Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Denmark)

The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Danish: Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet) is the Danish ministry in charge of research and education above high school/upper secondary school.

The ministry building

The ministry has also been known as the "Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education", the "Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Denmark", the "Science Ministry", the "Research Ministry", and the "Ministry of Research and Technology".

Its primary purpose is to promote and coordinate the interaction between the industry and trade, centres of research and education and strengthen industry and research policies.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Political Party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Science and Technology (Forsknings- og teknologiminister)
1		Svend Bergstein (1941–2014)	25 January 1993	28 January 1994	1 year, 3 days		Centre Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet
Minister of Science (Forskningsminister)
2		Frank Jensen (born 1961)	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	2 years, 94 days		Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet
3		Jytte Hilden (born 1942)	30 December 1996	23 March 1998	1 year, 83 days		Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet
4		Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012)	23 March 1998	10 July 1999	1 year, 109 days		Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
5		Birte Weiss (born 1941)	10 July 1999	21 December 2000	1 year, 164 days		Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
Minister of IT and Science (IT- og forskningsminister)
5		Birte Weiss (born 1941)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	341 days		Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
Minister of Science, Technology and Development (Minister for videnskab, teknologi og udvikling)
6		Helge Sander (born 1950)	27 November 2001	23 February 2010	8 years, 88 days		Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
7		Charlotte Sahl-Madsen (born 1964)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days		Conservatives	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
Minister of Higher Education and Science (Uddannelses- og forskningsminister)
8		Morten Østergaard (born 1976)	3 October 2011	3 February 2014	2 years, 123 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
8		Sofie Carsten Nielsen (born 1975)	3 February 2014	28 June 2015	2 years, 123 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
9		Esben Lunde Larsen (born 1978)	28 June 2015	29 February 2016	246 days		Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
10		Ulla Tørnæs (born 1962)	29 February 2016	28 November 2016	273 days		Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
11		Søren Pind (born 1969)	28 November 2016	2 May 2018	1 year, 155 days		Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
12		Tommy Ahlers (born 1975)	2 May 2018	27 June 2019	1 year, 56 days		Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
13		Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (born 1983)	27 June 2019	16 August 2021	2 years, 50 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
14		Jesper Petersen (born 1981)	16 August 2021	15 December 2022	1 year, 121 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
15		Christina Egelund (born 1977)	15 December 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 167 days		Moderates	Frederiksen II Cabinet

External links

• Ministry of Higher Education and Science