Minister of Business Affairs (Denmark)

Minister of Business Affairs
Erhvervsminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Morten Bødskov since 15 December 2022
Ministry of Business Affairs
Type	Minister
Member of	Cabinet State Council
Reports to	the Prime minister
Seat	Slotsholmen
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Precursor	Minister of Industry and Trade
Formation	27 September 1994;31 years ago (1994-09-27)
First holder	Mimi Jakobsen
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

The Danish Minister of Business Affairs (Danish : Erhvervsminister), is a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Ministry of Business Affairs.

The position can be traced back to the minister of industry and trade. ^[2]

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Business Affairs (Erhvervsminister)
1		Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948)	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	2 years, 94 days		Centre Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen II	[3]
2		Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012)	28 January 1994	23 March 1998	4 years, 54 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen III	[4]
3		Pia Gjellerup (born 1959)	23 March 1998	21 December 2000	2 years, 273 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen IV	[5]
4		Ole Stavad (born 1949)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	333 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen IV	[5]
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs (Økonomi- og Erhvervsminister)
5		Bendt Bendtsen (born 1954)	27 November 2001	10 September 2008	6 years, 288 days		Conservative People's Party	A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III	[6] [7] [8]
6		Lene Espersen (born 1965)	10 September 2008	23 February 2010	1 year, 166 days		Conservative People's Party	A. F. Rasmussen III L. L. Rasmussen I	[8] [9]
7		Brian Mikkelsen (born 1966)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days		Conservative People's Party	L. L. Rasmussen I	[9]
Minister of Business Affairs and Growth (Erhvervs- og Vækstminister)
8		Ole Sohn (born 1954)	3 October 2011	16 October 2012	1 year, 13 days		Green Left	Thorning-Schmidt I	[10]
9		Annette Vilhelmsen (born 1959)	16 October 2012	9 August 2013	297 days		Green Left	Thorning-Schmidt I	[10]
10		Henrik Sass Larsen (born 1966)	9 August 2013	28 June 2015	1 year, 323 days		Green Left	Thorning-Schmidt I–II	[10] [11]
11		Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen II	[12]
Minister of Business Affairs (Erhvervsminister)
(7)		Brian Mikkelsen (born 1966)	28 November 2016	20 June 2018	1 year, 204 days		Conservative People's Party	L. L. Rasmussen III	[13]
12		Rasmus Jarlov (born 1977)	20 June 2018	27 June 2019	1 year, 7 days		Conservative People's Party	L. L. Rasmussen III	[13]
13		Simon Kollerup (born 1986)	27 June 2019	15 December 2022	3 years, 171 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	[14]
14		Morten Bødskov (born 1970)	15 December 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 3 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen II	[15]

References

1. "Hvad tjener en minister?". Regeringen (in Danish). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
2. Hertz, Michael. "Erhvervsministeriet". Lex – Danmarks Nationalleksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
3. "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
4. "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
5. "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
6. "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
7. "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen II" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
8. "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen III" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
9. "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
10. "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
11. "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
12. "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
13. "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
14. "Regeringen Mette Frederiksen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
15. "Regeringen Mette Frederiksen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.