Minister for Economic Affairs (Denmark)

The Minister for Economic Affairs (Danish: Økonomiminister) is a Danish ministerial title, following a split from the Minister for Finance. The position was at a point joined with the Minister of Business Affairs.

Minister of Economic Affairs
Økonomiminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Stephanie Lose since 23 November 2023
Ministry of Economic Affairs
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	24 April 1947 (1947-04-24)
First holder	Vilhelm Buhl
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	Permanent Secretary
Salary	1,334.377.79 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
Minister without Portfolio with focus on economic policies (Minister uden portefølje med henblik på den økonomiske politik)
1		Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954)	13 November 1947	30 October 1950	2 years, 351 days		Social Democrats	Hedtoft I Cabinet	[2]
Minister for Economic Affairs and Employment (Økonomi- og arbejdsminister)
2		Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978)	1 November 1953	28 May 1957	3 years, 208 days		Social Democrats	Hedtoft III Cabinet Hansen I Cabinet	[3][4]
Minister for Economic Affairs (Økonomiminister)
3		Bertel Dahlgaard (1887–1972)	28 May 1957	7 September 1961	4 years, 102 days		Social Liberals	Hansen II Cabinet Kampmann I Cabinet–II	[5][6][7]
4		Kjeld Philip (1912–1989)	7 September 1961	26 September 1964	3 years, 19 days		Social Liberals	Kampmann II Cabinet Krag I Cabinet	[7][8]
–		Poul Hansen (1913–1966) Acting	26 September 1964	8 October 1964	12 days		Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet	[9]
5		Henry Grünbaum [da] (1911–2006)	8 October 1964	24 August 1965	320 days		Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet	[9]
6		Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011)	24 August 1965	2 February 1968	2 years, 162 days		Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet	[9]
7		Poul Nyboe Andersen [da] (1913–2004)	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days		Venstre	Baunsgaard Cabinet	[10]
Minister for Economic and Budgetary Affairs (Økonomi- og budgetminister)
8		Per Hækkerup (1915–1979)	11 October 1971	27 September 1973	1 year, 351 days		Social Democrats	Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet	[11][12]
Minister for Economic Affairs (Økonomiminister)
(8)		Per Hækkerup (1915–1979)	27 September 1973	19 December 1973	83 days		Social Democrats	Jørgensen I Cabinet	[12]
Minister for Economic Affairs and Commerce (Økonomi- og handelsminister)
9		Poul Nyboe Andersen [da] (1913–2004)	6 December 1973	29 January 1975	1 year, 54 days		Venstre	Hartling Cabinet	[13]
Minister for Economic Affairs (Økonomiminister)
(8)		Per Hækkerup (1915–1979)	29 January 1975	30 August 1978	3 years, 213 days		Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet	[14]
10		Anders Andersen (1912–2006)	30 August 1978	26 October 1979	1 year, 57 days		Venstre	Jørgensen III Cabinet	[15]
(6)		Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011)	26 October 1979	10 September 1982	2 years, 319 days		Social Democrats	Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V	[16][17]
(10)		Anders Andersen (1912–2006)	10 September 1982	10 September 1987	5 years, 0 days		Venstre	Schlüter I Cabinet	[18]
11		Knud Enggaard (1929–2024)	10 September 1987	3 June 1988	267 days		Venstre	Schlüter II Cabinet	[19]
12		Niels Helveg Petersen (1939–2017)	3 June 1988	18 December 1990	2 years, 198 days		Social Liberals	Schlüter III Cabinet	[20]
13		Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953)	18 December 1990	19 November 1992	1 year, 337 days		Venstre	Schlüter IV Cabinet	[21]
14		Thor Pedersen (born 1945)	19 November 1992	25 January 1993	67 days		Venstre	Schlüter IV Cabinet	[21]
15		Marianne Jelved (born 1943)	25 January 1993	27 November 2001	8 years, 306 days		Social Liberals	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV	[22][23] [24][25]
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs (Økonomi- og Erhvervsminister)
16		Bendt Bendtsen (born 1954)	27 November 2001	10 September 2008	6 years, 288 days		Conservatives	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III	[26][27] [28]
17		Lene Espersen (born 1965)	10 September 2008	23 February 2010	1 year, 166 days		Conservatives	Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet	[28][29]
18		Brian Mikkelsen (born 1966)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days		Conservatives	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet	[29]
Minister for Economic and Interior Affairs (Økonomi- og indenrigsminister)
19		Margrethe Vestager (born 1968)	3 October 2011	2 September 2014	2 years, 334 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II	[30][31]
20		Morten Østergaard (born 1976)	2 September 2014	28 June 2015	299 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet	[31]
21		Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (born 1977)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days		Liberal Alliance	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet	[32]
Minister for Economic Affairs (Økonomiminister)
22		Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976)	15 December 2022	22 August 2023	250 days		Venstre	Frederiksen II Cabinet	[33]
23		Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (born 1973)	22 August 2023	23 October 2023	62 days		Venstre	Frederiksen II Cabinet	[34]
(22)		Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976)	23 October 2023	23 November 2023	31 days		Venstre	Frederiksen II Cabinet	[35]
24		Stephanie Lose (born 1982)	23 November 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 267 days		Venstre	Frederiksen II Cabinet	[36]