Minister for Gender Equality (Denmark)

The Minister for Gender Equality (Danish: Ligestillingsminister) is a Danish minister that works on improving equal gender rights. The first Minister for Gender Equality was appointed on 1 July 1999.

Minister of Gender Equality
Ligestillingsminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Magnus Heunicke since 29 August 2024
Ministry of Environment and Gender Equality
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	27 September 1999; 26 years ago (1999-09-27)
First holder	Jytte Andersen
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	Permanent Secretary
Salary	1.400.192,97 DKK (€187,839), in 2024[1]

Every minister has held this title alongside another title. Jytte Andersen and Lotte Bundsgaard were also city and housing ministers. Henriette Kjær, Eva Kjer Hansen were social ministers. Karen Jespersen was also Social Minister, later welfare minister. Inger Støjberg was also employment minister and Lykke Friis was also climate minister. Manu Sareen, the first male Minister for Gender Equality, was also Church and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, and Ellen Trane Nørby were also Education minister. Marie Bjerre is also Minister for Digitalization.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister for Gender Equality (Minister for ligestilling)
1		Jytte Andersen (born 1942)	27 September 1999	21 December 2000	1 year, 85 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen III–IV	[2][3]
2		Lotte Bundsgaard (born 1973)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	341 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen IV	[3]
3		Henriette Kjær (born 1966)	27 November 2001	2 August 2004	2 years, 249 days		Conservative	A. F. Rasmussen I	[4]
4		Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964)	2 August 2004	12 September 2007	3 years, 41 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen I–II	[4][5]
5		Karen Jespersen (born 1947)	12 September 2007	7 April 2009	1 year, 207 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen II–III L. L. Rasmussen I	[5][6] [7]
6		Inger Støjberg (born 1973)	7 April 2009	23 February 2010	322 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen I	[7]
7		Lykke Friis (born 1969)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen I	[7]
8		Manu Sareen (born 1967)	3 October 2011	28 June 2015	3 years, 268 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I–II	[8][9]
9		Ellen Trane Nørby (born 1980)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen II	[10]
Minister for Fishery, and Gender Equality (Minister for fiskeri og ligestilling)
10		Karen Ellemann (born 1969)	28 November 2016	2 May 2018	1 year, 155 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen III	[11]
(4)		Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964)	2 May 2018	27 June 2019	1 year, 56 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen III	[11]
Minister for Food, Fishery, and Gender Equality (Minister for fødevarer, fiskeri og ligestilling)
11		Mogens Jensen (born 1963)	27 June 2019	18 November 2020	1 year, 144 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	[12]
Minister for Gender Equality (Minister for ligestilling)
12		Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen (born 1983)	18 November 2020	4 February 2022	1 year, 78 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	[12]
13		Trine Bramsen (born 1981)	4 February 2022	15 December 2022	314 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I	[12]
14		Marie Bjerre (born 1986)	15 December 2022	23 November 2023	343 days		Venstre	Frederiksen II	[13]
15		Mia Wagner (born 1977)	23 November 2023	7 December 2023	14 days		Venstre	Frederiksen II	[13]
(14)		Marie Bjerre (born 1986)	7 December 2023	29 August 2024	266 days		Venstre	Frederiksen II	[13]
16		Magnus Heunicke (born 1981)	29 August 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 50 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen II	[13]