Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Denmark)

The Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Danish: Minister for Nordisk Samarbejde; prev. Minister for Nordic Affairs (Danish: Minister for Nordiske Anliggender) is a cabinet minister within the Danish Government appointed by the Prime Minister of Denmark.

Minister for Nordic Cooperation
Minister for Nordisk Samarbejde
National coat of arms of Denmark
Incumbent Morten Dahlin since 23 November 2023
Member of	Danish Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Formation	1957
First holder	Bertel Dahlgaard
Website	Official website

The minister is responsible for issues regarding Nordic affairs, trade and development. The current Minister for Nordic Cooperation is Louise Schack Elholm, appointed on 15 December 2022.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister for Nordic Affairs (Danish: Minister for nordiske anliggender)
1		Bertel Dahlgaard (1887–1972)	28 May 1957	18 November 1960	3 years, 174 days		Social Liberals	Hansen II
2		Henry Grünbaum [da] (1911–2006)	8 October 1964	15 July 1965	280 days		Social Democrats	Krag II	[1]
3		Lars P. Jensen [da] (1909–1986)	15 July 1965	21 September 1966	1 year, 68 days		Social Democrats	Krag II	[1]
4		Tyge Dahlgaard [da] (1921–1985)	21 September 1966	1 October 1967	1 year, 10 days		Social Democrats	Krag II	[1]
5		Ove Hansen [da] (1909–1997)	1 October 1967	2 February 1968	124 days		Social Democrats	Krag II	[1]
6		Poul Nyboe Andersen [da] (1913–2004)	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days		Venstre	Baunsgaard
7		Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011)	11 October 1971	19 December 1973	2 years, 69 days		Social Democrats	Krag III Jørgensen I
(7)		Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011)	29 January 1975	26 February 1977	2 years, 28 days		Social Democrats	Jørgensen II
8		Lise Østergaard (1924–1996)	28 February 1980	30 December 1981	1 year, 305 days		Social Democrats	Jørgensen II
9		Christian Christensen [da] (1925–1988)	10 September 1982	10 September 1987	5 years, 0 days		Christian Democrats	Schlüter I
Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Minister for nordiske samarbejde)
10		Lars P. Gammelgaard [da] (1945–1994)	10 September 1987	3 June 1988	267 days		Conservatives	Schlüter II
11		Thor Pedersen (born 1945)	3 June 1988	18 December 1990	2 years, 198 days		Venstre	Schlüter III
12		Knud Enggaard (1929–2024)	18 December 1990	25 January 1993	2 years, 38 days		Venstre	Schlüter IV
13		Flemming Kofod-Svendsen (born 1944)	25 January 1993	27 September 1994	1 year, 245 days		Christian Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen I
14		Marianne Jelved (born 1943)	27 September 1994	27 November 2001	7 years, 61 days		Social Liberals	P. N. Rasmussen II–III–IV
15		Bendt Bendtsen (born 1954)	27 November 2001	18 June 2002	203 days		Conservatives	A. F. Rasmussen I
16		Flemming Hansen (1939–2021)	18 June 2002	18 February 2005	2 years, 245 days		Conservatives	A. F. Rasmussen I
17		Connie Hedegaard (born 1960)	18 February 2005	23 November 2007	2 years, 278 days		Conservatives	A. F. Rasmussen II
18		Bertel Haarder (born 1944)	23 November 2007	23 February 2010	2 years, 92 days		Venstre	A. F. Rasmussen II–III L. L. Rasmussen I
19		Karen Ellemann (born 1969)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen I
20		Manu Sareen (born 1952)	3 October 2011	3 February 2014	2 years, 123 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I
21		Carsten Hansen (born 1957)	3 February 2014	28 June 2015	1 year, 145 days		Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt II
22		Carl Holst (born 1970)	28 June 2015	30 September 2015	94 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen II
23		Peter Christensen (1975–2025)	30 September 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 59 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen II
(19)		Karen Ellemann (born 1969)	28 November 2016	2 May 2018	1 year, 155 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen II–III
24		Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964)	2 May 2018	27 June 2019	1 year, 56 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen III
22		Mogens Jensen (born 1963)	27 June 2019	19 November 2020	1 year, 145 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I
26		Flemming Møller Mortensen (born 1963)	19 November 2020	15 December 2022	2 years, 26 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I
24		Louise Schack Elholm (born 1977)	15 December 2022	23 November 2023	343 days		Venstre	Frederiksen II
25		Morten Dahlin (born 1989)	23 November 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 262 days		Venstre	Frederiksen II

See also

• Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Finland)
• Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Iceland)
• Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Sweden)