Minister of Industry and Trade (Denmark)

Last updated
Minister of Industry and Trade
Minister for industri og handel
National coat of arms of Denmark.svg
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Stauning I cabinet, C.N. Hauge (cropped).jpg
Longest serving
Christen Nielsen Hauge  ( da )
30 April 1929–4 November 1935
Type Minister
Member of
Reports tothe prime minister
Seat Slotsholmen
Appointer The Monarch
(on the advice of the prime minister)
Formation22 March 1848;177 years ago (1848-03-22)
First holder Christian Albrecht Bluhme
Final holder Mogens Jensen
Abolished28 June 2015;10 years ago (2015-06-28)
Superseded by Minister of Business Affairs
Successiondepending on the order in the State Council
Deputy Permanent Secretary

The Danish Minister of Industry and Trade (Danish : Minister for industri og handel), was a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across industry and trade, often combined with other areas.

In 1994, the position was abolished, and its tasks were transferred to the minister of business affairs. During Helle Thorning-Schmidt's leadership, the position was shortly revived. It was abolished again by the second Lars Løkke cabinet.

List of ministers

No.PortraitName
(born–died)		Term of officePolitical partyGovernmentRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Minister of Trade
(Handelsminister)
1 Bluhme.jpg Christian Albrecht Bluhme
(1794–1866)		22 March 184815 November 1848238 days Højre Moltke I [1]
Minister of Trade and Seafaring
(Minister for Handel og Søfart)
2 Johan Hansen (1861-1943).jpg Johan Hansen  ( da )
(1861–1943)		12 October 190828 October 19091 year, 16 days Venstre Reform Party Neergaard I
Holstein-Ledreborg 		[2] [3]
3 Wilhelm Weimann by Elfelt.jpg Wilhelm Weimann  ( da )
(1868–1942)		28 October 19095 July 1910250 days Social Liberal Zahle I [4]
4 Oscar Hakon Valdemar Bruun Muus.jpg Oscar B. Muus  ( da )
(1847–1918)		5 July 191021 June 19132 years, 351 days Venstre Berntsen [5]
– Jens Hassing-Jorgensen by Elfelt.jpg Jens Hassing-Jørgensen  ( da )
(1872–1952)
acting		21 June 19131 April 1914284 days Social Liberal Zahle II [6]
Minister of Trade
(Minister for Handel)
– Jens Hassing-Jorgensen by Elfelt.jpg Jens Hassing-Jørgensen  ( da )
(1872–1952)
acting		1 April 191428 April 191427 days Social Liberal Zahle II [6]
5 Christopher Hage by Marius Christensen.jpg Christopher Hage  ( da )
(1848–1930)		28 April 191430 March 19205 years, 337 days Social Liberal Zahle II [6]
6 No image.png Magnus Suenson  ( da )
(1875–1955)		30 March 19205 April 19206 days Independent Liebe [7]
7 H. P. Prior (1866).jpg Hans Peter Prior
(1866–1936)		5 April 19205 May 192030 days Independent Friis [8]
8 Tyge J. Rothe by Elfelt 1923.jpg Tyge J. Rothe  ( da )
(1877–1970)		5 May 19209 October 19222 years, 157 days Venstre Neergaard II [9]
– Oluf Christian Krag by Peter Elfelt.jpg Oluf Krag  ( da )
(1870–1942)
acting		9 October 192210 October 19221 day Venstre Neergaard III [10]
9 Jorgen Christensen by Elfelt.jpg Jørgen Christensen  ( da )
(1871–1937)		10 October 192223 April 19241 year, 196 days Venstre Neergaard III [10]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Seafaring
(Minister for industri, handel og søfart)
10 Stauning i1920-erne.jpg Thorvald Stauning
(1873–1942)		23 April 192414 December 19262 years, 235 days Social Democrats Stauning I [11]
11 Marius Abel Nielsen Slebsager.jpg Marius Slebsager  ( da )
(1874–1962)		14 December 19263 October 19281 year, 294 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal [12]
– MadsenMygdal.jpg Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
(1876–1943)
acting		3 October 19286 October 19283 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal [12]
– Johannes Pedersen Stensballe by Herman Vedel.png Johannes Stensballe  ( da )
(1874–1956)
acting		6 October 192830 April 1929206 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal [12]
Minister of Industry and Trade
(Minister for industri og handel)
12 Stauning I cabinet, C.N. Hauge (cropped).jpg Christen Nielsen Hauge  ( da )
(1870–1940)		30 April 19294 November 19356 years, 188 days Social Democrats Stauning II [13]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Seafaring
(Minister for industri, handel og søfart)
13 Johannes Kjaerbol (63) (cropped).jpg Johannes Kjærbøl
(1885–1973)		4 November 19358 July 19404 years, 247 days Social Democrats Stauning III–IV–V [14] [15]
[16]
14 John Christmas Moller (FHM-269435).jpg John Christmas Møller
(1894–1948)		8 July 19403 October 194087 days Conservative People's Party Stauning VI [17]
15 Halfdan Hendriksen by Elfelt.jpg Halfdan Hendriksen  ( da )
(1881–1962)		3 October 19405 May 19454 years, 214 days Conservative People's Party Stauning VI
Buhl I
Scavenius 		[17] [18]
[19]
16 Vilhelm Fibiger.jpg Vilhelm Fibiger  ( da )
(1886–1978)		5 May 19457 November 1945186 days Conservative People's Party Buhl II [20]
17 No image.png Jens Villemoes  ( da )
