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This is a list of finance ministers of Denmark since Denmark's first unified finance ministry was established in 1848.[2]
Minister of Finance | |
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Finansminister | |
Ministry of Finance | |
Type | Minister |
Member of |
|
Reports to | the Prime minister |
Seat | Slotsholmen |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Formation | 22 March 1848 |
First holder | Adam Wilhelm Moltke |
Succession | depending on the order in the State Council |
Deputy | Permanent Secretary |
Salary | 1.540.212,27 DKK (€206,623), in 2024[1] |
No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785–1864) | 22 March 1848 | 16 November 1848 | 239 days | Independent | Moltke I Cabinet | |
2 | Wilhelm Sponneck (1815–1888) | 16 November 1848 | 12 December 1854 | 6 years, 26 days | Independent | Moltke II Cabinet–III–IV Bluhme I Cabinet Ørsted Cabinet | |
3 | Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812–1893) | 12 December 1854 | 10 July 1858 | 3 years, 210 days | Bondevennerne | Bang Cabinet Andræ Cabinet Hall I Cabinet | |
4 | Andreas Frederik Krieger (1817–1893) | 10 July 1858 | 6 May 1859 | 300 days | National Liberal | Hall I Cabinet | |
5 | Carl Emil Fenger (1814–1884) | 6 May 1859 | 2 December 1859 | 210 days | Independent | Hall I Cabinet | |
6 | Regnar Westenholz (1815–1866) | 2 December 1859 | 24 February 1860 | 84 days | Independent | Rotwitt Cabinet | |
(5) | Carl Emil Fenger (1814–1884) | 24 February 1860 | 31 December 1863 | 3 years, 310 days | Independent | Hall II Cabinet |
No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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7 | Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) | 31 December 1863 | 11 July 1864 | 193 days | National Liberal | Monrad Cabinet | |
8 | Christian Nathan David (1793–1874) | 11 July 1864 | 6 November 1865 | 1 year, 148 days | Independent | Bluhme II Cabinet | |
9 | Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817–1880) | 6 November 1865 | 28 May 1870 | 4 years, 203 days | Independent | Frijs Cabinet | |
(5) | Carl Emil Fenger (1814–1884) | 28 May 1870 | 25 March 1872 | 1 year, 302 days | Independent | Holstein-Holsteinborg Cabinet | |
(4) | Andreas Frederik Krieger (1817–1893) | 1 July 1872 | 20 June 1874 | 1 year, 354 days | National Liberal | Holstein-Holsteinborg Cabinet | |
(9) | Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817–1880) | 14 July 1874 | 11 June 1875 | 332 days | Independent | Fonnesbech Cabinet | |
10 | Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913) | 11 June 1875 | 7 August 1894 | 19 years, 57 days | National Landowners Højre | Estrup Cabinet | |
11 | Christian Lüttichau (1832–1915) | 7 August 1894 | 23 May 1897 | 2 years, 289 days | Højre | Reedtz-Thott Cabinet | |
12 | Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842–1909) | 23 May 1897 | 27 April 1900 | 2 years, 339 days | Højre | Hørring Cabinet | |
13 | William Scharling (1837–1911) | 27 April 1900 | 24 July 1901 | 1 year, 88 days | Højre | Sehested Cabinet | |
14 | Christopher Hage (1848–1930) | 24 July 1901 | 14 January 1905 | 3 years, 174 days | Venstre Reform | Deuntzer Cabinet | |
15 | Vilhelm Lassen (1861–1908) [3] | 14 January 1905 | 4 June 1908 † | 5 years, 337 days | Venstre Reform | Christensen I Cabinet | |
– | Jens Christian Christensen (1856–1930) Acting | 4 June 1908 | 24 July 1908 | 50 days | Venstre Reform | Christensen I Cabinet |
No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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16 | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) | 24 July 1908 | 12 October 1908 | 80 days | Venstre Reform | Christensen II Cabinet | |
17 | Charles Brun (1866–1919) | 12 October 1908 | 16 August 1909 | 308 days | Venstre Reform | Neergaard I Cabinet | |
(16) | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) | 16 August 1909 | 28 October 1909 | 73 days | Venstre Reform | Holstein-Ledreborg Cabinet | |
18 | Edvard Brandes (1847–1931) | 28 October 1909 | 5 July 1910 | 250 days | Social Liberals | Zahle I Cabinet | |
(16) | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) | 5 July 1910 | 21 June 1913 | 2 years, 351 days | Venstre | Berntsen Cabinet |
No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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(18) | Edvard Brandes (1847–1931) | 21 June 1913 | 30 March 1920 | 6 years, 283 days | Social Liberals | Zahle II Cabinet | |
19 | Hans Peter Hjerl Hansen (1870–1946) | 30 March 1920 | 5 April 1920 | 6 days | Independent | Liebe Cabinet | |
20 | Michael Koefoed (1870–1946) | 5 April 1920 | 5 May 1920 | 30 days | Independent | Friis Cabinet | |
(16) | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) | 5 May 1920 | 23 April 1924 | 3 years, 354 days | Venstre | Neergaard II Cabinet | |
21 | Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs (1879–1965) | 23 April 1924 | 14 December 1926 | 2 years, 235 days | Social Democrats | Stauning I Cabinet | |
