# Minister for the Environment (Denmark)

Minister for the Environment of Denmark (Danish: Miljøminister) is the politically appointed head of the Danish Ministry of the Environment, and a member of the Cabinet. The ministry and the ministerial position was created in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, the ministry was named the "Ministry of Pollution Combating".

## List of ministers for the environment

| 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 Public Works and Pollution Control (Minister for offentlige arbejder og forureningsbekæmpelse) ||||||||
| 1 | | Jens Kampmann [da] (born 1937) | 11 October 1971 | 27 September 1973 | 1 year, 351 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet |
| Minister for the Environment (Miljøminister) ||||||||
| 2 | | Helge Nielsen [da] (1918–1991) | 27 September 1973 | 19 December 1973 | 83 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen I Cabinet |
| 3 | | Holger Hansen (1929–2015) (Also Minister for Greenland) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 83 days | Venstre | Hartling Cabinet |
| Minister for Housing and the Environment (Bolig- og miljøminister) ||||||||
| (2) | | Helge Nielsen [da] (1918–1991) | 13 February 1975 | 26 January 1977 | 1 year, 348 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet |
| 4 | | Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022) | 26 January 1977 | 26 February 1977 | 31 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet |
| Minister for the Environment (Miljøminister) ||||||||
| 5 | | Niels Matthiasen [da] (1924–1980) | 26 February 1977 | 30 August 1978 | 1 year, 185 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen III Cabinet |
| 6 | | Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) | 30 August 1978 | 28 February 1980 | 1 year, 182 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen III Cabinet |
| 7 | | Erik Holst [da] (1922–2013) | 28 February 1980 | 10 September 1982 | 2 years, 194 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V |
| 8 | | Christian Christensen [da] (1925–1988) (Also Minister for Nordic Cooperation until 10 September 1987) | 10 September 1982 | 3 June 1988 | 5 years, 267 days | Christian Democrats | Schlüter I Cabinet–II |
| 9 | | Lone Dybkjær (1940–2020) | 3 June 1988 | 18 December 1990 | 2 years, 198 days | Social Liberals | Schlüter III Cabinet |
| 10 | | Per Stig Møller (born 1942) | 18 December 1990 | 25 January 1993 | 2 years, 38 days | Conservatives | Schlüter IV Cabinet |
| Minister for the Environment and Energy (Miljø- og energiminister) ||||||||
| 10 | | 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 for the Environment (Miljøminister) ||||||||
| 11 | | Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953) | 27 November 2001 | 2 August 2004 | 2 years, 249 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 12 | | Connie Hedegaard (born 1960) | 2 August 2004 | 23 November 2007 | 3 years, 113 days | Conservatives | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II |
| 13 | | Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976) | 23 November 2007 | 23 February 2010 | 2 years, 92 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 14 | | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 15 | | Ida Auken (born 1978) | 3 October 2011 | 3 February 2014 | 2 years, 123 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
| 16 | | Kirsten Brosbøl (born 1977) | 3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 1 year, 145 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet |
| Minister for Environment and Food (Miljø- og fødevareminister) ||||||||
| 17 | | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 28 June 2015 | 29 February 2016 | 246 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet |
| 18 | | Esben Lunde Larsen (born 1978) | 29 February 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 2 years, 63 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–III |
| 19 | | Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (born 1973) | 2 May 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet |
| Minister for Environment (Miljøminister) ||||||||
| 20 | | Lea Wermelin (born 1985) | 27 June 2019 | 15 December 2022 | 3 years, 171 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet |
| 21 | | Magnus Heunicke (born 1975) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 24 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen II Cabinet |