Permanent Secretary (Denmark)

The Permanent Secretary (Danish: Departementschef) is the most senior civil servant of a Danish Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis.

Current Permanent Secretaries

Government ministry	Permanent Secretary	Since	Ref.
Prime Minister's Office	Barbara Bertelsen	13 January 2020	[1]
Ministry of Defence	Pernille Langeberg (act.)	11 August 2023	[2][3]
Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs	Michael Dithmer	28 November 2016	[4][5]
Ministry of Employment	Søren Kryhlmand	4 March 2020	[6][7]
Ministry of Finance	Peter Stensgaard Mørch [da]	21 August 2019	[8][9]
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries	Morten Niels Jakobsen	18 January 2021	[10]
Ministry of Justice	Johan Kristian Legarth	1 March 2020	[11]
Ministry of the Interior and Housing	Sophus Garfiel	21 January 2021	[12][13]
Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities	Lars Frelle-Petersen	1 January 2021	[14]
Ministry of Culture	Dorte Nøhr Andersen	18 May 2020	[15][16]
Ministry of Environment	Annemarie Lauritsen	1 April 2023	[17]
Ministry of Taxation	Jens Brøchner [da]	29 Maj 2012	[18]
Ministry of Social Affairs and the Elderly	Jens Strunge Bonde	21 January 2021	[13][19]
Ministry of Transport	Jacob Heinsen	21 January 2021	[13]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Lars Gert Lose [da]	1 January 2019	[20]
Ministry of Refugee and Immigration	Christian Hesthaven	1 November 2018	[21][22]
Ministry of Higher Education and Research	Hanne Meldgaard	1 January 2020	[23]
Ministry of Health	Svend Særkjær	11 January 2021	[24][13][25]
Ministry for Children and Education	Birgitte Hansen	5 December 2019	[26]
Ministry for Ecclesiastical Affairs	Christian Dons Christensen	1 February 2017	[27]