Minister for Integration (Denmark)

Minister for Integration (Danish: Integrationsminister) is a Danish ministerial office. The office was created by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on 27 November 2001 when he formed the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I after the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, in which refugees, immigration, and integration of people from non-western countries had been important issues.

Minister of Integration
Integrationsminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Kaare Dybvad since 2 May 2022
Ministry of Immigration and Integration
Type	Minister
Member of	Cabinet State Council
Reports to	the Prime minister
Seat	Slotsholmen
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Formation	27 November 2001; 23 years ago (2001-11-27)
First holder	Bertel Haarder
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	Permanent Secretary
Salary	1.400.192,97 DKK (€187,839), in 2024[1]
Website	Official website

One of the stated goals of the Anders Fogh cabinet, and especially the supporting Danish People's Party which secured the government's majority, was to "stem the flow" of refugees to Denmark, and new tougher rules did drastically reduce the number of refugees being granted asylum. Another initiative was the 24 year rule, which stated that spouses must be 24 or older before they could immigrate to Denmark through family reunification (there had been many cases of arranged marriages of young people being used to get around immigration restrictions).

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration (Minister for flygtninge, indvandrere og integration)
1		Bertel Haarder (born 1944)	27 November 2001	18 February 2005	3 years, 83 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen I	[2]
2		Rikke Hvilshøj (born 1970)	18 February 2005	23 November 2007	2 years, 278 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen II	[3]
3		Birthe Rønn Hornbech (born 1943)	23 November 2007	8 March 2011	3 years, 105 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen III L. L. Rasmussen I	[4][5]
4		Søren Pind (born 1969)	8 March 2011	3 October 2011	209 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen I	[5]
Minister of Social Affairs and Integration (Social- og integrationsminister)
5		Karen Hækkerup (born 1974)	3 October 2011	9 August 2013	1 year, 310 days		Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt I	[6]
Minister of Social Affairs, Children and Integration (Social-, børne- og integrationsminister)
6		Annette Vilhelmsen (born 1959)	9 August 2013	3 February 2014	178 days		Green Left	Thorning-Schmidt I	[6]
Minister for Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs (Minister for børn, ligestilling, integration og sociale forhold)
7		Manu Sareen (born 1967)	3 October 2011	28 June 2015	3 years, 268 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt II	[7]
Minister for Foreigners, Integration and Housing (Udlændinge-, integrations- og boligminister)
8		Inger Støjberg (born 1973)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen II	[8]
Minister for Foreigners and Integration (Udlændinge- og integrationsminister)
8		Inger Støjberg (born 1973)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen III	[9]
9		Mattias Tesfaye (born 1981)	27 June 2019	2 May 2022	2 years, 309 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	[10]
10		Kaare Dybvad (born 1984)	2 May 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 307 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I–II	[10][11]