Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Denmark)
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| Minister for Nordic Cooperation | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Nordisk Samarbejde | |
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Member of | Danish Government |
| Appointer | The Prime Minister |
| Formation | 1957 |
| First holder | Bertel Dahlgaard |
| Website | Official website |
The Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Danish: Minister for Nordisk Samarbejde; prev. Minister for Nordic Affairs (Danish: Minister for Nordiske Anliggender) is a cabinet minister within the Danish Government appointed by the Prime Minister of Denmark.
The minister is responsible for issues regarding Nordic affairs, trade and development. The current Minister for Nordic Cooperation is Flemming Møller Mortensen, appointed on 19 November 2020.
List of ministers[]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
| Minister for Nordic Affairs (Minister for nordiske anliggender) | |||||||
| 1 | Bertel Dahlgaard (1887–1972) | 28 May 1957 | 18 November 1960 | 3 years, 174 days | Social Liberals | ||
| 2 | (1921–1985) | 21 September 1966 | 1 October 1967 | 1 year, 10 days | Social Democrats | ||
| 3 | (1913–2004) | 2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Venstre | ||
| 4 | Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | ||
| (4) | Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) | 29 January 1975 | 26 February 1977 | 2 years, 28 days | Social Democrats | ||
| 5 | Lise Østergaard (1924–1996) | 28 Februar 1980 | 30 December 1981 | 1 year, 305 days | Social Democrats | ||
| 6 | (1925–1988) | 10 September 1982 | 10 September 1987 | 5 years, 0 days | Christian Democrats | ||
| Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Minister for nordiske samarbejde) | |||||||
| 7 | (1945–1994) | 10 September 1987 | 3 June 1988 | 267 days | Conservative | ||
| 8 | Thor Pedersen (born 1945) | 3 June 1988 | 18 December 1990 | 2 years, 198 days | Venstre | ||
| 9 | Knud Enggaard (born 1929) | 18 December 1990 | 25 January 1993 | 2 years, 38 days | Venstre | ||
| 10 | Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (born 1944) | 25 January 1993 | 27 September 1994 | 1 year, 245 days | Christian Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 11 | Marianne Jelved (born 1943) | 27 September 1994 | 27 November 2001 | 7 years, 61 days | Social Liberals | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet–III–IV | |
| 12 | Bendt Bendtsen (born 1954) | 27 November 2001 | 18 June 2002 | 203 days | Conservative | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 13 | Flemming Hansen (1939–2021) | 18 June 2002 | 18 February 2005 | 2 years, 245 days | Conservative | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 14 | Connie Hedegaard (born 1960) | 18 February 2005 | 23 November 2007 | 2 years, 278 days | Conservative | Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
| 15 | Bertel Haarder (born 1944) | 23 November 2007 | 23 February 2010 | 2 years, 92 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 16 | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
| 17 | Manu Sareen (born 1952) | 3 October 2011 | 3 February 2014 | 2 years, 123 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | |
| 18 | Carsten Hansen (born 1957) | 3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet | |
| 19 | Carl Holst (born 1970) | 28 June 2015 | 30 September 2015 | 94 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
| 20 | Peter Christensen (born 1975) | 30 September 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 59 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
| (16) | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 28 November 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 1 year, 155 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–III | |
| 21 | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 2 May 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
| 22 | Mogens Jensen (born 1963) | 27 June 2019 | 19 November 2020 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen Cabinet | |
| 23 | Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 1963) | 19 November 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 76 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen Cabinet | |
See also[]
- Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Finland)
- Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Iceland)
- Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Sweden)
External links[]
Categories:
- Denmark politics stubs
- Government ministerial offices of Denmark
- Nordic politics
- 1957 establishments in Denmark