(1880–1956)		7 November 19456 September 19471 year, 303 days Venstre Kristensen [21]
18 No image.png Axel Kristensen  ( da )
(1895–1971)		6 September 194713 November 194768 days Venstre Kristensen [21]
19 Jens Otto Krag 01.jpg Jens Otto Krag
(1914–1978)		13 November 194716 September 19502 years, 307 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I [22]
20 HC Hansen.png Hans Christian Hansen
(1906–1960)		16 September 195030 October 195044 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I–II [22] [23]
21 No image.png Ove Weikop  ( da )
(1897–1986)		30 October 195013 September 1951318 days Conservative People's Party Eriksen [24]
22 No image.png Aage L. Rytter  ( da )
(1900–1961)		13 September 195130 September 19532 years, 17 days Conservative People's Party Eriksen [24]
23 Lis Groes.jpg Lis Groes
(1910–1974)		30 September 195328 May 19573 years, 240 days Social Democrats Hedtoft III
Hansen I 		[25] [26]
Minister of Trade, Crafts, Industry and Seafaring
(Minister for handel, håndværk, industri og søfart) [27]
24 No image.png Kjeld Philip
(1912–1989)		28 May 195731 March 19602 years, 308 days Social Liberal Hansen II
Kampmann I 		[28] [29]
25 No image.png Lars P. Jensen  ( da )
(1909–1986)		31 March 19607 September 19611 year, 160 days Social Democrats Kampmann I–II [29] [30]
26 Modtagelse af den tyske forbundspraesident Dr. Theodor Heynemann (Hilmar Baunsgaard) (cropped).jpg Hilmar Baunsgaard
(1920–1989)		7 September 196126 September 19643 years, 19 days Social Liberal Kampmann II
Krag I 		[30] [31]
(25) No image.png Lars P. Jensen  ( da )
(1909–1986)		26 September 196421 September 19661 year, 360 days Social Democrats Krag II [32]
27 No image.png Tyge Dahlgaard  ( da )
(1921–1985)		21 September 19661 Oktober 19671 year, 10 days Social Democrats Krag II [32]
28 No image.png Ove Hansen  ( da )
(1909–1997)		1 October 19672 February 1968124 days Social Democrats Krag II [32]
29 No image.png Knud Thomsen  ( da )
(1908–1996)		2 February 196811 October 19713 years, 251 days Conservative People's Party Baunsgaard [33]
30 No image.png Erling Jensen  ( da )
(1919–2000)		11 October 19716 December 19732 years, 56 days Social Democrats Krag III
Jørgensen I 		[34] [35]
31 No image.png Poul Nyboe Andersen  ( da )
(1913–2004)		6 December 197329 January 19751 year, 54 days Venstre Hartling [36]
(30) No image.png Erling Jensen  ( da )
(1919–2000)		29 January 19758 September 19761 year, 223 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [37]
32 Per Haekkerup.jpg Per Hækkerup
(1915–1979)		8 September 197626 February 1977171 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [37]
33 No image.png Ivar Nørgaard
(1922–2011)		26 February 197730 August 19781 year, 185 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [37]
34 No image.png Arne Christiansen  ( da )
(1925–2007)		26 February 197726 October 19792 years, 242 days Venstre Jørgensen III [38]
Minister of Industry
(Industriminister)
(30) No image.png Erling Jensen  ( da )
(1919–2000)		26 October 197910 September 19822 years, 319 days Social Democrats Jørgensen IV–V [39] [40]
35 No image.png Ib Stetter  ( da )
(1917–1997)		10 September 198212 March 19863 years, 183 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter I [41]
36 No image.png Nils Wilhjelm  ( da )
(1936–2018)		12 March 19862 December 19893 years, 265 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter I–II–III [41] [42]
[43]
37 No image.png Anne Birgitte Lundholt
(born 1952)		2 December 198925 January 19933 years, 54 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter III–IV [43] [44]
38 No image.png Jan Trøjborg
(1955–2012)		25 January 199328 January 19941 year, 3 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I [45]
39 No image.png Mimi Jakobsen
(born 1948)		28 January 19948 February 199411 days Centre Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I [45]
Minister of Industry and Business Coordination
(Industri- og samordningsminister)
(39) No image.png Mimi Jakobsen
(born 1948)		8 February 199427 September 1994231 days Centre Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I [45]
None (task assumed by the minister of business affairs)
27 September 1994 – 3 October 2011
Minister of Trade and Investment
(Handels- og investeringsminister)
40 Pia Olsen Dyhr OKT 2018 Foto William Vest-Lillesoe CROP.jpg Pia Olsen Dyhr
(born 1971)		3 October 20119 August 20131 year, 310 days Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I [46]
Minister of Trade and European Affairs
(Handels- og europaminister)
41 Nick Haekkerup, pressefoto.jpg Nick Hækkerup
(born 1968)		9 August 20133 February 2014178 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I [46]
Minister of Trade and Development Cooperation
(Handels- og udviklingsminister)
42 Mogens Jensen (S) Danmark.jpg Mogens Jensen
(born 1963)		3 February 201428 June 20151 year, 145 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II [47]
None (task assumed by the minister of business affairs)
28 June 2015 – present

