Minister of Industry and Trade (Denmark)

Minister of Industry and Trade
Minister for industri og handel
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Longest serving
Christen Nielsen Hauge
30 April 1929–4 November 1935
TypeMinister
Member of
Reports tothe prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the prime minister)
Formation22 March 1848 (1848-03-22)
First holderChristian Albrecht Bluhme
Final holderMogens Jensen
Abolished28 June 2015 (2015-06-28)
Superseded byMinister of Business Affairs
Successiondepending on the order in the State Council
DeputyPermanent 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. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister of Trade
(Handelsminister)
1 Christian Albrecht Bluhme
(1794–1866) 		22 March 1848 15 November 1848 238 days Højre Moltke I [1]
Minister of Trade and Seafaring
(Minister for Handel og Søfart)
2 Johan Hansen
(1861–1943) 		12 October 1908 28 October 1909 1 year, 16 days Venstre Reform Party Neergaard I
Holstein-Ledreborg 		[2][3]
3 Wilhelm Weimann
(1868–1942) 		28 October 1909 5 July 1910 250 days Social Liberal Zahle I [4]
4 Oscar B. Muus
(1847–1918) 		5 July 1910 21 June 1913 2 years, 351 days Venstre Berntsen [5]
– Jens Hassing-Jørgensen
(1872–1952)
acting 		21 June 1913 1 April 1914 284 days Social Liberal Zahle II [6]
Minister of Trade
(Minister for Handel)
– Jens Hassing-Jørgensen
(1872–1952)
acting 		1 April 1914 28 April 1914 27 days Social Liberal Zahle II [6]
5 Christopher Hage
(1848–1930) 		28 April 1914 30 March 1920 5 years, 337 days Social Liberal Zahle II [6]
6 Magnus Suenson
(1875–1955) 		30 March 1920 5 April 1920 6 days Independent Liebe [7]
7 Hans Peter Prior
(1866–1936) 		5 April 1920 5 May 1920 30 days Independent Friis [8]
8 Tyge J. Rothe
(1877–1970) 		5 May 1920 9 October 1922 2 years, 157 days Venstre Neergaard II [9]
– Oluf Krag
(1870–1942)
acting 		9 October 1922 10 October 1922 1 day Venstre Neergaard III [10]
9 Jørgen Christensen
(1871–1937) 		10 October 1922 23 April 1924 1 year, 196 days Venstre Neergaard III [10]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Seafaring
(Minister for industri, handel og søfart)
10 Thorvald Stauning
(1873–1942) 		23 April 1924 14 December 1926 2 years, 235 days Social Democrats Stauning I [11]
11 Marius Slebsager
(1874–1962) 		14 December 1926 3 October 1928 1 year, 294 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal [12]
– Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
(1876–1943)
acting 		3 October 1928 6 October 1928 3 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal [12]
– Johannes Stensballe
(1874–1956)
acting 		6 October 1928 30 April 1929 206 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal [12]
Minister of Industry and Trade
(Minister for industri og handel)
12 Christen Nielsen Hauge
(1870–1940) 		30 April 1929 4 November 1935 6 years, 188 days Social Democrats Stauning II [13]
Minister of Industry, Trade and Seafaring
(Minister for industri, handel og søfart)
13 Johannes Kjærbøl
(1885–1973) 		4 November 1935 8 July 1940 4 years, 247 days Social Democrats Stauning III–IV–V [14][15]
[16]
14 John Christmas Møller
(1894–1948) 		8 July 1940 3 October 1940 87 days Conservative People's Party Stauning VI [17]
15 Halfdan Hendriksen
(1881–1962) 		3 October 1940 5 May 1945 4 years, 214 days Conservative People's Party Stauning VI
Buhl I
Scavenius 		[17][18]
[19]
16 Vilhelm Fibiger
(1886–1978) 		5 May 1945 7 November 1945 186 days Conservative People's Party Buhl II [20]
17 Jens Villemoes
(1880–1956) 		7 November 1945 6 September 1947 1 year, 303 days Venstre Kristensen [21]
18 Axel Kristensen
(1895–1971) 		6 September 1947 13 November 1947 68 days Venstre Kristensen [21]
19 Jens Otto Krag
(1914–1978) 		13 November 1947 16 September 1950 2 years, 307 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I [22]
