# Minister for Employment (Denmark)

The Minister for Employment (Danish: Beskæftigelsesminister) is a Danish minister office. The minister is the labour minister of Denmark and is the political head of the Ministry of Employment of Denmark.
The office was introduced with the Scavenius Cabinet on 9 November 1942. It was called Minister for Labour (Danish: Arbejdsminister) until 2001.

## List of ministers

Source:
| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Government | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Government | Ref. |
| Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister) ||||||||||
| 1 | | Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) | 8 July 1940 | 9 November 1942 | 2 years, 124 days | | Social Democrats | Stauning VI Buhl I |
| Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister) ||||||||||
| (1) | | Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) | 9 November 1942 | 5 May 1945 | 2 years, 177 days | | Social Democrats | Scavenius |
| Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister) ||||||||||
| 2 | | Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955) | 5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | | Social Democrats | Buhl II |
| 3 | | Søren Peter Larsen [da] (1888–1948) | 7 November 1945 | 24 April 1947 | 1 year, 168 days | | Venstre | Kristensen |
| 4 | | Jens Sønderup (1894–1978) | 24 April 1947 | 13 November 1947 | 203 days | | Venstre | Kristensen |
| Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister) ||||||||||
| 5 | | Marius Sørensen [da] (1891–1964) | 13 November 1947 | 23 November 1949 | 2 years, 10 days | | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I |
| Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister) ||||||||||
| (1) | | Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) | 23 November 1949 | 30 October 1950 | 341 days | | Social Democrats | Hedtoft II |
| Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister) ||||||||||
| 6 | | Poul Sørensen (1885–1973) | 30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | 2 years, 335 days | | Conservatives | Eriksen |
| Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister) ||||||||||
| 7 | | Johan Strøm [da] (1898–1958) | 30 September 1953 | 1 November 1953 | 32 days | | Social Democrats | Hedtoft III |
| Minister for Economic Affairs and Labor (Økonomi- og arbejdsminister) ||||||||||
| 8 | | Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978) | 1 November 1953 | 28 May 1957 | 3 years, 208 days | | Social Democrats | Hedtoft III Hansen I |
| Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister) ||||||||||
| 9 | | Kaj Bundvad [da] (1904–1976) | 28 May 1957 | 21 February 1960 | 2 years, 269 days | | Social Democrats | Hansen II |
| Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister) ||||||||||
| (9) | | Kaj Bundvad [da] (1904–1976) | 21 February 1960 | 27 August 1963 | 3 years, 187 days | | Social Democrats | Kampmann I–II Krag I |
| 10 | | Erling Dinesen [da] (1910–1986) | 27 August 1963 | 2 February 1968 | 4 years, 159 days | | Social Democrats | Krag I–II |
| 11 | | Lauge Dahlgaard [da] (1919–1996) | 2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | | Social Liberals | Baunsgaard |
| (10) | | Erling Dinesen [da] (1910–1986) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | | Social Democrats | Krag III Jørgensen I |
| Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister) ||||||||||
| 12 | | Johan Philipsen [da] (1911–1992) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | | Venstre | Hartling |
| Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister) ||||||||||
| (10) | | Erling Dinesen [da] (1910–1986) | 13 February 1975 | 8 September 1976 | 1 year, 208 days | | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II |
| 13 | | Erling Jensen [da] (1919–2000) | 8 September 1976 | 1 October 1977 | 1 year, 23 days | | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II |
| 14 | | Svend Auken (1943–2009) | 1 October 1977 | 10 September 1982 | 4 years, 344 days | | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II–III–IV–V |
| 15 | | Grethe Fenger Møller (born 1941) | 10 September 1982 | 12 March 1986 | 3 years, 183 days | | Conservatives | Schlüter I |
| 16 | | Henning Dyremose [da] (born 1945) | 12 March 1986 | 30 October 1989 | 3 years, 232 days | | Conservatives | Schlüter I–II–III |
| 17 | | Knud Erik Kirkegaard [da] (born 1942) | 30 October 1989 | 25 January 1993 | 3 years, 87 days | | Conservatives | Schlüter III–IV |
| 18 | | Jytte Andersen (born 1942) | 25 January 1993 | 23 March 1998 | 5 years, 57 days | | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I–II–III |
| 19 | | Ove Hygum [da] (born 1956) | 23 March 1998 | 27 November 2001 | 3 years, 249 days | | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen IV |
| Minister for Employment (Beskæftigelsesminister) ||||||||||
| 20 | | Frederiksen, Claus HjortClaus Hjort Frederiksen (born 1947) | 27 November 2001 | 7 April 2009 | 7 years, 131 days | | Venstre | A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III |
| 21 | | Inger Støjberg (born 1973) | 7 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | 2 years, 179 days | | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen I |
| 22 | | Mette Frederiksen (born 1977) | 3 October 2011 | 10 October 2014 | 3 years, 7 days | | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I–II |
| 23 | | Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 1957) | 10 October 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 261 days | | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II |
| 24 | | Jørn Neergaard Larsen [da] (born 1949) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II |
| 25 | | Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen III |
| 26 | | Peter Hummelgaard (born 1983) | 27 June 2019 | 15 December 2022 | 3 years, 171 days | | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I |
| 27 | | Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (born 1983) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 79 days | | Social Democrats | Frederiksen II |