Ministry of Health (Denmark)

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Ministry of Health
Sundheds- og Ældreministeriet
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Headquarters of the Danish Ministry of Health at Holbergsgade 6 in Copenhagen
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Minister responsible
Website http://sum.dk

The Danish Ministry of Health (Danish : Sundhedsministeriet) [1] is a Danish governmental ministry responsible for healthcare policy in Denmark. First created as an independent ministry in 1926, it has at various times been combined with the Ministry of the Interior as the Ministry of Interior and Health, most recently in 2022-, and has had various names. The current Minister for Health is Sophie Løhde, [1] and the Permanent Secretary since 11 January 2021 is Svend Særkjær. [2]

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Responsibilities

The ministry oversees all aspects of healthcare in Denmark, including hospitals, medical treatments, dispensaries, patient rights, healthcare data collection and medical and research ethics.[ citation needed ]

History

The ministry was first created in 1926, and since then has several times been merged with the Ministry of the Interior and re-established under various official names. In modern times it was first re-established in September 1987, [3] with responsibilities drawn in part from other ministries, including oversight over foodstuffs, anti-narcotics and anti-alcohol efforts, education of medical personnel, and health care in Greenland—some of these were later reassigned—and was recombined with the Ministry of the Interior in November 2001. In November 2007 it again became an independent ministry under the name Ministerium for Sundhed og Forebyggelse (English: Ministry for Health and Prevention), taking on some responsibilities from the Family Ministry, which was dissolved; the Ministry of the Interior, in turn, was merged into a new Ministry of Welfare (Velfærdsministerium). [3] In 2010 the combined Ministry of Interior and Health was again reconstituted, but the following year the Ministry of the Interior was included in a new Ministry of the Economy and the Interior  [ da ] while the Ministry of Health once more became the Ministry for Health and Prevention. In June 2015 it was renamed the Ministry of Health and the Aged, [3] and acquired some responsibilities from the Social- og Indenrigsministeriet (Ministry of Social affairs and the Interior), the combination of the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior which was created at the same time. [4] In November 2016, under Lars Løkke Rasmussen's third government, it became a separate ministry once more. [5]

List of ministers

No.PortraitName
(Born-Died)
TermPolitical PartyGovernmentRef
Took officeLeft officeDuration
Minister of Health Services
(Minister for Sundhedsvæsenet)
1
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Viktor Rubow  [ da ]
(1871–1929)
14 December 192630 April 19292 years, 137 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal Cabinet [6]
Minister of Development and Health Affairs
(Minister for Byggeri og Sundhedsvæsen)
2
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Johannes Kjærbøl
(1885–1973)
13 November 194723 November 194710 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I Cabinet [7]
Minister of Health
(Sundhedsminister)
3
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Agnete Laustsen
(1935–2018)
10 September 19873 June 1988267 days Conservatives Schlüter II Cabinet
4
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Elsebeth Kock-Petersen
(born 1949)
3 June 19887 December 19891 year, 187 days Venstre Schlüter III Cabinet
5
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Ester Larsen
(born 1936)
7 December 198925 January 19933 years, 49 days Venstre Schlüter III CabinetIV
6
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Torben Lund
(born 1950)
25 January 199327 September 19941 year, 245 days Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet
7
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Yvonne Herløv Andersen
(born 1942)
27 September 199430 December 19962 years, 94 days Centre Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet
8
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Birte Weiss
(born 1941)
(Also served as Minister of the Interior)
30 December 199623 March 19981 year, 83 days Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet
9
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Carsten Koch
(born 1945)
23 March 199823 February 20001 year, 337 days Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
10
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Sonja Mikkelsen
(born 1955)
23 February 200021 December 2000302 days Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
11
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Arne Rolighed
(born 1947)
21 December 200027 November 2001341 days Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
Minister of the Interior and Health
(Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister)
12
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Lars Løkke Rasmussen
(born 1964)
27 November 200123 November 20075 years, 361 days Venstre Anders Fogh Rasmussen I CabinetII
Minister of Health and Prevention
(Minister for sundhed og forebyggelse)
13
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Jakob Axel Nielsen
(born 1967)
23 November 200723 February 20102 years, 92 days Conservatives Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet
Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
Minister of the Interior and Health
(Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister)
14
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Bertel Haarder
(born 1944)
23 February 20103 October 20111 year, 222 days Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
Minister of Health and Prevention
(Minister for sundhed og forebyggelse)
15
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Astrid Krag
(born 1982)
3 October 201130 January 20142 years, 119 days SF Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
16
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Nick Hækkerup
(born 1968)
3 February 201428 June 20151 year, 145 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
Minister of Health and Elderly Affairs
(Sundheds- og ældreminister)
17
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Sophie Løhde
(born 1983)
28 June 201528 November 20161 year, 153 days Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet [3] [8]
Minister of Health
(Sundhedsminister)
18
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Ellen Trane Nørby
(born 1980)
28 November 201627 June 20192 years, 211 days Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet [5]
Minister of Health and Elderly Affairs
(Sundheds- og ældreminister)
19
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Magnus Heunicke
(born 1975)
27 June 201915 December 20223 years, 171 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I Cabinet [9]
Minister of the Interior and Health
(Indenrigs- og sundhedsminister)
(17)
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Sophie Løhde
(born 1983)
15 December 2022Incumbent1 year, 82 days Venstre Frederiksen II Cabinet

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