No. Portrait Name(born-died) Term of office Political party Government Ref. Took office Left office Time in office Minister for Nordic Affairs(Danish : Minister for nordiske anliggender 1 Bertel Dahlgaard (1887–1972) 28 May 1957 18 November 1960 years, 174 days Social Liberals Hansen II 2 Henry Grünbaum [ da ] (1911–2006) 8 October 1964 15 July 1965 days Social Democrats Krag II [ 1] 3 Lars P. Jensen [ da ] (1909–1986) 15 July 1965 21 September 1966 year, 68 days Social Democrats Krag II [ 1] 4 Tyge Dahlgaard [ da ] (1921–1985) 21 September 1966 1 October 1967 year, 10 days Social Democrats Krag II [ 1] 5 Ove Hansen [ da ] (1909–1997) 1 October 1967 2 February 1968 days Social Democrats Krag II [ 1] 6 Poul Nyboe Andersen [ da ] (1913–2004) 2 February 1968 11 October 1971 years, 251 days Venstre Baunsgaard 7 Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) 11 October 1971 19 December 1973 years, 69 days Social Democrats Krag III Jørgensen I (7) Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) 29 January 1975 26 February 1977 years, 28 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II 8 Lise Østergaard (1924–1996) 28 February 1980 30 December 1981 year, 305 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II 9 Christian Christensen [ da ] (1925–1988) 10 September 1982 10 September 1987 years, 0 days Christian Democrats Schlüter I Minister for Nordic Cooperation(Minister for nordiske samarbejde 10 Lars P. Gammelgaard [ da ] (1945–1994) 10 September 1987 3 June 1988 days Conservatives Schlüter II 11 Thor Pedersen (born 1945) 3 June 1988 18 December 1990 years, 198 days Venstre Schlüter III 12 Knud Enggaard (1929–2024) 18 December 1990 25 January 1993 years, 38 days Venstre Schlüter IV 13 Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (born 1944) 25 January 1993 27 September 1994 year, 245 days Christian Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I 14 Marianne Jelved (born 1943) 27 September 1994 27 November 2001 years, 61 days Social Liberals P. N. Rasmussen II –III –IV 15 Bendt Bendtsen (born 1954) 27 November 2001 18 June 2002 days Conservatives A. F. Rasmussen I 16 Flemming Hansen (1939–2021) 18 June 2002 18 February 2005 years, 245 days Conservatives A. F. Rasmussen I 17 Connie Hedegaard (born 1960) 18 February 2005 23 November 2007 years, 278 days Conservatives A. F. Rasmussen II 18 Bertel Haarder (born 1944) 23 November 2007 23 February 2010 years, 92 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen II –III L. L. Rasmussen I 19 Karen Ellemann (born 1969) 23 February 2010 3 October 2011 year, 222 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I 20 Manu Sareen (born 1952) 3 October 2011 3 February 2014 years, 123 days Social Liberals Thorning-Schmidt I 21 Carsten Hansen (born 1957) 3 February 2014 28 June 2015 year, 145 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II 22 Carl Holst (born 1970) 28 June 2015 30 September 2015 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II 23 Peter Christensen (1975–2025) 30 September 2015 28 November 2016 year, 59 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II (19) Karen Ellemann (born 1969) 28 November 2016 2 May 2018 year, 155 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II –III 24 Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) 2 May 2018 27 June 2019 year, 56 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III 22 Mogens Jensen (born 1963) 27 June 2019 19 November 2020 year, 145 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I 26 Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 1963) 19 November 2020 15 December 2022 years, 26 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I 24 Louise Schack Elholm (born 1977) 15 December 2022 23 November 2023 days Venstre Frederiksen II 25 Morten Dahlin (born 1989) 23 November 2023 Incumbent year, 75 days Venstre Frederiksen II 
