Minister of Communications (Denmark)

Minister of Communications
Kommunikationsminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Longest serving Torben Rechendorff 10 January 1989 – 25 January 1993
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 Culture
Formation	10 September 1987 (1987-09-10)
First holder	Hans Peter Clausen  [ da ]
Final holder	Helge Mortensen  [ da ]
Abolished	27 September 1994 (1994-09-27)
Superseded by	Minister of Science
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	Permanent Secretary

The Danish Minister of Communications (Danish : Kommunikationsminister), was a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across communications, often combined with other areas.

Following the creation of the second cabinet of Poul Schlüter areas of radio, television and parts of the postal and telegraph services were transferred to new Minister of Communications. In 1994, the position was abolished and the minister's responsibilities were placed under the Minister of Science. ^[1]

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Culture and Communications (Kultur- og kommunikationsminister)
1		Hans Peter Clausen  [ da ] (1933–2014)	10 September 1987	3 June 1988	267 days		Conservative People's Party	Schlüter II	[2]
Minister of Traffic and Communications (Trafik- og kommunikationsminister)
(1)		Hans Peter Clausen  [ da ] (1928–1998)	3 June 1988	10 January 1989	221 days		Conservative People's Party	Schlüter III	[3]
Minister of Communications (Kommunikationsminister)
2		Torben Rechendorff (1937–2022)	10 January 1989	25 January 1993	4 years, 236 days		Conservative People's Party	Schlüter III–IV	[3] [4]
Minister of Communications and Tourism (Minister for kommunikation og turisme)
3		Arne Melchior (1924–2016)	25 January 1993	28 January 1994	1 year, 3 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen I	[5]
4		Helge Mortensen  [ da ] (born 1941)	28 January 1994	27 September 1994	242 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen I	[5]

References

1. Rambusch, Sigurd (31 January 2009). "Kommunikationsminister" [Minister of Communications]. Lex (in Danish). Retrieved 6 February 2026.
2. "Regeringen Poul Schlüter II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
3. "Regeringen Poul Schlüter III" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
4. "Regeringen Poul Schlüter IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
5. "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.