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Minister for Nordic Cooperation | |
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Minister for Nordisk Samarbejde | |
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 Louise Schack Elholm, appointed on 15 December 2022.
No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) | Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Minister for Nordic Affairs (Danish: Minister for nordiske anliggender) | ||||||||
1 | Bertel Dahlgaard (1887–1972) | 28 May 1957 | 18 November 1960 | 3 years, 174 days | Social Liberals | Hansen II | ||
2 | Henry Grünbaum (1911–2006) | 8 October 1964 | 15 July 1965 | 280 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | [1] | |
3 | Lars P. Jensen (1909–1986) | 15 July 1965 | 21 September 1966 | 1 year, 68 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | [1] | |
4 | Tyge Dahlgaard (1921–1985) | 21 September 1966 | 1 October 1967 | 1 year, 10 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | [1] | |
5 | Ove Hansen (1909–1997) | 1 October 1967 | 2 February 1968 | 124 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | [1] | |
6 | Poul Nyboe Andersen (1913–2004) | 2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Venstre | Baunsgaard | ||
7 | Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Jørgensen I | ||
(7) | Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) | 29 January 1975 | 26 February 1977 | 2 years, 28 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II | ||
8 | Lise Østergaard (1924–1996) | 28 February 1980 | 30 December 1981 | 1 year, 305 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II | ||
9 | Christian Christensen (1925–1988) | 10 September 1982 | 10 September 1987 | 5 years, 0 days | Christian Democrats | Schlüter I | ||
Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Minister for nordiske samarbejde) | ||||||||
10 | Lars P. Gammelgaard (1945–1994) | 10 September 1987 | 3 June 1988 | 267 days | Conservatives | Schlüter II | ||
11 | Thor Pedersen (born 1945) | 3 June 1988 | 18 December 1990 | 2 years, 198 days | Venstre | Schlüter III | ||
12 | Knud Enggaard (1929–2024) | 18 December 1990 | 25 January 1993 | 2 years, 38 days | Venstre | Schlüter IV | ||
13 | Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (born 1944) | 25 January 1993 | 27 September 1994 | 1 year, 245 days | Christian Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I | ||
14 | Marianne Jelved (born 1943) | 27 September 1994 | 27 November 2001 | 7 years, 61 days | Social Liberals | P. N. Rasmussen II–III–IV | ||
15 | Bendt Bendtsen (born 1954) | 27 November 2001 | 18 June 2002 | 203 days | Conservatives | A. F. Rasmussen I | ||
16 | Flemming Hansen (1939–2021) | 18 June 2002 | 18 February 2005 | 2 years, 245 days | Conservatives | A. F. Rasmussen I | ||
17 | Connie Hedegaard (born 1960) | 18 February 2005 | 23 November 2007 | 2 years, 278 days | Conservatives | A. F. Rasmussen II | ||
18 | Bertel Haarder (born 1944) | 23 November 2007 | 23 February 2010 | 2 years, 92 days | Venstre | A. F. Rasmussen II–III L. L. Rasmussen I | ||
19 | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen I | ||
20 | Manu Sareen (born 1952) | 3 October 2011 | 3 February 2014 | 2 years, 123 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I | ||
21 | Carsten Hansen (born 1957) | 3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II | ||
22 | Carl Holst (born 1970) | 28 June 2015 | 30 September 2015 | 94 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II | ||
23 | Peter Christensen (born 1975) | 30 September 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 59 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II | ||
(19) | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 28 November 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 1 year, 155 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II–III | ||
24 | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 2 May 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen III | ||
22 | Mogens Jensen (born 1963) | 27 June 2019 | 19 November 2020 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | ||
26 | Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 1963) | 19 November 2020 | 15 December 2022 | 2 years, 26 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | ||
24 | Louise Schack Elholm (born 1977) | 15 December 2022 | 23 November 2023 | 343 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II | ||
25 | Morten Dahlin (born 1989) | 23 November 2023 | Incumbent | 154 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II |
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