List of Interior Ministers of Denmark

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This is a list of Interior Ministers of Denmark since the establishment of the Danish Ministry of the Interior in 1848.

[edit] List of Interior Ministers (1848-present)

From	To	Interior Minister	Years of living
16 November 1848	21 September 1849	Peter Georg Bang	1797-1861
21 September 1849	13 July 1851	Mathias Hans Rosenørn	1814-1902
13 July 1851	27 January 1852	Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch	1801-1889
27 January 1852	21 April 1853	Peter Georg Bang	1797-1861
21 April 1853	29 April 1854	Anders Sandøe Ørsted (Højre)	1778-1860
29 April 1854	12 December 1854	Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch	1801-1889
12 December 1854	18 February 1856	Peter Georg Bang	1797-1861
18 February 1856	4 June 1856	Carl Frederik Simony	1806-1872
4 June 1856	18 October 1856	Iver Johannes Unsgaard	1798-1872
18 October 1856	1 August 1858	Andreas Frederik Krieger (National Liberal)	1817-1893
1 August 1858	6 May 1859	Iver Johannes Unsgaard	1798-1872
6 May 1859	2 December 1859	Andreas Frederik Krieger (National Liberal)	1817-1893
2 December 1859	24 February 1860	Johan Christian von Jessen	1817-1884
24 February 1860	15 September 1861	Ditlev Gothard Monrad	1811-1887
15 September 1861	31 December 1863	Peter Martin Orla Lehmann (National Liberal)	1810-1870
31 December 1863	10 May 1864	Carl Ludvig Vilhelm Rømer von Nutzhorn	1828-1899
10 May 1864	11 July 1864	Hans Rasmussen Carlsen	1810-1887
11 July 1864	6 November 1865	Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch	1801-1889
6 November 1865	22 September 1869	Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (Højre)	1825-1913
22 September 1869	28 May 1870	Wolfgang von Haffner	1810-1887
28 May 1870	14 July 1874	Christen Andreas Fonnesbech	1817-1880
14 July 1874	11 June 1875	Frederik Christian Heinrich Emil Tobiesen	1829-1908
11 June 1875	29 August 1884	Erik Vilhelm Robert Skeel (Højre)	1818-1884
29 August 1884	8 August 1885	Søren Hilmar Steindór Finsen (Højre)?	1824-1886
8 August 1885	15 January 1894	Hans Peter Ingerslev (Højre)	1831-1896
15 January 1894	23 May 1897	Hugo Egmont Hørring (Højre)	1842-1909
23 May 1897	28 August 1899	Vilhelm Bardenfleth (Højre)	1850-1933
28 August 1899	24 July 1901	Ludvig Ernst Bramsen (Højre)	1847-1914
24 July 1901	14 January 1905	Enevold Frederik Adolf Sørensen (Venstre Reform Party)	1850-1920
14 January 1905	12 October 1908	Sigurd Berg (Venstre Reform Party)	1868-1921
12 October 1908	28 October 1909	Klaus Berntsen (Venstre Reform Party)	1844-1927
28 October 1909	5 July 1910	Peter Rochegune Munch (Social Liberal Party)	1870-1948
5 July 1910	21 June 1913	Jens Jensen-Sønderup (Venstre)	1962-1949
21 June 1913	30 March 1920	Ove Rode (Social Liberal Party)	1867-1933
30 March 1920	5 April 1920	Waldemar Henry Theodor Oxholm (no party)	1868-1945
5 April 1920	5 May 1920	Severin Henrik August Vedel (no party)	1867-1932
5 May 1920	11 July 1921 †	Sigurd Berg (Venstre)	1868-1921
18 July 1921	23 April 1924	Oluf Christian Krag (Venstre)	1870-1942
23 April 1924	14 December 1926	Christen Nielsen Hauge (Social Democrat)	1870-1940
14 December 1926	30 April 1929	Oluf Christian Krag (Venstre)	1870-1942
30 April 1929	8 July 1940	Bertel Dahlgaard (Social Liberal Party)	1887-1972
8 July 1940	9 November 1942	Knud Kristensen (Venstre)	1880-1962
9 November 1942	29 August 1943*	Jørgen Peder Laurids Jørgensen (Social Liberal Party)	1888-1974
29 August 1943*	5 May 1945	No Danish government. Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.
5 May 1945	7 November 1945	Knud Kristensen (Venstre)	1880-1962
7 November 1945	18 June 1947 †	Ejnar Martin Kjær (Venstre)	1893-1947
30 June 1947	13 November 1947	Niels Ejlert Arnth Jensen (Venstre)	1883-1966
13 November 1947	23 November 1947	Alsing Emanuel Andersen (Social Democrat)	1893-1962
23 November 1947	30 October 1950	Jens Laurits Oluf Sørensen Smørum (Social Democrat)	1891-1976
30 October 1950	30 September 1953	Aksel Møller (Conservative)	1906-1958
30 September 1953	30 August 1955	Johannes Kjærbøl (Social Democrat)	1885-1973
30 August 1955	28 May 1957	Carl Petersen (Social Democrat)	1894-1984
28 May 1957	18 November 1960	Søren Olesen (Justice Party)	1891-1973
18 November 1960	7 September 1961	Hans Rynkeby Knudsen (Social Democrat)	1903-1962
7 September 1961	26 September 1964	Alf Børge Lars Peter Jensen (Social Democrat)	1909-1986
26 September 1964	2 February 1968	Hans Erling Hækkerup (Social Democrat)	1907-1974
2 February 1968	29 June 1969 †	Poul Clorius Sørensen (Conservative)	1904-1969
11 July 1969	11 October 1971	Hans Carl Toft (Conservative)	1914-2001
11 October 1971	19 December 1973	Egon Carlo Larsen Jensen (Social Democrat)	1922-1985
19 December 1973	13 February 1975	Jacob Sørensen (Venstre)	1915-1990
13 February 1975	30 August 1978	Egon Carlo Larsen Jensen (Social Democrat)	1922-1985
30 August 1978	26 October 1979	Knud Enggaard (Venstre)	b. 1929
26 October 1979	10 September 1982	Henning Rasmussen (Social Democrat)	1926-1997
10 September 1982	12 March 1986	Britta Caroc Schall Holberg (Venstre)	b. 1941
12 March 1986	10 September 1987	Knud Enggaard (Venstre)	b. 1929
10 September 1987	25 January 1993	Thor Pedersen (Venstre)	b. 1945
25 January 1993	20 October 1997	Birte Weiss (Social Democrat)	b. 1941
20 October 1997	23 February 2000	Thorkild Simonsen (Social Democrat)	b. 1926
23 February 2000	27 November 2001	Karen Jespersen (Social Democrat)	b. 1947
27 November 2001	Current incumbent	Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Venstre)	b. 1964

[edit] Notes

• Frederik Tobiesen was often referred to by his nickname Frits Tobiesen.
• From November 1918 to March 1920, Thorvald Stauning (Minister without Portfolio) assumed the Interior Minister's duties regarding the so-called Interior Ministry's Social Department Regarding Worker's Relations. ([1]), but he was not awarded the title of minister.
• 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.
• A total of three ministers died in office. Their successors were not appointed immediately.
• Some tasks were transferred to the Ministry of Health in 1987.
• The Ministry of Health was shut down in 2001, and some tasks transferred to the Ministry of the Interior, which were then renamed to the Ministry of the Interior and Health.

[edit] Sources

• The Danish Ministry of the Interior. A history of the ministry
• The Danish Ministry of the Interior. A list of ministers
• Lists of Danish governments since 1848