List of ministers for finance (Denmark)
Appearance
This is a list of finance ministers of Denmark since Denmark's first unified finance ministry was established in 1848.[1]
List of finance ministers (1848–present)
[edit]Ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785–1864) | 22 March 1848 | 16 November 1848 | 239 days | Independent | Moltke I Cabinet | |
2 | Wilhelm Sponneck (1815–1888) | 16 November 1848 | 12 December 1854 | 6 years, 26 days | Independent | Moltke II Cabinet–III–IV Bluhme I Cabinet Ørsted Cabinet | |
3 | Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812–1893) | 12 December 1854 | 10 July 1858 | 3 years, 210 days | Bondevennerne | Bang Cabinet Andræ Cabinet Hall I Cabinet | |
4 | Andreas Frederik Krieger (1817–1893) | 10 July 1858 | 6 May 1859 | 300 days | National Liberal | Hall I Cabinet | |
5 | Carl Emil Fenger (1814–1884) | 6 May 1859 | 2 December 1859 | 210 days | Independent | Hall I Cabinet | |
6 | Regnar Westenholz (1815–1866) | 2 December 1859 | 24 February 1860 | 84 days | Independent | Rotwitt Cabinet | |
(5) | Carl Emil Fenger (1814–1884) | 24 February 1860 | 31 December 1863 | 3 years, 310 days | Independent | Hall II Cabinet |
Ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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7 | Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) | 31 December 1863 | 11 July 1864 | 193 days | National Liberal | Monrad Cabinet | |
8 | Christian Nathan David (1793–1874) | 11 July 1864 | 6 November 1865 | 1 year, 148 days | Independent | Bluhme II Cabinet | |
9 | Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817–1880) | 6 November 1865 | 28 May 1870 | 4 years, 203 days | Independent | Frijs Cabinet | |
(5) | Carl Emil Fenger (1814–1884) | 28 May 1870 | 25 March 1872 | 1 year, 302 days | Independent | Holstein-Holsteinborg Cabinet | |
(4) | Andreas Frederik Krieger (1817–1893) | 1 July 1872 | 20 June 1874 | 1 year, 354 days | National Liberal | Holstein-Holsteinborg Cabinet | |
(9) | Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817–1880) | 14 July 1874 | 11 June 1875 | 332 days | Independent | Fonnesbech Cabinet | |
10 | Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913) | 11 June 1875 | 7 August 1894 | 19 years, 57 days | National Landowners Højre | Estrup Cabinet | |
11 | Christian Lüttichau (1832–1915) | 7 August 1894 | 23 May 1897 | 2 years, 289 days | Højre | Reedtz-Thott Cabinet | |
12 | Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842–1909) | 23 May 1897 | 27 April 1900 | 2 years, 339 days | Højre | Hørring Cabinet | |
13 | William Scharling (1837–1911) | 27 April 1900 | 24 July 1901 | 1 year, 88 days | Højre | Sehested Cabinet | |
14 | Christopher Hage (1848–1930) | 24 July 1901 | 14 January 1905 | 3 years, 174 days | Venstre Reform | Deuntzer Cabinet | |
15 | Vilhelm Lassen (1861–1908) [2] | 14 January 1905 | 4 June 1908 † | 5 years, 337 days | Venstre Reform | Christensen I Cabinet | |
– | Jens Christian Christensen (1856–1930) Acting | 4 June 1908 | 24 July 1908 | 50 days | Venstre Reform | Christensen I Cabinet |
Ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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16 | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) | 24 July 1908 | 12 October 1908 | 80 days | Venstre Reform | Christensen II Cabinet | |
17 | Charles Brun (1866–1919) | 12 October 1908 | 16 August 1909 | 308 days | Venstre Reform | Neergaard I Cabinet | |
(16) | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) | 16 August 1909 | 28 October 1909 | 73 days | Venstre Reform | Holstein-Ledreborg Cabinet | |
18 | Edvard Brandes (1847–1931) | 28 October 1909 | 5 July 1910 | 250 days | Social Liberals | Zahle I Cabinet | |
(16) | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) | 5 July 1910 | 21 June 1913 | 2 years, 351 days | Venstre | Berntsen Cabinet |
Ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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(18) | Edvard Brandes (1847–1931) | 21 June 1913 | 30 March 1920 | 6 years, 283 days | Social Liberals | Zahle II Cabinet | |
19 | Hans Peter Hjerl Hansen (1870–1946) | 30 March 1920 | 5 April 1920 | 6 days | Independent | Liebe Cabinet | |
20 | Michael Koefoed (1870–1946) | 5 April 1920 | 5 May 1920 | 30 days | Independent | Friis Cabinet | |
(16) | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) | 5 May 1920 | 23 April 1924 | 3 years, 354 days | Venstre | Neergaard II Cabinet | |
21 | Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs (1879–1965) | 23 April 1924 | 14 December 1926 | 2 years, 235 days | Social Democrats | Stauning I Cabinet | |
(16) | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936) | 14 December 1926 | 30 April 1929 | 2 years, 137 days | Venstre | Madsen-Mygdal Cabinet | |
(21) | Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs (1879–1965) | 30 April 1929 | 31 May 1933 | 4 years, 31 days | Social Democrats | Stauning II Cabinet | |
22 | Hans Peter Hansen (1872–1953) | 31 May 1933 | 20 July 1937 | 4 years, 50 days | Social Democrats | Stauning II Cabinet–III | |
23 | Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954) | 20 July 1937 | 16 July 1942 | 4 years, 361 days | Social Democrats | Stauning III Cabinet–IV–V–VI Buhl I Cabinet | |
24 | Alsing Andersen (1893–1962) | 16 July 1942 | 9 November 1942 | 116 days | Social Democrats | Buhl I Cabinet | |
25 | Kristian Hansen Kofoed (1879–1951) [3] | 9 November 1942 | 29 August 1943 | 293 days | Social Liberals | Scavenius Cabinet | |
