List of heads of government of Denmark explained

The Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government of the Kingdom of Denmark and leader of the Cabinet. The Prime Minister is formally appointed by the Monarch, who is head of state.

The first four heads of government were titled Danish: premierminister, between 1855 and 1920 the title was Danish: Konseilspræsident . Since 1920, the title has been .^[1]

Denmark's current prime minister is Mette Frederiksen representing the social democratic party Social Democrats. Mette Frederiksen took office on 27 June 2019, taking over the position from Lars Løkke Rasmussen, representing the liberal party Danish: [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]. Frederiksen is also the second female prime minister in the history of the country, after fellow socialist party colleague Helle Thorning-Schmidt who served from 2011 to 2015.

List of prime ministers (1848–1855)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Party	Election	Cabinet	Monarch
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Adam Wilhelm Moltke	22 March 1848	27 January 1852			Independent	—	Moltke I	Frederick VII
								—	Moltke II
								1849
								—	Moltke III
								—	Moltke IV
2		Christian Albrecht Bluhme	27 January 1852	21 April 1853				1852	Bluhme I
								1853
3		Anders Sandøe Ørsted	21 April 1853	12 December 1854			Independent	—	Ørsted
								1853
4		Peter Georg Bang	12 December 1854	12 October 1855			Independent	1854	Bang

List of council presidents (1855–1918)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Party	Election	Cabinet	Monarch
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
(4)		Peter Georg Bang	12 October 1855	18 October 1856			Independent	1855	Bang	Frederick VII
5		Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ	18 October 1856	13 May 1857			Bondevennerne	—	Andræ
6		Carl Christian Hall	13 May 1857	2 December 1859			National Liberal	—	Hall I
								1858
7		Carl Edvard Rotwitt	2 December 1859	8 February 1860 †			Bondevennerne	—	Rotwitt
—		Carl Frederik Blixen-Finecke	8 February 1860	24 February 1860			Independent	—
(6)		Carl Christian Hall	24 February 1860	31 December 1863			National Liberal	—	Hall II
								1861
										Christian IX
8		Ditlev Gothard Monrad	31 December 1863	11 July 1864			National Liberal	—	Monrad
(2)		Christian Albrecht Bluhme	11 July 1864	6 November 1865				1864	Bluhme II
9		Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs	6 November 1865	28 May 1870			National Landowners	—	Frijs
								1866
								1866
								1869
10		Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg	28 May 1870	14 July 1874			Centre	—	Holstein-Holsteinborg
								1872
								1873
11		Christen Andreas Fonnesbech	14 July 1874	11 June 1875			National Landowners	—	Fonnesbech
12		Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup	11 June 1875	7 August 1894			National Landowners	—	Estrup
								1876
								1879
							Højre	1881
								1881
								1884
								1887
								1890
								1892
13		Tage Reedtz-Thott	7 August 1894	23 May 1897			Højre	—	Reedtz-Thott
								1895
14		Hugo Egmont Hørring	23 May 1897	27 April 1900			Højre	—	Hørring
								1898
15		Hannibal Sehested	27 April 1900	24 July 1901			Højre	—	Sehested
16		Johan Henrik Deuntzer	24 July 1901	14 January 1905			Venstre Reform	1901	Deuntzer
								1903
17		Jens Christian Christensen	14 January 1905	12 October 1908			Venstre Reform	—	Christensen I
										Frederik VIII
								1906	Christensen II
18		Niels Neergaard	12 October 1908	16 August 1909			Venstre Reform	—	Neergaard I
19		Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg	16 August 1909	28 October 1909			Venstre Reform	1909	Holstein-Ledreborg
20		Carl Theodor Zahle	28 October 1909	5 July 1910			Social Liberals	—	Zahle I
21		Klaus Berntsen	5 July 1910	21 June 1913			Venstre	1910	Berntsen
										Christian X
(20)		Carl Theodor Zahle	21 June 1913	20 April 1918			Social Liberals	1913	Zahle II

List of prime ministers (1918–present)

