Minister for Employment (Denmark)

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Minister for Employment
Beskæftigelsesminister
National coat of arms of Denmark.svg
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
20230321 Kaare Dybvad Bek pa Sveriges ambassad (52762284539) (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Kaare Dybvad
since 23 September 2025
Ministry of Employment
Type Minister
Member of
Reports tothe Prime minister
Seat Slotsholmen
Appointer The Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Formation9 November 1942;83 years ago (1942-11-09)
First holder Johannes Kjærbøl
Successiondepending on the order in the State Council
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Salary1,334.377.79 DKK
(€187,839), in 2024 [1]
Website Official website

The Minister for Employment (Danish : Beskæftigelsesminister) is a Danish minister office. The minister is the labour minister of Denmark and is the political head of the Ministry of Employment of Denmark.

Contents

The office was introduced with the Scavenius Cabinet on 9 November 1942. It was called Minister of Labour (Danish : Arbejdsminister) until 2001. [2]

List of ministers

No.PortraitName
(born-died)		Term of officePolitical partyGovernmentRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
(Arbejds- og socialminister)
1 Johannes Kjaerbol (63) (cropped).jpg Johannes Kjærbøl
(1885–1973)		8 July 19409 November 19422 years, 124 days Social Democrats Stauning VI
Buhl I 		[3] [4]
Minister of Labour
(Arbejdsminister)
(1) Johannes Kjaerbol (63) (cropped).jpg Johannes Kjærbøl
(1885–1973)		9 November 194229 August 1943287 days Social Democrats Scavenius [5]
No Danish government (29 August 1943 [a] – 5 May 1945). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
(Arbejds- og socialminister)
2 Hans Hedtoft by Elfelt & Co.jpg Hans Hedtoft
(1903–1955)		5 May 19457 November 1945186 days Social Democrats Buhl II [6]
3 Soren Peter Larsen elfelt-kongelig-hoffotograf-formentlig-1945.jpg Søren Peter Larsen  [ da ]
(1888–1948)		7 November 194524 April 19471 year, 168 days Venstre Kristensen [7]
4 Jens Sonderup.jpg Jens Sønderup
(1894–1978)		24 April 194713 November 1947203 days Venstre Kristensen [7]
Minister of Labour
(Arbejdsminister)
5 No image.png Marius Sørensen  [ da ]
(1891–1964)		13 November 19472 years, 10 days2 years, 351 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I [8]
Minister of Labour and Housing
(Arbejds- og boligminister)
(1) Johannes Kjaerbol (Hedtoft I cropped).jpg Johannes Kjærbøl
(1885–1973)		23 November 194930 October 1950341 days Social Democrats Hedtoft II [9]
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
(Arbejds- og socialminister)
6 No image.png Poul Sørensen
(1904–1969)		30 October 195030 September 19532 years, 335 days Conservative People's Party Eriksen [10]
7 Johan Strom (Hedtoft I cropped).jpg Johan Strøm  [ da ]
(1898–1958)		30 September 19531 November 195332 days Social Democrats Hedtoft III [11]
Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour
(Økonomi- og arbejdsminister)
(11) Jens Otto Krag by Elfelt & Co.jpg Jens Otto Krag
(1914–1978)		1 November 195328 May 19573 years, 208 days Social Democrats Hedtoft III
Hansen I 		[11] [12]
Minister of Labour and Housing
(Arbejds- og boligminister)
9 Kaj Bundvad by Elfelt & Co.jpg Kaj Bundvad  [ da ]
(1904–1976)		28 May 195721 February 19602 years, 269 days Social Democrat Hansen II [13]
Minister of Labour
(Arbejdsminister)
(9) Kaj Bundvad by Elfelt & Co.jpg Kaj Bundvad  [ da ]
(1904–1976)		21 February 19603 September 19622 years, 194 days Social Democrats Kampmann I–II [14] [15]
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
(Arbejds- og socialminister)
(9) Kaj Bundvad by Elfelt & Co.jpg Kaj Bundvad  [ da ]
(1904–1976)		3 September 196227 August 1963358 days Social Democrats Krag I [16]
Minister of Labour
(Arbejdsminister)
10 Erling Dinesen and Thomas Nielsen (1974) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg Erling Dinesen  [ da ]
(1910–1986)		27 August 19632 February 19685 years, 152 days Social Democrats Krag I–II [16] [17]
11 No image.png Lauge Dahlgaard  [ da ]
(1919–1996)		2 February 196811 October 19713 years, 251 days Social Liberal Baunsgaard [18]
(16) Erling Dinesen and Thomas Nielsen (1974) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg Erling Dinesen  [ da ]
(1910–1986)		11 October 197119 December 19732 years, 69 days Social Democrats Krag III
Jørgensen I 		[19] [20]
Minister of Labour and Housing
(Arbejds- og boligminister)
12 No image.png Johan Philipsen  [ da ]
(1911–1992)		19 December 197313 February 19751 year, 56 days Venstre Hartling [21]
Minister of Labour
(Arbejdsminister)
(10) Erling Dinesen and Thomas Nielsen (1974) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg Erling Dinesen  [ da ]
(1910–1986)		13 February 19758 September 19761 year, 208 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [22]
13 No image.png Erling Jensen  [ da ]
(1919–2000)		8 September 19761 October 19771 year, 23 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [22]
14 Svend-auken.jpg Svend Auken
(1943–2009)		1 October 197710 September 19824 years, 344 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II–III–IV–V [22] [23]
[24] [25]
15 No image.png Grethe Fenger Møller
(born 1941)		10 September 198212 March 19863 years, 183 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter I [26]
16 Henning Dyremose.jpg Henning Dyremose  [ da ]
(born 1945)		12 March 198630 October 19893 years, 232 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter I–II–III [26] [27]
[28]
17 No image.png Knud Erik Kirkegaard  [ da ]
(born 1942)		30 October 198925 January 19933 years, 87 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter III–IV [28] [29]
18 No image.png Jytte Andersen
(born 1942)		25 January 199323 March 19985 years, 57 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I–II–III [30] [31]
[32]
19 No image.png Ove Hygum  [ da ]
(born 1956)		23 March 199827 November 20013 years, 249 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV [33]
Minister for Employment
(Beskæftigelsesminister)
20 Claus Hjort Frederiksen 2010-03-22 (cropped).jpg Claus Hjort Frederiksen
(born 1947)		27 November 20017 April 20097 years, 131 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III [34] [35]
[36]
21 Inger Stojberg 2.jpg Inger Støjberg
(born 1973)		7 April 20093 October 20112 years, 179 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I [37]
22 Mette Frederiksen - 2009.jpg Mette Frederiksen
(born 1977)		3 October 201110 October 20143 years, 7 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I–II [38] [39]
23 Henrik Dam Kristensen (S) Danmarks delegation till Nordiska radet.jpg Henrik Dam Kristensen
(born 1957)		10 October 201428 June 2015261 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II [39]
24 Jorn Neergaard Larsen.jpg Jørn Neergaard Larsen  [ da ]
(born 1949)		28 June 201528 November 20161 year, 153 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II [40]
25 Troels Lund Poulsen Skamlingsbanken.jpg Troels Lund Poulsen
(born 1976)		28 November 201627 June 20192 years, 211 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III [41]
26 Peter Hummelgaard, Denmark Minister of Justice at the United States Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C. on 5 March 2024 (cropped).jpg Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen
(born 1983)		27 June 201915 December 20223 years, 171 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [42]
27 Ane Halsboe-Jorgensen, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council. 2025-06-19 (cropped).jpg Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
(born 1983)		15 December 202223 September 20252 years, 282 days Social Democrats Frederiksen II [43]
28 20230321 Kaare Dybvad Bek pa Sveriges ambassad (52762284539) (cropped).jpg Kaare Dybvad
(born 1984)		23 September 2025Incumbent122 days Social Democrats Frederiksen II [43]

