Minister for Housing (Denmark)

The Minister for Housing (Danish: Boligminister) is a Danish minister.

Minister for Housing
Boligminister (Danish)
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Sophie Hæstorp Andersen since 29 August 2024
Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing [da]
Type	Minister
Member of	Cabinet State Council
Reports to	the prime minister
Seat	Slotsholmen
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the prime minister)
Formation	23 November 1947; 77 years ago (1947-11-23)
First holder	Johannes Kjærbøl
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	Permanent Secretary
Salary	1.400.192,97 DKK (€187,839), in 2024[1]
Website	Official website

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973)	23 November 1947	23 November 1949	2 years, 0 days		Social Democrat	Hedtoft I	[2]
Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister)
(1)		Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973)	23 November 1949	30 October 1950	341 days		Social Democrat	Hedtoft II	[3]
Minister for the Interior and Housing (Indenrigs- og boligminister)
2		Aksel Møller (1906–1958)	30 October 1950	30 September 1953	2 years, 304 days		Conservative	Eriksen	[4]
(1)		Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973)	30 September 1953	30 August 1955	2 years, 0 days		Social Democrat	Hedtoft III Hansen I	[5][6]
Minister for Housing (Boligminister)
(1)		Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973)	30 August 1955	28 May 1957	1 year, 271 days		Social Democrat	Hansen I	[6]
Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister)
3		Kaj Bundvad [da] (1904–1976)	28 May 1957	31 March 1960	2 years, 308 days		Social Democrat	Hansen II Kampmann I	[7][8]
Minister for Housing (Boligminister)
4		Carl P. Jensen [da] (1906–1987)	31 March 1960	26 September 1964	4 years, 179 days		Social Democrat	Kampmann I–II Krag I	[8][9] [10]
5		Kaj Andresen [da] (1907–1998)	26 September 1964	2 February 1968	3 years, 129 days		Social Democrat	Krag II	[11]
6		Aage Hastrup [da] (1919–1993)	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days		Conservative	Baunsgaard	[12]
7		Helge Nielsen [da] (1918–1991)	11 October 1971	27 September 1973	1 year, 351 days		Social Democrat	Krag III Jørgensen I	[13]
8		Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022)	27 September 1973	19 November 1973	83 days		Social Democrat	Jørgensen I	[13]
Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister)
9		Johan Philipsen [da] (1911–1992)	19 November 1973	13 February 1975	1 year, 86 days		Venstre	Hartling	[14]
Minister for Housing (Boligminister)
(7)		Helge Nielsen [da] (1918–1991)	13 February 1975	26 January 1977	1 year, 348 days		Social Democrat	Jørgensen II	[15]
(8)		Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022)	26 January 1977	26 February 1977	31 days		Social Democrat	Jørgensen II	[15]
10		Ove Hove [da] (1914–1993)	26 February 1977	30 August 1978	1 year, 185 days		Social Democrat	Jørgensen II	[15]
11		Erling Olsen (1927–2011)	30 August 1978	10 September 1982	4 years, 11 days		Social Democrat	Jørgensen III–IV–V	[16][17] [18]
12		Niels Bollmann [da] (1939–1989)	10 September 1982	12 March 1986	3 years, 183 days		Centre Democrat	Schlüter I	[19]
13		Thor Pedersen (born 1945)	12 March 1986	10 September 1987	1 year, 182 days		Venstre	Schlüter I	[19]
14		Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (born 1944)	10 September 1987	3 June 1988	267 days		Christian Democrat	Schlüter II	[20]
15		Agnete Laustsen (1935–2018)	3 June 1988	18 December 1990	2 years, 198 days		Conservative	Schlüter III	[21]
16		Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945)	18 December 1990	25 January 1993	2 years, 38 days		Venstre	Schlüter IV	[22]
(14)		Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (born 1944)	25 January 1993	27 September 1994	1 year, 245 days		Christian Democrat	P.N. Rasmussen I	[23]
17		Ole Løvig Simonsen [da] (born 1935)	27 September 1994	23 February 1998	3 years, 149 days		Social Democrat	P.N. Rasmussen II–III	[24][25]
Minister for Cities and Housing (By- og boligminister)
18		Jytte Andersen (born 1942)	23 March 1998	21 December 2000	2 years, 302 days		Social Democrat	P.N. Rasmussen IV	[26]
19		Lotte Bundsgaard (born 1973)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	341 days		Social Democrat	P.N. Rasmussen IV	[26]
Minister for the City, Housing and Rural Affairs (Minister for by, bolig og landdistrikter)
20		Carsten Hansen (born 1957)	3 October 2011	28 June 2015	3 years, 268 days		Social Democrat	Thorning-Schmidt I	[27][28]
Minister for Foreigners, Integration and Housing (Udlændinge-, integrations- og boligminister)
21		Inger Støjberg (born 1973)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days		Venstre	L.L. Rasmussen II	[29]
Minister for Transport, Building, and Housing (Transport-, bygnings- og boligminister)
22		Ole Birk Olesen (born 1972)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days		Liberal Alliance	L.L. Rasmussen III	[30]
Minister for Housing (Boligminister)
23		Kaare Dybvad (born 1984)	27 June 2019	21 January 2021	1 year, 208 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	[31]
Minister for the Interior and Housing (Indenrigs- og boligminister)
(23)		Kaare Dybvad (born 1984)	21 January 2021	2 May 2022	1 year, 101 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	[31]
24		Christian Rabjerg Madsen (born 1986)	2 May 2022	15 December 2022	227 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	[31]
Minister for Social Affairs and Housing (Social- og boligminister)
25		Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (born 1977)	15 December 2022	29 August 2024	1 year, 258 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen II	[32]
26		Sophie Hæstorp Andersen (born 1974)	29 August 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 42 days		Social Democrat	Frederiksen II	[32]