References

  1. ↑ "Regeringen Moltke I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Regeringen Neergaard I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Regeringen Holstein-Ledreborg". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Regeringen Zahle I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Regeringen Berntsen". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "Regeringen Zahle II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Regeringen Liebe". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Regeringen Friis". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Regeringen Neergaard II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Regeringen Neergaard III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Regeringen Stauning I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 "Regeringen Madsen-Mygdal". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "Regeringen Stauning II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "Regeringen Stauning III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  15. ↑ "Regeringen Stauning IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  16. ↑ "Regeringen Stauning V". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  17. 1 2 "Regeringen Stauning VI". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  18. ↑ "Regeringen Buhl I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  19. ↑ "Regeringen Scavenius". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  20. ↑ "Regeringen Buhl II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  21. 1 2 "Regeringen Knud Kristensen". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  22. 1 2 "Regeringen Hedtoft I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  23. ↑ "Regeringen Hedtoft II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  24. 1 2 "Regeringen Erik Eriksen". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  25. ↑ "Regeringen Hedtoft III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  26. ↑ "Regeringen H.C. Hansen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  27. ↑ "Ministeriet for Handel, Håndværk, Industri og Søfart". Daisy (in Danish). Danish National Archives. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  28. ↑ "Regeringen H.C. Hansen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  29. 1 2 "Regeringen Viggo Kampmann I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  30. 1 2 "Regeringen Viggo Kampmann II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  31. ↑ "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  32. 1 2 3 "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  33. ↑ "Regeringen Hilmar Baunsgaard". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  34. ↑ "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  35. ↑ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  36. ↑ "Regeringen Poul Hartling". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  37. 1 2 3 "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  38. ↑ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  39. ↑ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  40. ↑ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen V". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  41. 1 2 "Regeringen Poul Schlüter I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  42. ↑ "Regeringen Poul Schlüter II" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  43. 1 2 "Regeringen Poul Schlüter III" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  44. ↑ "Regeringen Poul Schlüter IV" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  45. 1 2 3 "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  46. 1 2 "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  47. ↑ "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.