# 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.

## 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 | Term | Term | Political Party | Government |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political Party | Government |
| 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, 57 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.