List of heads of government of Denmark
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The Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government of the Kingdom of Denmark and leader of the Cabinet. The Prime Minister is formally appointed by the Monarch, who is head of state.
The first four heads of government were titled Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Literally), between 1855 and 1920 the title was Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Literally). Since 1920, the title has been Template:Langx (Template:Literally).[1]
Denmark's current prime minister is Mette Frederiksen representing the social democratic party Social Democrats. Mette Frederiksen took office on 27 June 2019, taking over the position from Lars Løkke Rasmussen, representing the liberal party Script error: No such module "Lang".. Frederiksen is also the second female prime minister in the history of the country, after fellow socialist party colleague Helle Thorning-Schmidt who served from 2011 to 2015.
List of prime ministers (1848–1855)
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Term of office | Party | Election | Cabinet coalitionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Monarch (reign)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| 1 | File:Adam Wilhelm Moltke.jpg | Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785–1864)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
22 March 1848 | 27 January 1852 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | — | Moltke I H–NScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Frederick VII (1848–1863)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| — | Moltke II HScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 1849 | ||||||||||
| — | Moltke III HScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| — | Moltke IV HScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 2 | File:Christian Albrecht Bluhme by HP Hansen.jpg | Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794–1866)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 January 1852 | 21 April 1853 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Template:Ill | 1852 | Bluhme I H–NScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Feb.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1853 | ||||||||||
| 3 | File:AS Ørsted.jpg | Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778–1860)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 April 1853 | 12 December 1854 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | — | Ørsted HScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1853 | ||||||||||
| 4 | File:Bang PG.jpg | Peter Georg Bang (1797–1861)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 December 1854 | 12 October 1855 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | 1854 | Bang NScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
List of council presidents (1855–1918)
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Term of office | Party | Election | Cabinet coalitionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Monarch (reign)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| (4) | File:Bang PG.jpg | Peter Georg Bang (1797–1861)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 October 1855 | 18 October 1856 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | 1855 | Bang NScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Frederick VII (1848–1863)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 5 | File:Carl Christopher Georg Andræ by Hansen, Schou & Weller.jpg | Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812–1893)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 October 1856 | 13 May 1857 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Bondevennerne | — | Andræ H–NScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 6 | File:Carl Christian Hall.jpg | Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 May 1857 | 2 December 1859 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | National Liberal | — | Hall I NScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1858 | ||||||||||
| 7 | File:Carl Eduard Rotwitt.jpg | Carl Edvard Rotwitt (1812–1860)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 December 1859 | 8 February 1860Template:Natural Causes | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Bondevennerne | — | Rotwitt BScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| — | File:Carl Fredrik Axel Bror vonBlixen-Finecke SPA.jpg | Carl Frederik Blixen-Finecke (1822–1873) ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 February 1860 | 24 February 1860 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | — | ||
| (6) | File:Carl Christian Hall.jpg | Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 February 1860 | 31 December 1863 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | National Liberal | — | Hall II NScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1861 | ||||||||||
| Christian IX (1863–1906)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||||
| 8 | File:D G Monrad.jpg | Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 December 1863 | 11 July 1864 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | National Liberal | — | Monrad NScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| (2) | File:Bluhme.jpg | Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794–1866)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 July 1864 | 6 November 1865 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Template:Ill | 1864 | Bluhme II HScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 9 | File:K V Frijs.jpg | Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1817–1896)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 November 1865 | 28 May 1870 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | National Landowners | — | Frijs NG (until 1866) NG–N (from 1866)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Jun.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1866 | ||||||||||
| Oct.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1866 | ||||||||||
| 1869 | ||||||||||
| 10 | File:HolsteinHolsteinborg.jpg | Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (1815–1892)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 May 1870 | 14 July 1874 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Centre | — | Holstein-Holsteinborg NG–NScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1872 | ||||||||||
| 1873 | ||||||||||
| 11 | File:Fonnesbech.jpg | Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817–1880)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 July 1874 | 11 June 1875 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | National Landowners | — | Fonnesbech NG–NScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 12 | File:J. B. S. Estrup by Elfelt.jpg | Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 June 1875 | 7 August 1894 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | National Landowners | — | Estrup NG (until 1881) H (from 1881)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1876 | ||||||||||
| 1879 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Højre | MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1881 | ||||||||
| Jul.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1881 | ||||||||||
| 1884 | ||||||||||
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| 1890 | ||||||||||
| 1892 | ||||||||||
| 13 | File:Reedtz-ThottTage.jpg | Tage Reedtz-Thott (1839–1923)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 August 1894 | 23 May 1897 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Højre | — | Reedtz-Thott HScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1895 | ||||||||||
