This is a list of Interior Ministers of Denmark since the establishment of the

Danish Ministry of the Interior The Ministry of the Interior and Health () is a former Danish ministry that has existed twice in the 21st century by combination of existing ministries. The Ministry of Interior and Health was first created in 2001 under the first government of ...

in 1848. The Ministry was abolished in 2007 with most of the portfolio becoming part of a new Ministry of Welfare. It was reestablished in 2009.

List of Interior Ministers (1848–present)

Interior ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863)

Interior ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906)

Interior ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912)

Interior ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)

! colspan=8, No Danish government in between and . Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.

Interior ministers under Frederik IX (1947–1972)

Interior ministers under Margrethe II (1972–present)

Notes

*Frederik Tobiesen was often referred to by his nickname ''Frits Tobiesen''. *From November 1918 to March 1920,

Thorvald Stauning Thorvald August Marinus Stauning (; 26 October 1873 in Copenhagen – 3 May 1942) was the first social democratic Prime Minister of Denmark. He served as Prime Minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 1942. Under Stauni ...

(Minister without Portfolio) assumed the Interior Minister's duties regarding the so-called ''Interior Ministry's Social Department Regarding Worker's Relations''.

, 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 Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

. 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 Christian X ( da, Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 to his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, in the form of a personal union rather ...

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 An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

, which were then renamed to the Ministry of the Interior and Health.

Sources

The Danish Ministry of the Interior. A history of the ministryThe Danish Ministry of the Interior. A list of ministersLists of Danish governments since 1848
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