Henrik Sass Larsen

Henrik Sass Larsen (born 29 May 1966) is a Danish former politician and business executive. He was a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats from 2000 to 2019. He was the Danish Minister of Business Affairs and Growth from 2013 to 2015. In 2025, he was charged with possession of child sexual abuse material.

Henrik Sass Larsen
Larsen
Minister of Business Affairs and Growth
In office 9 August 2013 – 28 June 2015
Prime Minister	Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded by	Annette Vilhelmsen
Succeeded by	Troels Lund Poulsen
Member of the Folketing
In office 1 October 2000 – 30 September 2019
Constituency	Zealand (2007—2019) Roskilde (2001—2007) Copenhagen (2000—2001)
Personal details
Born	(1966-05-29) 29 May 1966 (age 59) Virum, Denmark
Political party	Social Democrats (until 2025)

Political career

Larsen led the Social Democratic Youth of Denmark from 1992 to 1996. He acted as a substitute member of the Folketing twice during the 1998—2001 term, from 19 January 1999 to 21 March 1999 and again from 16 June 1999 to 22 June 1999. On 1 October 2000 Helle Degn resigned her seat and Larsen took over the seat. He was elected directly into parliament in the 2001 election and was reelected in the 2005, 2007 and 2011 elections. He was the group leader of the Social Democrats in parliament from 2012 to 2013. In 2013 he was appointed Minister of Business Affairs and Growth. He held this position until the 2015 election, where the Social Democrats lost the election to Venstre and so Larsen lost the minister title. He was reelected, and again became the group leader of the Social Democrats. He was elected again in the 2019 election, but resigned his seat shortly after the election. Tanja Larsson took over the seat.^[1][2][3]

Controversies

In March 2025, Sass Larsen was charged with having videos of child sexual abuse material on his computer, as well as having a childlike sex doll.^[4][5] His trial is expected to start 21 August 2025.^[6] He was expelled from the Social Democrats in June 2025.^[7]

Bibliography

• Exodus – vejen frem for centrum-venstre (2018)
• Tilbage til Friheden (1996, co-author)
• En europæisk utopi (1994, co-author)