| 14 | File:Hugo Egmont Hørring by Christensen.jpg | Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842–1909)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 May 1897 | 27 April 1900 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Højre | — | Hørring HScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1898 | ||||||||||
| 15 | File:Hannibal Sehested 1900.jpg | Hannibal Sehested (1842–1924)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 April 1900 | 24 July 1901 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Højre | — | Sehested HScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 16 | File:J. H. Deuntzer by Elfelt.jpg | Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845–1918)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 July 1901 | 14 January 1905 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre Reform | 1901 | Deuntzer VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1903 | ||||||||||
| 17 | File:Jens Christian Christensen.png | Jens Christian Christensen (1856–1930)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 January 1905 | 12 October 1908 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="3"style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre Reform | — | Christensen I VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Frederik VIII (1906–1912)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||||
| 1906 | Christensen II VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 18 | File:Niels Thomasius Neergaard.jpg | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 October 1908 | 16 August 1909 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre Reform | — | Neergaard I VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 19 | File:Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg by Peter Elfelt.jpg | Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (1839–1912)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16 August 1909 | 28 October 1909 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre Reform | 1909 | Holstein-Ledreborg VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 20 | File:Ke019053.jpg | Carl Theodor Zahle (1866–1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 October 1909 | 5 July 1910 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Liberals | — | Zahle I RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 21 | File:Klaus Berntsen by Peter Elfelt 1914.jpg | Klaus Berntsen (1844–1927)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 July 1910 | 21 June 1913 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre | 1910 | Berntsen VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Christian X (1912–1947)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||||
| (20) | File:Ke019059.jpg | Carl Theodor Zahle (1866–1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 June 1913 | 20 April 1918 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Liberals | 1913 | Zahle II RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
List of prime ministers (1918–present)
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Term of office | Party | Election | Cabinet coalitionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Monarch (reign)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| (20) | File:Zahle.jpg | Carl Theodor Zahle (1866–1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 April 1918 | 30 March 1920 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Liberals | — | Zahle II RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Christian X (1912–1947)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1918 | ||||||||||
| 22 | File:OttoLiebe.jpg | Otto Liebe (1860–1929)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 March 1920 | 5 April 1920 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | — | Liebe Caretaker governmentScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 23 | File:Michael Pedersen Friis.jpg | Michael Pedersen Friis (1857–1944)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 April 1920 | 5 May 1920 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | — | Friis Caretaker governmentScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| (18) | File:Niels Neergaard by Peter Elfelt.jpg | Niels Neergaard (1854–1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 May 1920 | 23 April 1924 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre | Apr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1920 |
Neergaard II VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Jul.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1920 | ||||||||||
| Sep.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1920 | ||||||||||
| — | Neergaard III VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 24 | File:Stauning i1920-erne.jpg | Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 April 1924 | 14 December 1926 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | 1924 | Stauning I SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 25 | File:MadsenMygdal.jpg | Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (1876–1943)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 December 1926 | 30 April 1929 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre | 1926 | Madsen-Mygdal VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| (24) | File:Thorvald Stauning - Elfelt.jpg | Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 April 1929 | 3 May 1942Template:Natural Causes | Template:Ayd | rowspan="6" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | 1929 | Stauning II S–RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1932 | ||||||||||
| 1935 | Stauning III S–RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 1939 | Stauning IV S–RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| — | Stauning V S–V–K–RV (national unity)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| — | Stauning VI S–V–K–RV (national unity)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 26 | File:Vilhelm Buhl.jpg | Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4 May 1942 | 9 November 1942 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | — | Buhl I S–V–K–RV (national unity)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 27 | File:Erik Scavenius 1 (cropped).jpg | Erik Scavenius (1877–1962)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 November 1942 | 29 August 1943 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | — | Scavenius S–V–K–RV (national unity)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1943 | ||||||||||
| No Danish government (29 August 1943 – 5 May 1945).Template:Efn Office is assumed by the permanent secretary. | ||||||||||
| (26) | File:Vilhelm Buhl by Elfelt & Co.jpg | Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | — | Buhl II S–V–K–RV–DS–DKP (national unity)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 28 | File:Knud Kristensen by Elfelt.jpg | Knud Kristensen (1880–1962)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 November 1945 | 13 November 1947 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre | 1945 | Kristensen VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Frederik IX (1947–1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||||
| 29 | File:Hans Hedtoft by Elfelt & Co.jpg | Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 November 1947 | 30 October 1950 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | 1947 | Hedtoft I SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| — | Hedtoft II SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 30 | File:Erik Eriksen by Elfelt & Co.jpg | Erik Eriksen (1902–1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre | 1950 | Eriksen V–KScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Apr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1953 | ||||||||||
