List of ministers for finance (Denmark)

This is a list of

finance ministry was established in 1848.^[1]

List of finance ministers (1848–present)

Ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863)

No.	Portrait	Minister for Finance	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1	Moltke I Cabinet
2	Moltke II Cabinet–III–IV Bluhme I Cabinet Ørsted Cabinet
3		Andræ, CarlCarl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812–1893)	12 December 1854	10 July 1858	3 years, 210 days	Bondevennerne	Bang Cabinet Andræ Cabinet Hall I Cabinet
4		Krieger, Andreas FrederikAndreas Frederik Krieger (1817–1893)	10 July 1858	6 May 1859	300 days	National Liberal	Hall I Cabinet
5	Independent	Hall I Cabinet
6	Independent	Rotwitt Cabinet
(5)	Independent	Hall II Cabinet

Ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906)

No.	Portrait	Minister for Finance	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
7	Monrad Cabinet
8	Independent	Bluhme II Cabinet
9	Independent	Frijs Cabinet
(5)	Independent	Holstein-Holsteinborg Cabinet
(4)		Krieger, Andreas FrederikAndreas Frederik Krieger (1817–1893)	1 July 1872	20 June 1874	1 year, 354 days	National Liberal	Holstein-Holsteinborg Cabinet
(9)	Independent	Fonnesbech Cabinet
10	Estrup Cabinet
11	Reedtz-Thott Cabinet
12	Hørring Cabinet
13		Scharling, WilliamWilliam Scharling [da] (1837–1911)	27 April 1900	24 July 1901	1 year, 88 days	Højre	Sehested Cabinet
14	Venstre Reform	Deuntzer Cabinet
15	Venstre Reform	Christensen I Cabinet
–	Venstre Reform	Christensen I Cabinet

Ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912)

No.	Portrait	Minister for Finance	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
16	Venstre Reform	Christensen II Cabinet
17	Venstre Reform	Neergaard I Cabinet
(16)	Venstre Reform	Holstein-Ledreborg Cabinet
18		Brandes, EdvardEdvard Brandes (1847–1931)	28 October 1909	5 July 1910	250 days	Social Liberals	Zahle I Cabinet
(16)		Neergaard, NielsNiels Neergaard (1854–1936)	5 July 1910	21 June 1913	2 years, 351 days	Venstre	Berntsen Cabinet

Ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)

No.	Portrait	Minister for Finance	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
(18)		Brandes, EdvardEdvard Brandes (1847–1931)	21 June 1913	30 March 1920	6 years, 283 days	Social Liberals	Zahle II Cabinet
19		Hansen, HansHans Peter Hjerl Hansen [da] (1870–1946)	30 March 1920	5 April 1920	6 days	Independent	Liebe Cabinet
20		Koefoed, MichaelMichael Koefoed [da] (1870–1946)	5 April 1920	5 May 1920	30 days	Independent	Friis Cabinet
(16)		Neergaard, NielsNiels Neergaard (1854–1936)	5 May 1920	23 April 1924	3 years, 354 days	Venstre	Neergaard II Cabinet
21		Bramsnæs, CarlCarl Valdemar Bramsnæs [da] (1879–1965)	23 April 1924	14 December 1926	2 years, 235 days	Social Democrats	Stauning I Cabinet
(16)		Neergaard, NielsNiels Neergaard (1854–1936)	14 December 1926	30 April 1929	2 years, 137 days	Venstre	Madsen-Mygdal Cabinet
(21)		Bramsnæs, CarlCarl Valdemar Bramsnæs [da] (1879–1965)	30 April 1929	31 May 1933	4 years, 31 days	Social Democrats	Stauning II Cabinet
22		Hansen, HansHans Peter Hansen (1872–1953)	31 May 1933	20 July 1937	4 years, 50 days	Social Democrats	Stauning II Cabinet–III
23		Buhl, VilhelmVilhelm Buhl (1881–1954)	20 July 1937	16 July 1942	4 years, 361 days	Social Democrats	Stauning III Cabinet–IV–V–VI Buhl I Cabinet
24		Andersen, AlsingAlsing Andersen (1893–1962)	16 July 1942	9 November 1942	116 days	Social Democrats	Buhl I Cabinet
25		Kofoed, KristianKristian Hansen Kofoed (1879–1951) ^[3]	9 November 1942	29 August 1943	293 days	Social Liberals	Scavenius Cabinet
29 August 1943^[3] – 5 May 1945
26	Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960)	5 May 1945	7 November 1945	186 days	Social Democrats	Buhl II Cabinet
27		Kristensen, ThorkilThorkil Kristensen (1899–1989)	7 November 1945	13 November 1947	2 years, 6 days	Venstre	Kristensen Cabinet

Ministers under Frederik IX (1947–1972)

