Cabinet of Denmark

The Cabinet of Denmark (Danish: regering), officially the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmarks regering),^[1] is the national cabinet of the Kingdom of Denmark. It has been the chief executive body and the government of the Danish Realm—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland — since the ratification of the Constitution of Denmark in 1848.

Government of the Kingdom of Denmark
Central government
Lesser coat of arms of Denmark
Overview
Established	5 June 1848; 177 years ago (1848-06-05)
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Leader	Prime Minister (Statsminister)
Appointed by	The Monarch
Main organ	Prime Minister's Office
Ministries	List
Responsible to	Folketing
Headquarters	Slotsholmen, Copenhagen
Website	www.regeringen.dk

The Cabinet is led by the Prime Minister. There are around 25 members of the Cabinet, known as "ministers", all of whom are also heads of specific government ministries. The Cabinet has usually been composed of Ministers from two or more parties forming a coalition government. Still, most of these governments have been minority governments, relying on the support of still other parties.^[2]

Cabinets are formally appointed by the Monarch.^[3] In practice, once a government has stepped down, there is a fixed set of rules for appointing an investigator (most often the future Prime Minister), with the job of trying to form a new government. The Prime Minister will lead the Cabinet by convention. Cabinets are named after the Prime Minister, although they may gain shorthand names (e.g. "VK Cabinet", for the recent Venstre–Conservative cabinet).

As of 15 December 2022, the Prime Minister is Mette Frederiksen, leading a coalition government led by the Social Democratic Party with Venstre and the Moderates.^[4] It relies on parliamentary support from the Faroe Islands-based and Greelandic parties.

List of Cabinets

Below is a list of all Cabinets since 1848.