29 August 1943[3] – 5 May 1945 | |||||||
26 | Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960) | 5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Social Democrats | Buhl II Cabinet | |
27 | Thorkil Kristensen (1899–1989) | 7 November 1945 | 13 November 1947 | 2 years, 6 days | Venstre | Kristensen Cabinet |
Ministers under Frederik IX (1947–1972)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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(26) | Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960) | 13 November 1947 | 16 September 1950 | 2 years, 307 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I Cabinet | |
28 | Viggo Kampmann (1910–1976) | 16 September 1950 | 30 October 1950 | 44 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I Cabinet | |
(27) | Thorkil Kristensen (1899–1989) | 30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | 2 years, 335 days | Venstre | Eriksen Cabinet | |
(28) | Viggo Kampmann (1910–1976) | 30 September 1953 | 31 March 1960 | 6 years, 183 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft II Cabinet Hansen I Cabinet–II Kampmann I Cabinet | |
29 | Kjeld Philip (1912–1989) | 31 March 1960 | 7 September 1961 | 1 year, 160 days | Social Liberals | Kampmann I Cabinet–II | |
30 | Hans R. Knudsen (1903–1962) [4] | 7 September 1961 | 4 November 1962 † | 1 year, 160 days | Social Democrats | Kampmann II Cabinet Krag I Cabinet | |
31 | Poul Hansen (1913–1966) | 15 November 1962 | 24 August 1965 | 2 years, 282 days | Social Democrats | Krag I Cabinet–II | |
32 | Henry Grünbaum (1911–2006) | 24 August 1965 | 2 February 1968 | 2 years, 162 days | Social Democrats | Krag II Cabinet | |
33 | Poul Møller (1919–1997) | 2 February 1968 | 17 March 1971 | 3 years, 43 days | Conservatives | Baunsgaard Cabinet | |
34 | Erik Ninn-Hansen (1922–2014) | 17 March 1971 | 11 October 1971 | 208 days | Conservatives | Baunsgaard Cabinet | |
(32) | Henry Grünbaum (1911–2006) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet |
Ministers under Margrethe II (1972–present)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister for Finance | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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35 | Anders Ejnar Andersen (1912–2006) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling Cabinet | |
36 | Knud Heinesen (born 1932) | 13 February 1975 | 26 October 1979 | 4 years, 255 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet–III | |
37 | Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022) | 26 October 1979 | 30 December 1981 | 2 years, 65 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet | |
(36) | Knud Heinesen (born 1932) | 30 December 1981 | 10 September 1982 | 254 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen V Cabinet | |
38 | Henning Christophersen (1939–2016) | 10 September 1982 | 23 July 1984 | 1 year, 317 days | Venstre | Schlüter I Cabinet | |
39 | Palle Simonsen (1933–2014) | 23 July 1984 | 31 October 1989 | 5 years, 100 days | Conservatives | Schlüter I Cabinet–II–III | |
40 | Henning Dyremose (born 1945) | 31 October 1989 | 25 January 1993 | 3 years, 86 days | Conservatives | Schlüter III Cabinet–IV | |
41 | Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946) | 25 January 1993 | 21 December 2000 | 7 years, 331 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV | |
42 | Pia Gjellerup (born 1959) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | |
43 | Thor Pedersen (born 1945) | 27 November 2001 | 23 November 2007 | 5 years, 361 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II | |
44 | Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964) | 23 November 2007 | 7 April 2009 | 1 year, 135 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
45 | Claus Hjort Frederiksen (born 1947) | 7 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | 2 years, 179 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | |
46 | Bjarne Corydon (born 1973) | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II | |
(45) | Claus Hjort Frederiksen (born 1947) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | |
47 | Kristian Jensen (born 1971) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | |
48 | Nicolai Wammen (born 1971) | 27 June 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 61 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet–II |
References
[edit]- ^ Resumé: At tjene og forme den nye tid, Finansministeriet 1848-1998 (PDF) (in Danish). Finansministeriet. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ Vilhelm Lassen died in office on 4 June 1908. A successor was not appointed until 24 July.
- ^ a b On 29 August 1943, the Danish government resigned, refusing to grant further concessions to Nazi Germany. All government operations were assumed by the permanent secretaries of the individual departments, and this arrangement lasted until the Liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945. Since King Christian X never accepted the resignation of the government, it existed de jure until a new cabinet was formed on 5 May 1945.
- ^ Hans R. Knudsen died in office on 4 November 1962. A successor was not appointed until 15 November.
Bibliography
[edit]- The Danish Finance Ministry
- danmark.dk - regarding the minister that died in office[permanent dead link]
- Lists of Danish governments since 1848
- Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A-Å (in Danish). Aschehoug. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.