Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities (Denmark)

The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities (Danish: Klima-, Energi- og Forsyningsministeriet) is a governmental agency in Denmark. It is responsible for national climate policy and international cooperation on climate change, as well as energy issues, meteorology and national geological surveys in Denmark and Greenland.

Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities

Klima-, Energi- og Forsyningsministeriet
Ministry overview
Formed	2007
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of Transport and Energy (partially), Ministry of Environment (partially)
Type	Government ministry
Jurisdiction	Denmark
Status	Active

Office building at Stormgade in Indre By in Copenhagen. It is a part of Energi-, Forsynings- og Klimaministeriet (Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building).

History

The predecessor of the Ministry of Climate and Energy, the Ministry of Energy (Danish: Energiministeriet), was created in 1979, from the energy department of the Ministry of Trade. In 1994, it was merged with Ministry of the Environment and in 2005 it was detached from that ministry, to be merged with Ministry of Transport and Energy.

On 23 November 2007, the energy issues were de-merged from the Ministry of Transport and climate issues were de-merged from the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Climate and Energy was created.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister for Energy (Energiminister)
1		Poul Nielson (born 1943)	26 October 1979	10 September 1982	2 years, 319 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen IV Cabinet–II
2		Knud Enggaard (1929–2024)	10 September 1982	12 March 1986	3 years, 183 days	Venstre	Schlüter I Cabinet
3		Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945)	12 March 1986	3 June 1988	2 years, 83 days	Venstre	Schlüter II Cabinet
4		Jens Bilgrav-Nielsen [da] (born 1936)	3 June 1988	18 December 1990	2 years, 198 days	Social Liberals	Schlüter III Cabinet
5		Anne Birgitte Lundholt (born 1952)	18 December 1990	25 January 1993	2 years, 38 days	Conservatives	Schlüter IV Cabinet
6		Jann Sjursen (born 1960)	25 January 1993	27 September 1994	1 year, 245 days	Christian Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet
Minister for the Environment and Energy (Miljø- og energiminister)
7		Svend Auken (1943–2009)	25 January 1993	27 November 2001	8 years, 306 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV
Minister of Transport and Energy (Transport- og energiminister)
8		Flemming Hansen (1939–2021)	27 November 2001	12 September 2007	5 years, 289 days	Conservatives	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II
9		Jakob Axel Nielsen (born 1967)	12 September 2007	23 November 2007	72 days	Conservatives	Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet
Minister for Climate and Energy (Klima- og Energiminister)
10		Connie Hedegaard (born 1960)	23 November 2007	24 November 2009	2 years, 1 day	Conservatives	Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
11		Lykke Friis (born 1969)	24 November 2009	3 October 2011	1 year, 313 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
Minister for Climate, Energy and Building (Klima-, Energi- og Bygningsminister)
12		Martin Lidegaard (born 1966)	3 October 2011	3 February 2014	2 years, 123 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
13		Rasmus Helveg Petersen (born 1968)	3 February 2014	28 June 2015	1 year, 145 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate (Energi-, forsynings- og klimaminister)
14		Lars Christian Lilleholt (born 1965)	28 June 2015	27 June 2019	3 years, 364 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–II
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities (Klima-, energi- og forsyningsminister)
15		Dan Jørgensen (born 1975)	27 June 2019	15 December 2022	3 years, 171 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
16		Lars Aagaard (born 1967)	15 December 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 147 days	Moderates	Frederiksen II Cabinet

Agencies

A number of agencies belong to the ministry:

• Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut (DMI)
• Forsyningstilsynet (research board)
• Energinet
• Klimarådet (climate council)
• Styrelsen for Dataforsyning og Effektivisering
• De Nationale Geologiske Undersøgelser for Danmark og Grønland (GEUS)
• Energistyrelsen (Danish Energy Agency)
• Geodatastyrelsen

The Danish Electricity Saving Trust (Elsparefonden) is an independent trust under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy. The Trust works to promote energy savings and a more efficient use of electricity.

See also

• Electricity sector in Denmark