(16) | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) | 14 December 1926 | 30 April 1929 | 2 years, 137 days | Venstre | Madsen-Mygdal Cabinet | |
(21) | Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs (1879–1965) | 30 April 1929 | 31 May 1933 | 4 years, 31 days | Social Democrats | Stauning II Cabinet | |
22 | Hans Peter Hansen (1872–1953) | 31 May 1933 | 20 July 1937 | 4 years, 50 days | Social Democrats | Stauning II Cabinet–III | |
23 | Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954) | 20 July 1937 | 16 July 1942 | 4 years, 361 days | Social Democrats | Stauning III Cabinet–IV–V–VI Buhl I Cabinet | |
24 | Alsing Andersen (1893–1962) | 16 July 1942 | 9 November 1942 | 116 days | Social Democrats | Buhl I Cabinet | |
25 | Kristian Hansen Kofoed (1879–1951) [4] | 9 November 1942 | 29 August 1943 | 293 days | Social Liberals | Scavenius Cabinet | |
29 August 1943[4] – 5 May 1945 | |||||||
26 | Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960) | 5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Social Democrats | Buhl II Cabinet | |
27 | Thorkil Kristensen (1899–1989) | 7 November 1945 | 13 November 1947 | 2 years, 6 days | Venstre | Kristensen Cabinet |
No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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(26) | Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960) | 13 November 1947 | 16 September 1950 | 2 years, 307 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I Cabinet | |
28 | Viggo Kampmann (1910–1976) | 16 September 1950 | 30 October 1950 | 44 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I Cabinet | |
(27) | Thorkil Kristensen (1899–1989) | 30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | 2 years, 335 days | Venstre | Eriksen Cabinet | |
(28) | Viggo Kampmann (1910–1976) | 30 September 1953 | 31 March 1960 | 6 years, 183 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft II Cabinet Hansen I Cabinet–II Kampmann I Cabinet | |
29 | Kjeld Philip (1912–1989) | 31 March 1960 | 7 September 1961 | 1 year, 160 days | Social Liberals | Kampmann I Cabinet–II | |
30 | Hans R. Knudsen (1903–1962) [5] | 7 September 1961 | 4 November 1962 † | 1 year, 160 days | Social Democrats | Kampmann II Cabinet Krag I Cabinet | |
31 | Poul Hansen (1913–1966) | 15 November 1962 | 24 August 1965 | 2 years, 282 days | Social Democrats | Krag I Cabinet–II | |
32 | Henry Grünbaum (1911–2006) | 24 August 1965 | 2 February 1968 | 2 years, 162 days | Social Democrats | Krag II Cabinet | |
33 | Poul Møller (1919–1997) | 2 February 1968 | 17 March 1971 | 3 years, 43 days | Conservatives | Baunsgaard Cabinet | |
34 | Erik Ninn-Hansen (1922–2014) | 17 March 1971 | 11 October 1971 | 208 days | Conservatives | Baunsgaard Cabinet | |
(32) | Henry Grünbaum (1911–2006) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet |
No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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35 | Anders Ejnar Andersen (1912–2006) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling Cabinet | |
36 | Knud Heinesen (born 1932) | 13 February 1975 | 26 October 1979 | 4 years, 255 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet–III | |
37 | Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022) | 26 October 1979 | 30 December 1981 | 2 years, 65 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet | |
(36) | Knud Heinesen (born 1932) | 30 December 1981 | 10 September 1982 | 254 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen V Cabinet | |
38 | Henning Christophersen (1939–2016) | 10 September 1982 | 23 July 1984 | 1 year, 317 days | Venstre | Schlüter I Cabinet | |
39 | Palle Simonsen (1933–2014) | 23 July 1984 | 31 October 1989 | 5 years, 100 days | Conservatives | Schlüter I Cabinet–II–III | |
40 | Henning Dyremose (born 1945) | 31 October 1989 | 25 January 1993 | 3 years, 86 days | Conservatives | Schlüter III Cabinet–IV | |
41 | Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946) | 25 January 1993 | 21 December 2000 | 7 years, 331 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV | |
42 | Pia Gjellerup (born 1959) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | |
43 | Thor Pedersen (born 1945) | 27 November 2001 | 23 November 2007 | 5 years, 361 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II | |
44 | Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964) | 23 November 2007 | 7 April 2009 | 1 year, 135 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
45 | Claus Hjort Frederiksen (born 1947) | 7 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | 2 years, 179 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
46 | Bjarne Corydon (born 1973) | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II | |
(45) | Claus Hjort Frederiksen (born 1947) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
47 | Kristian Jensen (born 1971) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
48 | Nicolai Wammen (born 1971) | 27 June 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 141 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet–II |
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