No.	Cabinet	From	To	Time in office	Parties	Popular name
1	Moltke I Cabinet	22 March 1848	16 November 1848	239 days	Ministers outside the parties National Venstre Bondevennerne	March Cabinet
2	Moltke II Cabinet	16 November 1848	13 July 1851	2 years, 239 days	Ministers outside the parties National Venstre	November Cabinet
3	Moltke III Cabinet [da]	13 July 1851	18 October 1851	97 days	—	July Cabinet
4	Moltke IV Cabinet [da]	18 October 1851	27 January 1852	101 days	—	October Cabinet
5	Bluhme I Cabinet [da]	27 January 1852	21 April 1853	1 year, 84 days	—	January Cabinet
6	Ørsted Cabinet [da]	21 April 1853	12 December 1854	1 year, 235 days	—	—
7	Bang Cabinet [da]	12 December 1854	18 October 1856	1 year, 311 days	—	—
8	Andræ Cabinet [da]	18 October 1856	13 May 1857	207 days	—	—
9	Hall I Cabinet [da]	13 May 1857	2 December 1859	2 years, 203 days	—	—
10	Rotwitt Cabinet [da]	2 December 1859	24 February 1860	84 days	—	—
11	Hall II Cabinet [da]	24 February 1860	31 December 1863	3 years, 310 days	—	—
12	Monrad Cabinet	31 December 1863	11 July 1864	193 days	—	—
13	Bluhme II Cabinet [da]	11 July 1864	6 November 1865	1 year, 118 days	—	—
14	Frijs Cabinet	6 November 1865	28 May 1870	4 years, 203 days	—	—
15	Holstein-Holsteinborg Cabinet [da]	28 May 1870	14 July 1874	4 years, 50 days	—	—
16	Fonnesbech Cabinet [da]	14 July 1874	11 June 1875	329 days	—	—
17	Estrup Cabinet	11 June 1875	7 August 1894	19 years, 57 days	Højre	—
18	Reedtz-Thott Cabinet	7 August 1894	23 May 1897	2 years, 289 days	Højre	—
19	Hørring Cabinet	23 May 1897	27 April 1900	2 years, 339 days	Højre	—
20	Sehested Cabinet	27 April 1900	24 July 1901	1 year, 88 days	Højre	—
21	Deuntzer Cabinet	24 July 1901	14 January 1905	3 years, 174 days	Venstre	—
22	Christensen I Cabinet [da]	14 January 1905	24 July 1908	3 years, 192 days	Venstre	—
23	Christensen II Cabinet	24 July 1908	12 October 1908	80 days	Venstre	—
24	Neergaard I Cabinet [da]	12 October 1908	16 August 1909	308 days	Venstre	—
25	Holstein-Ledreborg Cabinet [da]	16 August 1909	28 October 1909	73 days	Venstre	—
26	Zahle I Cabinet [da]	28 October 1909	5 July 1910	250 days	Danish Social Liberal Party	—
27	Berntsen Cabinet [da]	5 July 1910	21 June 1913	2 years, 351 days	Venstre	—
28	Zahle II Cabinet	21 June 1913	30 March 1920	6 years, 283 days	Danish Social Liberal Party	—
29	Liebe Cabinet	30 March 1920	5 April 1920	6 days	Caretaker cabinet	—
30	Friis Cabinet	5 April 1920	5 May 1920	30 days	Caretaker cabinet	—
31	Neergaard II Cabinet [da]	5 May 1920	9 October 1922	2 years, 157 days	Venstre	—
32	Neergaard III Cabinet [da]	9 October 1922	23 April 1924	1 year, 197 days	Venstre	—
33	Stauning I Cabinet	23 April 1924	14 December 1926	2 years, 235 days	Social Democrats	—
34	Madsen-Mygdal Cabinet [da]	14 December 1926	30 April 1929	2 years, 137 days	Venstre	—
35	Stauning II Cabinet	30 April 1929	4 November 1935	6 years, 188 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	Cabinet of Stauning-Munch
36	Stauning III Cabinet	4 November 1935	15 September 1939	3 years, 315 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	—
37	Stauning IV Cabinet [da]	15 September 1939	10 April 1940	208 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	—
38	Stauning V Cabinet [da]	10 April 1940	8 July 1940	89 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	—
39	Stauning VI Cabinet	8 July 1940	4 May 1942	1 year, 300 days	Unity government	—
40	Buhl I Cabinet	4 May 1942	9 November 1942	189 days	Unity government	—
41	Scavenius Cabinet	9 November 1942	5 May 1945	2 years, 177 days	Unity government	—
42	Buhl II Cabinet	5 May 1945	7 November 1945	186 days	Unity government	Liberation Cabinet
43	Kristensen Cabinet	7 November 1945	13 November 1947	2 years, 6 days	Venstre	—
44	Hedtoft I Cabinet [da]	13 November 1947	16 September 1950	2 years, 307 days	Social Democrats	—
45	Hedtoft II Cabinet [da]	16 September 1950	30 October 1950	44 days	Social Democrats	—
46	Eriksen Cabinet [da]	30 October 1950	30 September 1953	2 years, 335 days	Venstre Conservative People's Party	—
47	Hedtoft III Cabinet [da]	30 September 1953	1 February 1955	1 year, 124 days	Social Democrats	—
48	Hansen I Cabinet [da]	1 February 1955	28 May 1957	2 years, 116 days	Social Democrats	—
49	Hansen II Cabinet [da]	28 May 1957	21 February 1960	2 years, 269 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party Justice Party	Triangle Cabinet (Trekantregeringen)
50	Kampmann I Cabinet [da]	21 February 1960	18 November 1960	271 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party Justice Party	—
