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The Danish Minister of the Environment (Danish: Miljøminister), is a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Ministry of the Environment. The ministry and the ministerial position were created in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, the ministry was named the "Ministry of Pollution Control".

TypeMinister
Memberof
Reportstothe Prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
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Minister of the Environment
Miljøminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
since 3 June 2026
Ministry of the Environment
TypeMinister
Member of
Reports tothe Prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Formation11 October 1971; 54 years ago (1971-10-11)
First holderJens Kampmann
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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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 Public Works and Pollution Control
(Minister for offentlige arbejder og forureningsbekæmpelse)
1 Jens Kampmann
(1937–2026)		 11 October 1971 27 September 1973 1 year, 351 days Social Democrats Krag III
Jørgensen I		 [2][3]
Minister of the Environment
(Miljøminister)
2 Helge Nielsen [da]
(1918–1991)		 27 September 1973 19 December 1973 1 year, 351 days Social Democrats Jørgensen I [3]
3 Holger Hansen
(1929–2015)		 19 December 1973 13 February 1975 1 year, 56 days Venstre Hartling [4]
(2) Helge Nielsen [da]
(1918–1991)		 13 February 1975 26 January 1977 1 year, 348 days Social Democrat Jørgensen II [5]
4 Svend Jakobsen
(1935–2022)		 26 January 1977 26 February 1977 31 days Social Democrat Jørgensen II [5]
5 Niels Matthiasen [da]
(1924–1980)		 26 February 1977 30 August 1978 1 year, 185 days Social Democrat Jørgensen II [5]
6 Ivar Nørgaard
(1922–2011)		 30 August 1978 28 February 1980 1 year, 182 days Social Democrat Jørgensen III [6]
7 Erik Holst [da]
(1922–2013)		 28 February 1980 10 September 1982 2 years, 194 days Social Democrats Jørgensen III–IV–V [6][7]
[8]
8 Christian Christensen [da]
(1925–1988)		 10 September 1982 3 June 1988 5 years, 267 days Christian Democrats Schlüter I–II [9][10]
9 Lone Dybkjær
(1940–2020)		 3 June 1988 18 December 1990 2 years, 198 days Social Liberal Schlüter III [11]
10 Per Stig Møller
(born 1942)		 18 December 1990 25 January 1993 2 years, 38 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter IV [12]
Minister of the Environment and Energy
(Miljø- og energiminister)
11 Svend Auken
(1943–2009)		 25 January 1993 27 November 2001 8 years, 306 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I–II–III–IV [13][14]
[15][16]
Minister of the Environment
(Miljøminister)
12 Hans Christian Schmidt
(born 1953)		 27 November 2001 2 August 2004 2 years, 249 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I [17]
13 Connie Hedegaard
(born 1960)		 2 August 2004 23 November 2007 3 years, 113 days Conservative People's Party A. F. Rasmussen I–II [17][18]
14 Troels Lund Poulsen
(born 1976)		 23 November 2007 23 February 2010 2 years, 92 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen III
L. L. Rasmussen I		 [19][20]
15 Karen Ellemann
(born 1969)		 23 February 2010 3 October 2011 1 year, 222 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I [20]
16 Ida Auken
(born 1978)		 3 October 2011 3 February 2014 2 years, 123 days Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I [21]
17 Kirsten Brosbøl
(born 1977)		 3 February 2014 28 June 2015 1 year, 145 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II [22]
Minister of the Environment and Food
(Miljø- og fødevareminister)
18 Eva Kjer Hansen
(born 1964)		 28 June 2015 29 February 2016 246 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II [23]
19 Esben Lunde Larsen
(born 1978)		 29 February 2016 2 May 2018 2 years, 63 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II–III [23][24]
[25]
20 Jakob Ellemann-Jensen
(born 1973)		 2 May 2018 27 June 2019 1 year, 56 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III [24]
Minister of the Environment
(Miljøminister)
21 Lea Wermelin
(born 1985)		 27 June 2019 15 December 2022 3 years, 171 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [26]
22 Magnus Heunicke
(born 1975)		 15 December 2022 3 June 2026 3 years, 170 days Social Democrats Frederiksen II [27]
23 Maria Reumert Gjerding
(born 1978)		 3 June 2026 Incumbent 95 days Green Left Frederiksen III [28]
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