No.	Portrait	Minister for Finance	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
(26)	Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960)	13 November 1947	16 September 1950	2 years, 307 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft I Cabinet
28		Kampmann, ViggoViggo Kampmann (1910–1976)	16 September 1950	30 October 1950	44 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft I Cabinet
(27)		Kristensen, ThorkilThorkil Kristensen (1899–1989)	30 October 1950	30 September 1953	2 years, 335 days	Venstre	Eriksen Cabinet
(28)	Kampmann I Cabinet
29	II
30	Krag I Cabinet
31	Krag I Cabinet–II
32		Grünbaum, HenryHenry Grünbaum [da] (1911–2006)	24 August 1965	2 February 1968	2 years, 162 days	Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet
33		Møller, PoulPoul Møller (1919–1997)	2 February 1968	17 March 1971	3 years, 43 days	Conservatives	Baunsgaard Cabinet
34		Ninn, ErikErik Ninn-Hansen (1922–2014)	17 March 1971	11 October 1971	208 days	Conservatives	Baunsgaard Cabinet
(32)		Grünbaum, HenryHenry Grünbaum [da] (1911–2006)	11 October 1971	19 December 1973	2 years, 69 days	Social Democrats	Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet

Ministers under Margrethe II (1972–present)

No.	Minister for Finance	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
35	Andersen, AndersAnders Ejnar Andersen (1912–2006)	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	1 year, 56 days	Venstre	Hartling Cabinet
36	Heinesen, KnudKnud Heinesen (born 1932)	13 February 1975	26 October 1979	4 years, 255 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet–III
37	Jakobsen, SvendSvend Jakobsen (1935–2022)	26 October 1979	30 December 1981	2 years, 65 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen IV Cabinet
(36)	Heinesen, KnudKnud Heinesen (born 1932)	30 December 1981	10 September 1982	254 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen V Cabinet
38	Christophersen, HenningHenning Christophersen (1939–2016)	10 September 1982	23 July 1984	1 year, 317 days	Venstre	Schlüter I Cabinet
39	Simonsen, PallePalle Simonsen [da] (1933–2014)	23 July 1984	31 October 1989	5 years, 100 days	Conservatives	Schlüter I Cabinet–II–III
40	Dyremose, HenningHenning Dyremose [da] (born 1945)	31 October 1989	25 January 1993	3 years, 86 days	Conservatives	Schlüter III Cabinet–IV
41	Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946)	25 January 1993	21 December 2000	7 years, 331 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV
42	Gjellerup, PiaPia Gjellerup (born 1959)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	341 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
43	Pedersen, ThorThor Pedersen (born 1945)	27 November 2001	23 November 2007	5 years, 361 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II
44	Rasmussen, Lars LøkkeLars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964)	23 November 2007	7 April 2009	1 year, 135 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet
45	Frederiksen, Claus HjortClaus Hjort Frederiksen (born 1947)	7 April 2009	3 October 2011	2 years, 179 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
46	Corydon, BjarneBjarne Corydon (born 1973)	3 October 2011	28 June 2015	3 years, 268 days	Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II
(45)	Frederiksen, Claus HjortClaus Hjort Frederiksen (born 1947)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
47	Jensen, KristianKristian Jensen (born 1971)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
48	Wammen, NicolaiNicolai Wammen (born 1971)	27 June 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 297 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet–II

References

^ Resumé: At tjene og forme den nye tid, Finansministeriet 1848-1998 (PDF) (in Danish). Finansministeriet. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ Vilhelm Lassen died in office on 4 June 1908. A successor was not appointed until 24 July.
^ ^a ^b On 29 August 1943, the Danish government resigned, refusing to grant further concessions to Nazi Germany. All government operations were assumed by the permanent secretaries of the individual departments, and this arrangement lasted until the Liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945. Since King Christian X never accepted the resignation of the government, it existed de jure until a new cabinet was formed on 5 May 1945.
^ Hans R. Knudsen died in office on 4 November 1962. A successor was not appointed until 15 November.

Bibliography

The Danish Finance Ministry
danmark.dk - regarding the minister that died in office^{[permanent dead link]}
Lists of Danish governments since 1848
Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A-Å (in Danish). Aschehoug.
ISBN 87-11-11652-8
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[1] Resumé: At tjene og forme den nye tid, Finansministeriet 1848-1998 (PDF) (in Danish). Finansministeriet. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[Lassen-2] Vilhelm Lassen died in office on 4 June 1908. A successor was not appointed until 24 July.

[August43-3] On 29 August 1943, the Danish government resigned, refusing to grant further concessions to Nazi Germany. All government operations were assumed by the permanent secretaries of the individual departments, and this arrangement lasted until the Liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945. Since King Christian X never accepted the resignation of the government, it existed de jure until a new cabinet was formed on 5 May 1945.

[Knudsen-4] Hans R. Knudsen died in office on 4 November 1962. A successor was not appointed until 15 November.

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