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Hvad tjener en minister?". Regeringen (in Danish). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Beskæftigelsesministre gennem tiden". bm.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Employment. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Regeringen Stauning VI". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Regeringen Buhl I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Regeringen Scavenius". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Regeringen Buhl II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Regeringen Kristensen". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Regeringen Hedtoft I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Regeringen Hedtoft II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Regeringen Erik Eriksen". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Regeringen Hedtoft III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Regeringen H.C. Hansen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Regeringen H.C. Hansen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  14. ↑ "Regeringen Viggo Kampmann I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "Regeringen Viggo Kampmann II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "Regeringen Hilmar Baunsgaard". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  20. ↑ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  21. ↑ "Regeringen Poul Hartling". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  22. 1 2 3 "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  23. ↑ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  24. ↑ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  25. ↑ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen V". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  26. 1 2 "Regeringen Poul Schlüter I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  27. ↑ "Regeringen Poul Schlüter II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  28. 1 2 "Regeringen Poul Schlüter III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  29. ↑ "Regeringen Poul Schlüter IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  30. ↑ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  31. ↑ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  32. ↑ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  33. ↑ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  34. ↑ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  35. ↑ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  36. ↑ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  37. ↑ "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  38. ↑ "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  39. 1 2 "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  40. ↑ "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  41. ↑ "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  42. ↑ "Regeringen Mette Frederiksen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  43. 1 2 "Regeringen Mette Frederiksen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 17 September 2024.


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