# Ministry of Social Affairs (Denmark)

The Danish Ministry of Social Affairs was re-created in 2010 as a split of the Social Welfare ministry created after the 2007 Folketing elections. The split moved the section that had to do with the Ministry of the Interior off into the Ministry of the Interior and Health. The current minister is Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil.

## List of ministers

| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Term | Term | Term | Political Party | Government |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political Party | Government |
| Minister for Social Affairs (Socialminister) ||||||||
| 1 | | Jens Jensen (1859–1928) | 5 April 1920 | 5 May 1920 | 30 days | Social Democrats | Friis Cabinet |
| 2 | | Frederik Borgbjerg [da] (1866–1936) | 23 April 1924 | 14 December 1926 | 2 years, 235 days | Social Democrats | Stauning I Cabinet |
| 3 | | Steincke, Karl KristianKarl Kristian Steincke (1880–1962) | 30 April 1929 | 5 November 1935 | 6 years, 189 days | Social Democrats | Stauning II Cabinet |
| 4 | | Ludvig Christensen [da] (1878–1956) | 5 November 1935 | 8 July 1940 | 4 years, 246 days | Social Democrats | Stauning III Cabinet–IV–V |
| 5 | | Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) | 8 July 1940 | 9 November 1942 | 2 years, 124 days | Social Democrats | Stauning VI Cabinet Buhl I Cabinet |
| 6 | | Laurits Hansen (1894–1965) | 9 November 1942 | 5 May 1945 | 2 years, 177 days | Social Democrats | Scavenius Cabinet |
| 7 | | Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955) | 5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Social Democrats | Buhl II Cabinet |
| 8 | | Søren Peter Larsen [da] (1888–1948) | 7 November 1945 | 24 April 1947 | 1 year, 168 days | Venstre | Kristensen Cabinet |
| 9 | | Jens Sønderup (1894–1978) | 24 April 1947 | 13 November 1947 | 203 days | Venstre | Kristensen Cabinet |
| 10 | | Johan Strøm [da] (1898–1958) | 13 November 1947 | 30 October 1950 | 2 years, 351 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I Cabinet |
| 11 | | Poul Sørensen (1904–1969) | 30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | 2 years, 335 days | Conservatives | Eriksen Cabinet |
| (10) | | Johan Strøm [da] (1898–1958) | 30 September 1953 | 28 May 1957 | 3 years, 240 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft II Cabinet Hansen I Cabinet |
| 12 | | Julius Bomholt (1896–1969) | 28 May 1957 | 7 September 1961 | 4 years, 102 days | Social Democrats | Hansen II Cabinet Kampmann I Cabinet–II |
| 13 | | Kaj Bundvad [da] (1904–1976) | 7 September 1961 | 2 February 1968 | 6 years, 148 days | Social Democrats | Kampmann II Cabinet Krag I Cabinet–II |
| 14 | | Nathalie Lind (1918–1999) | 2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Venstre | Baunsgaard Cabinet |
| 15 | | Eva Gredal (1927–1995) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet |
| 16 | | Jacob Sørensen [da] (1915–1990) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling Cabinet |
| (15) | | Eva Gredal (1927–1995) | 13 February 1975 | 30 August 1978 | 3 years, 198 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet |
| 17 | | Erling Jensen [da] (1919–2000) | 30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen III Cabinet |
| 18 | | Ritt Bjerregaard (1941–2023) | 26 October 1979 | 30 December 1981 | 2 years, 65 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet |
| 19 | | Bent Hansen [da] (1931–2000) | 30 December 1981 | 27 April 1982 | 118 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen V Cabinet |
| 20 | | Bent Rold Andersen [da] (1929–2015) | 27 April 1982 | 10 September 1982 | 136 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen V Cabinet |
| 21 | | Palle Simonsen [da] (1933–2014) | 10 September 1982 | 23 July 1984 | 1 year, 317 days | Conservatives | Schlüter I Cabinet |
| 22 | | Elsebeth Kock-Petersen (born 1949) | 23 July 1984 | 12 March 1986 | 1 year, 232 days | Venstre | Schlüter I Cabinet |
| 23 | | Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948) | 12 March 1986 | 3 June 1988 | 2 years, 83 days | Centre Democrats | Schlüter I Cabinet–II |
| 24 | | Aase Olesen (1934–2013) | 3 June 1988 | 18 December 1990 | 2 years, 198 days | Social Liberals | Schlüter III Cabinet |
| 25 | | Else Winther Andersen (born 1941) | 18 December 1990 | 25 January 1993 | 2 years, 38 days | Venstre | Schlüter IV Cabinet |
| 26 | | Karen Jespersen (born 1947) | 25 January 1993 | 28 January 1994 | 1 year, 3 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 27 | | Bente Juncker [da] (born 1944) | 28 January 1994 | 11 February 1994 | 14 days | Centre Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 28 | | Yvonne Herløv Andersen (born 1942) | 11 February 1994 | 27 September 1994 | 228 days | Centre Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| (26) | | Karen Jespersen (born 1947) | 27 September 1994 | 23 February 2000 | 5 years, 149 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet–III–IV |
| 29 | | Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 1957) | 23 February 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 1 year, 277 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet |
| 30 | | Henriette Kjær (born 1966) | 27 November 2001 | 2 August 2004 | 2 years, 249 days | Conservatives | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 31 | | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 2 August 2004 | 12 September 2007 | 3 years, 41 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II |
| (26) | | Karen Jespersen (born 1947) | 12 September 2007 | 23 November 2007 | 72 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet |
| Office abolished (23 November 2007 – 7 April 2009) ||||||||
| Minister for the Interior and Social Affairs (Indenrigs- og socialminister) ||||||||
| 32 | | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | 322 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| Minister for Social Affairs (Socialminister) ||||||||
| 33 | | Benedikte Kiær (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Conservatives | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| Minister for Social Affairs and Integration (Social- og integrationsminister) ||||||||
| 34 | | Karen Hækkerup (born 1974) | 3 October 2011 | 9 August 2013 | 1 year, 310 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
| Minister for Social Affairs, Children and Integration (Social-, børne- og integrationsminister) ||||||||
| 35 | | Annette Vilhelmsen (born 1959) | 9 August 2013 | 3 February 2014 | 178 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
| Minister for Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs (Minister for Børn, Ligestilling, Integration og Sociale forhold) ||||||||
| 36 | | Manu Sareen (born 1967) | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet |
| Minister for the Interior and Social Affairs (Indenrigs- og socialminister) ||||||||
| (32) | | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet |
| Minister for Children and Social Affairs (Børne- og socialminister) ||||||||
| 37 | | Mai Mercado (born 1980) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Conservatives | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet |
| Minister for Social Affairs and the Interior (Social- og indenrigsminister) ||||||||
| 38 | | Astrid Krag (born 1982) | 27 June 2019 | 21 January 2021 | 1 year, 208 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet |
| Minister for Social Affairs and Elderly Affairs (Social- og Ældreminister) ||||||||
| (38) | | Astrid Krag (born 1982) | 21 January 2021 | 15 December 2022 | 1 year, 328 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet |
| Minister for Social Affairs and Housing (Social- og boligminister) ||||||||
| 39 | | Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (born 1977) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 300 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen II Cabinet |