
| Minister of Transport and Construction (Transport- og bygningsminister) | |||||||||
| 16 | |
Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953) |
28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II | [18] | |
| Minister of Transport, Construction and Housing (Transport-, bygnings- og boligminister) | |||||||||
| 20 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Ole Birk Olesen (born 1972) |
28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Liberal Alliance | L. L. Rasmussen III | [19] | |
| Minister of Transport (Transportminister) | |||||||||
| 21 | .jpg) |
Benny Engelbrecht (born 1970) |
27 June 2019 | 4 February 2022 | 2 years, 222 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | [20] | |
| 22 |  |
Trine Bramsen (born 1981) |
4 February 2022 | 15 December 2022 | 314 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | [20] | |
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Thomas Danielsen (born 1983) |
15 December 2022 | 3 June 2026 | 3 years, 170 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II | [21] | |
| Minister of Cities, Rural Areas and Transport (By-, land- og transportminister) | |||||||||
| 24 | .jpg) |
Signe Munk (born 1990) |
3 June 2026 | Incumbent | 38 days | Green Left | Frederiksen III | [22] | |
Notes
- 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.