20 Hans Christian Hansen
(1906–1960) 		16 September 1950 30 October 1950 44 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I–II [22][23]
21 Ove Weikop
(1897–1986) 		30 October 1950 13 September 1951 318 days Conservative People's Party Eriksen [24]
22 Aage L. Rytter
(1900–1961) 		13 September 1951 30 September 1953 2 years, 17 days Conservative People's Party Eriksen [24]
23 Lis Groes
(1910–1974) 		30 September 1953 28 May 1957 3 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 Kjeld Philip
(1912–1989) 		28 May 1957 31 March 1960 2 years, 308 days Social Liberal Hansen II
Kampmann I 		[28][29]
25 Lars P. Jensen
(1909–1986) 		31 March 1960 7 September 1961 1 year, 160 days Social Democrats Kampmann I–II [29][30]
26 Hilmar Baunsgaard
(1920–1989) 		7 September 1961 26 September 1964 3 years, 19 days Social Liberal Kampmann II
Krag I 		[30][31]
(25) Lars P. Jensen
(1909–1986) 		26 September 1964 21 September 1966 1 year, 360 days Social Democrats Krag II [32]
27 Tyge Dahlgaard
(1921–1985) 		21 September 1966 1 Oktober 1967 1 year, 10 days Social Democrats Krag II [32]
28 Ove Hansen
(1909–1997) 		1 October 1967 2 February 1968 124 days Social Democrats Krag II [32]
29 Knud Thomsen
(1908–1996) 		2 February 1968 11 October 1971 3 years, 251 days Conservative People's Party Baunsgaard [33]
30 Erling Jensen
(1919–2000) 		11 October 1971 6 December 1973 2 years, 56 days Social Democrats Krag III
Jørgensen I 		[34][35]
31 Poul Nyboe Andersen
(1913–2004) 		6 December 1973 29 January 1975 1 year, 54 days Venstre Hartling [36]
(30) Erling Jensen
(1919–2000) 		29 January 1975 8 September 1976 1 year, 223 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [37]
32 Per Hækkerup
(1915–1979) 		8 September 1976 26 February 1977 171 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [37]
33 Ivar Nørgaard
(1922–2011) 		26 February 1977 30 August 1978 1 year, 185 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [37]
34 Arne Christiansen
(1925–2007) 		26 February 1977 26 October 1979 2 years, 242 days Venstre Jørgensen III [38]
Minister of Industry
(Industriminister)
(30) Erling Jensen
(1919–2000) 		26 October 1979 10 September 1982 2 years, 319 days Social Democrats Jørgensen IV–V [39][40]
35 Ib Stetter
(1917–1997) 		10 September 1982 12 March 1986 3 years, 183 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter I [41]
36 Nils Wilhjelm
(1936–2018) 		12 March 1986 2 December 1989 3 years, 265 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter I–II–III [41][42]
[43]
37 Anne Birgitte Lundholt
(born 1952) 		2 December 1989 25 January 1993 3 years, 54 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter III–IV [43][44]
38 Jan Trøjborg
(1955–2012) 		25 January 1993 28 January 1994 1 year, 3 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I [45]
39 Mimi Jakobsen
(born 1948) 		28 January 1994 8 February 1994 11 days Centre Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I [45]
Minister of Industry and Business Coordination
(Industri- og samordningsminister)
(39) Mimi Jakobsen
(born 1948) 		8 February 1994 27 September 1994 231 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
(born 1971) 		3 October 2011 9 August 2013 1 year, 310 days Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I [46]
Minister of Trade and European Affairs
(Handels- og europaminister)
41 Nick Hækkerup
(born 1968) 		9 August 2013 3 February 2014 178 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I [46]
Minister of Trade and Development Cooperation
(Handels- og udviklingsminister)
42 Mogens Jensen
(born 1963) 		3 February 2014 28 June 2015 1 year, 145 days Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II [47]
None (task assumed by the minister of business affairs)
28 June 2015 – present

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