Minister of Business Affairs (Denmark)
| Minister of Business Affairs | |
|---|---|
| Erhvervsminister | |
since 15 December 2022 | |
| Ministry of Business Affairs | |
| Type | Minister |
| Member of | |
| 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 |
| 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, 4 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen II | [15] | ||
References
- ^ "Hvad tjener en minister?". Regeringen (in Danish). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Hertz, Michael. "Erhvervsministeriet". Lex – Danmarks Nationalleksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen II" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen III" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ a b c "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "Regeringen Mette Frederiksen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "Regeringen Mette Frederiksen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.