| (29) | File:Hans Hedtoft achter zijn bureau op het ministerie, Bestanddeelnr 252-8965 (cropped).jpg | Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 September 1953 | 29 January 1955Template:Natural Causes | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | Sep.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1953 |
Hedtoft III SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 31 | File:H. C. Hansen by Elfelt & Co.jpg | H. C. Hansen (1906–1960)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 February 1955 | 19 February 1960Template:Natural Causes | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | — | Hansen I SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1957 | Hansen II S–RV–RfbScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 32 | File:Viggo Kampmann by Elfelt & Co.jpg | Viggo Kampmann (1910–1976)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 February 1960 | 3 September 1962 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | — | Kampmann I S–RV–RfbScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1960 | Kampmann II S–RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 33 | File:Jens Otto Krag by Elfelt & Co.jpg | Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
3 September 1962 | 2 February 1968 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | — | Krag I S–RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1964 | Krag II SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 34 | File:Modtagelse af den tyske forbundspræsident Dr. Theodor Heynemann (Hilmar Baunsgaard) (cropped).jpg | Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920–1989)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Liberals | 1968 | Baunsgaard RV–K–VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| (33) | File:Jens Otto Krag by Elfelt & Co.jpg | Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 October 1971 | 5 October 1972 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | 1971 | Krag III SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Margrethe II (1972–2024)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||||
| 35 | File:Anker Jørgensen (1975).jpg | Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 October 1972 | 19 December 1973 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | — | Jørgensen I SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 36 | File:Poul Hartling.jpg | Poul Hartling (1914–2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre | 1973 | Hartling VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| (35) | File:Anker ingrid 1990 (cropped).jpg | Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 February 1975 | 10 September 1982 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | 1975 | Jørgensen II SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1977 | ||||||||||
| — | Jørgensen III S–VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 1979 | Jørgensen IV SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 1981 | Jørgensen V SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 37 | File:Poul Schluter portrait 2005.jpg | Poul Schlüter (1929–2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10 September 1982 | 25 January 1993 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Conservative | — | Schlüter I K–V–CD–KrFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1984 | ||||||||||
| 1987 | Schlüter II K–V–CD–KrFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 1988 | Schlüter III K–V–RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 1990 | Schlüter IV K–VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 38 | File:Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danmarks tidigare statsminister, numera EU-parlamentariker.jpg | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (born 1943)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25 January 1993 | 27 November 2001 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | — | P. N. Rasmussen I S–CD–RV–KrFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1994 | P. N. Rasmussen II S–CD–RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| — | P. N. Rasmussen III S–RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 1998 | P. N. Rasmussen IV S–RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 39 | File:Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Nordic Council Session in Helsinki 2008-10-28.jpg | Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 November 2001 | 5 April 2009 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre | 2001 | A. F. Rasmussen I V–KScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2005 | A. F. Rasmussen II V–KScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 2007 | A. F. Rasmussen III V–KScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 40 | File:Lars Løkke Rasmussen (2009).jpg | Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 April 2009 | 3 October 2011 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre | — | L. L. Rasmussen I V–KScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 41 | File:Thorning-Schmidt.jpg | Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | 2011 | Thorning-Schmidt I S–RV–SFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| — | Thorning-Schmidt II S–RVScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| (40) | File:Lars Løkke Rasmussen - 2018 (MUS6631) (cropped).jpg | Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 June 2015 | 27 June 2019 | Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Venstre | 2015 | L. L. Rasmussen II VScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| — | L. L. Rasmussen III V–LA–KScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| 42 | File:Mette Frederiksen by Christian Ursilva (2025).jpg | Mette Frederiksen (born 1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 June 2019 | Incumbent | Template:Ayd | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Social Democrats | 2019 | Frederiksen I SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2022 | Frederiksen II S–V–MScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||||
| Frederik X (since 2024)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||||||
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Timeline (1848–present)
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Denmark. The prime ministers are listed in order of office, with prime ministers serving multiple premierships listed in order of their first.
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Define $start = 1776 Define $end = 2026 Define $now = 2026
ImageSize = width:$width height:$height PlotArea = right:10 left:1 bottom:80 top:60 Period = from:$start till:$end TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:1
Colors =
id:bg value:white
id:lightline value:rgb(0.9, 0.9, 0.9)
id:lighttext value:rgb(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
id:LIFESPAN value:rgb(0.88, 0.9, 0.7) Legend: Lifespan
id:PM_IND value:rgb(0.8, 0.8, 0.8) Legend: Independent
id:PM_HOJ value:rgb(0.14, 0.42, 0.14) Legend: Højre_/_Nat._Landowners
id:PM_BON value:rgb(0.39, 0.58, 0.93) Legend: Bondevennerne
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See also
- Politics of Denmark
- List of Danish monarchs
- List of prime ministers of Finland
- List of heads of government of Norway
- List of prime ministers of Sweden
Notes
References
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