51	Kampmann II Cabinet [da]	18 November 1960	3 September 1962	1 year, 289 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	—
52	Krag I Cabinet [da]	3 September 1962	29 September 1964	2 years, 26 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	—
53	Krag II Cabinet [da]	29 September 1964	2 February 1968	3 years, 126 days	Social Democrats	—
54	Baunsgaard Cabinet [da]	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days	Danish Social Liberal Party Conservative People's Party Venstre	VKR Cabinet
55	Krag III Cabinet [da]	11 October 1971	5 October 1972	360 days	Social Democrats	—
56	Jørgensen I Cabinet [da]	5 October 1972	19 December 1973	1 year, 75 days	Social Democrats	—
57	Hartling Cabinet	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	1 year, 56 days	Venstre	The narrow Venstre Cabinet (den smalle Venstre-regering)
58	Jørgensen II Cabinet [da]	13 February 1975	30 August 1978	3 years, 198 days	Social Democrats	—
59	Jørgensen III Cabinet [da]	30 August 1978	26 October 1979	1 year, 57 days	Social Democrats Venstre	SV Cabinet
60	Jørgensen IV Cabinet [da]	26 October 1979	30 December 1981	2 years, 65 days	Social Democrats	—
61	Jørgensen V Cabinet [da]	30 December 1981	10 September 1982	254 days	Social Democrats	—
62	Schlüter I Cabinet[5][note 1]	10 September 1982	10 January 1984	1 year, 122 days	Conservative People's Party Venstre Centre Democrats Christian Democrats	Four-leaf clover Cabinet (Firkløverregeringen)
63	Schlüter II Cabinet[7][note 1]	11 January 1984	8 September 1987	3 years, 240 days	Conservative People's Party Venstre Centre Democrats Christian Democrats	—
64	Schlüter III Cabinet [da][9]	10 September 1987	3 March 1988	175 days	Conservative People's Party Venstre Centre Democrats Christian Democrats	—
65	Schlüter IV Cabinet [da][10]	2 June 1988	11 December 1990	2 years, 192 days	Conservative People's Party Venstre Danish Social Liberal Party	KVR Cabinet
66	Schlüter V Cabinet [da][11]	17 December 1990	23 January 1993	2 years, 37 days	Conservative People's Party Venstre	KV Cabinet
67	P.N. Rasmussen I Cabinet	25 January 1993	27 September 1994	1 year, 245 days	Social Democrats Centre Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party Christian Democrats	Red clover Cabinet (Rødkløverregeringen)
68	P.N. Rasmussen II Cabinet	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	2 years, 94 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party Centre Democrats	—
69	P.N. Rasmussen III Cabinet	30 December 1996	23 March 1998	1 year, 83 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	SR Cabinet
70	P.N. Rasmussen IV Cabinet	23 March 1998	27 November 2001	3 years, 249 days	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	SR Cabinet
71	A.F. Rasmussen I Cabinet	27 November 2001	18 February 2005	3 years, 83 days	Venstre Conservative People's Party	VK Cabinet
72	A.F. Rasmussen II Cabinet	18 February 2005	23 November 2007	2 years, 278 days	Venstre Conservative People's Party	VK Cabinet
73	A.F. Rasmussen III Cabinet	23 November 2007	5 April 2009	1 year, 133 days	Venstre Conservative People's Party	VK Cabinet
74	L.L. Rasmussen I Cabinet	5 April 2009	3 October 2011	2 years, 181 days	Venstre Conservative People's Party	VK Cabinet
75	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet	3 October 2011	3 February 2014	2 years, 123 days	Social Democrats Social Liberal Party Socialist People's Party	SRSF Cabinet
76	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet	3 February 2014	28 June 2015	1 year, 145 days	Social Democrats Social Liberal Party	SR Cabinet
77	L.L. Rasmussen II Cabinet	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days	Venstre	V Cabinet
78	L.L. Rasmussen III Cabinet	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days	Venstre Liberal Alliance Conservative People's Party	VLAK Cabinet, Shamrock Cabinet
79	Frederiksen I Cabinet	27 June 2019	15 December 2022	6 years, 36 days	Social Democrats	S Cabinet
80	Frederiksen II Cabinet	15 December 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 230 days	Social Democrats Venstre Moderates	SVM Cabinet

See also

• Denmark portal
• Politics portal

• List of Danish government ministries
• Council of State, the privy council of Denmark
• Politics of Denmark, for a more detailed description of the political system of Denmark.

Notes

1. The Schlüter I and II cabinets are sometimes grouped together.^[6] Even though the two ministries had very similar compositions,^[5][7] political scholars generally agree that a general election marks the end of a cabinet.^[8]