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Party	Election	Cabinet	Monarch
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
(20)		Carl Theodor Zahle	21 April 1918	30 March 1920			Social Liberals	—	Zahle II	Christian X
								1918
22		Otto Liebe	30 March 1920	5 April 1920			Independent	—	Liebe
23		Michael Pedersen Friis	5 April 1920	5 May 1920			Independent	—	Friis
(18)		Niels Neergaard	5 May 1920	23 April 1924			Venstre	1920	Neergaard II
								1920
								1920
								—	Neergaard III
24		Thorvald Stauning	23 April 1924	14 December 1926			Social Democrats	1924	Stauning I
25		Thomas Madsen-Mygdal	14 December 1926	30 April 1929			Venstre	1926	Madsen-Mygdal
(24)		Thorvald Stauning	30 April 1929	3 May 1942 †			Social Democrats	1929	Stauning II
								1932
								1935	Stauning III
								1939	Stauning IV
								—	Stauning V
								—	Stauning VI
26		Vilhelm Buhl	4 May 1942	9 November 1942			Social Democrats	—	Buhl I
27		Erik Scavenius	9 November 1942	29 August 1943			Independent	—	Scavenius
								1943
No Danish government (29 August 1943 – 5 May 1945). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.
(26)		Vilhelm Buhl	5 May 1945	7 November 1945			Social Democrats	—	Buhl II
28		Knud Kristensen	7 November 1945	13 November 1947			Venstre	1945	Kristensen
										Frederik IX
29		Hans Hedtoft	13 November 1947	30 October 1950			Social Democrats	1947	Hedtoft I
30		Erik Eriksen	30 October 1950	30 September 1953			Venstre	1950	Eriksen
								1953
(29)		Hans Hedtoft	30 September 1953	29 January 1955 †			Social Democrats	1953	Hedtoft II
31		H. C. Hansen	1 February 1955	19 February 1960 †			Social Democrats	—	Hansen I
								1957	Hansen II
32		Viggo Kampmann	21 February 1960	3 September 1962			Social Democrats	—	Kampmann I
								1960	Kampmann II
33		Jens Otto Krag	3 September 1962	2 February 1968			Social Democrats	—	Krag I
								1964	Krag II
34		Hilmar Baunsgaard	2 February 1968	11 October 1971			Social Liberals	1968	Baunsgaard
(33)		Jens Otto Krag	11 October 1971	5 October 1972			Social Democrats	1971	Krag III
										Margrethe II
35		Anker Jørgensen	5 October 1972	19 December 1973			Social Democrats	—	Jørgensen I
36		Poul Hartling	19 December 1973	13 February 1975			Venstre	1973	Hartling
(35)		Anker Jørgensen	13 February 1975	10 September 1982			Social Democrats	1975	Jørgensen II
								1977
								—	Jørgensen III
								1979	Jørgensen IV
								1981	Jørgensen V
37		Poul Schlüter	10 September 1982	25 January 1993			Conservative	—	Schlüter I
								1984
								1987	Schlüter II
								1988	Schlüter III
								1990	Schlüter IV
38		Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	25 January 1993	27 November 2001			Social Democrats	—	P. N. Rasmussen I
								1994	P. N. Rasmussen II
								—	P. N. Rasmussen III
								1998	P. N. Rasmussen IV
39		Anders Fogh Rasmussen	27 November 2001	5 April 2009			Venstre	2001	A. F. Rasmussen I
								2005	A. F. Rasmussen II
								2007	A. F. Rasmussen III
40		Lars Løkke Rasmussen	5 April 2009	3 October 2011			Venstre	—	L. L. Rasmussen I
41		Helle Thorning-Schmidt	3 October 2011	28 June 2015			Social Democrats	2011	Thorning-Schmidt I
								—	Thorning-Schmidt II
(40)		Lars Løkke Rasmussen	28 June 2015	27 June 2019			Venstre	2015	L. L. Rasmussen II
								—	L. L. Rasmussen III
42		Mette Frederiksen	27 June 2019	Incumbent			Social Democrats	2019	Frederiksen I
								2022	Frederiksen II
										Frederik X

Timeline (1848–present)

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Denmark. The prime ministers are listed in order of office, with prime ministers serving multiple premierships listed in order of their first.

Graphical timeline

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See also

• Politics of Denmark
• List of Danish monarchs
• List of prime ministers of Finland
• List of heads of government of Norway
• List of prime ministers of Sweden

References

• List of Danish heads of government from the Prime Ministers Office

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statsministre siden 1848 . stm.dk . Ministry of the State . 7 November 2022 . da.