| Minister of Social Affairs | |
|---|---|
| Socialminister | |
| | |
| Ministry of Social Affairs | |
| Type | Minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | the Prime minister |
| Seat | Slotsholmen |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Formation | 18 November 1918 |
| First holder | Thorvald Stauning |
| Succession | depending on the order in the State Council |
| Deputy | Permanent Secretary |
| Salary | 1,334.377.79 DKK (€187,839), in 2024 [1] |
The Danish Minister of Social Affairs (Danish : Socialminister), is a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy related to disadvantaged children, disability policies, family law often combined with other areas.
| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) | Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| Minister of Social Affairs (Socialminister) | |||||||||
| 1 | | Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942) | 18 November 1918 | 5 April 1920 | 1 year, 139 days | Social Democrats | Zahle II | [2] | |
| 2 | | Jens Jensen (1859–1928) | 5 April 1920 | 5 May 1920 | 30 days | Social Democrats | Friis | [3] | |
| 3 | | Frederik Borgbjerg (1866–1936) | 23 April 1924 | 14 December 1926 | 2 years, 235 days | Social Democrats | Stauning I | [4] | |
| 4 | | Karl Kristian Steincke (1880–1962) | 30 April 1929 | 4 November 1935 | 6 years, 188 days | Social Democrats | Stauning II | [5] | |
| 5 | | Ludvig Christensen (1878–1956) | 5 November 1935 | 8 July 1940 | 4 years, 246 days | Social Democrats | Stauning III–IV–V | [6] [7] [8] | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister) | |||||||||
| 6 | | Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973) | 8 July 1940 | 9 November 1942 | 2 years, 124 days | Social Democrats | Stauning VI Buhl I | [9] [10] | |
| Minister of Social Affairs (Socialminister) | |||||||||
| 7 | | Laurits Hansen (1894–1965) | 9 November 1942 | 29 August 1943 | 287 days | Social Democrats | Scavenius | [11] | |
| No Danish government (29 August 1943 [a] – 5 May 1945). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary. | |||||||||
| Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister) | |||||||||
| 8 | | Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955) | 5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Social Democrats | Buhl II | [12] | |
| 9 | | Søren Peter Larsen (1888–1948) | 7 November 1945 | 24 April 1947 | 1 year, 168 days | Venstre | Kristensen | [13] | |
| 10 | | Jens Sønderup (1894–1978) | 24 April 1947 | 13 November 1947 | 203 days | Venstre | Kristensen | [13] | |
| Minister of Social Affairs (Socialminister) | |||||||||
| 11 | | Johan Strøm (1898–1958) | 13 November 1947 | 30 October 1950 | 2 years, 351 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I–II | [14] [15] | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister) | |||||||||
| 12 | | Poul Sørensen (1904–1969) | 30 October 1950 | 30 September 1953 | 2 years, 335 days | Conservative People's Party | Eriksen | [16] | |
| (11) | | Johan Strøm (1898–1958) | 30 September 1953 | 1 November 1953 | 32 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft III | [17] | |
| Minister of Social Affairs (Socialminister) | |||||||||
| (11) | | Johan Strøm (1898–1958) | 1 November 1953 | 28 May 1957 | 3 years, 208 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft III Hansen I | [17] [18] | |
| 13 | | Julius Bomholt (1896–1969) | 28 May 1957 | 7 September 1961 | 4 years, 102 days | Social Democrats | Hansen II Kampmann I–II | [19] [20] [21] | |
| 14 | | Kaj Bundvad (1904–1976) | 7 September 1961 | 3 September 1962 | 361 days | Social Democrats | Kampmann II | [21] | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister) | |||||||||
| (14) | | Kaj Bundvad (1904–1976) | 3 September 1962 | 27 August 1963 | 358 days | Social Democrats | Krag I | [22] | |
| Minister of Social Affairs (Socialminister) | |||||||||
| (14) | | Kaj Bundvad (1904–1976) | 27 August 1963 | 2 February 1968 | 5 years, 152 days | Social Democrats | Krag I–II | [22] [23] | |
| 15 | | Nathalie Lind (1918–1999) | 2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Venstre | Baunsgaard | [24] | |
| 16 | | Eva Gredal (1927–1995) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Jørgensen I | [25] [26] | |
| 17 | | Jacob Sørensen (1915–1990) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling | [27] | |
| (16) | | Eva Gredal (1927–1995) | 13 February 1975 | 30 August 1978 | 3 years, 198 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II | [28] | |
| 18 | | Erling Jensen (1919–2000) | 30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | Venstre | Jørgensen III | [29] | |
| 19 | | Ritt Bjerregaard (1941–2023) | 26 October 1979 | 30 December 1981 | 2 years, 65 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV | [30] | |
| 20 | | Bent Hansen (1931–2000) | 30 December 1981 | 27 April 1982 | 118 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen V | [31] | |
| 21 | | Bent Rold Andersen (1929–2015) | 27 April 1982 | 10 September 1982 | 136 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen V | [31] | |
| 22 | | Palle Simonsen (1933–2014) | 10 September 1982 | 23 July 1984 | 1 year, 317 days | Conservative People's Party | Schlüter I | [32] | |
| 23 | | Elsebeth Kock-Petersen (born 1949) | 23 July 1984 | 12 March 1986 | 1 year, 232 days | Venstre | Schlüter I | [32] | |
| 24 | | Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948) | 12 March 1986 | 3 June 1988 | 2 years, 83 days | Centre Democrats | Schlüter I–II | [32] [33] | |
| 25 | | Aase Olesen (1934–2013) | 3 June 1988 | 18 December 1990 | 2 years, 198 days | Social Liberal | Schlüter III | [34] | |
| 26 | | Else Winther Andersen (born 1941) | 18 December 1990 | 25 January 1993 | 2 years, 38 days | Venstre | Schlüter IV | [35] | |
| 27 | | Karen Jespersen (born 1947) | 25 January 1993 | 28 January 1994 | 1 year, 3 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I | [36] | |
| 28 | | Bente Juncker (born 1944) | 28 January 1994 | 11 February 1994 | 14 days | Centre Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I | [36] | |
| 29 | | Yvonne Herløv Andersen (born 1942) | 11 February 1994 | 27 September 1994 | 228 days | Centre Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen I | [36] | |
| (27) | | Karen Jespersen (born 1947) | 27 September 1994 | 23 February 2000 | 5 years, 149 days | Centre Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen II–III–IV | [37] [38] [39] | |
| 30 | | Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 1957) | 23 February 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 1 year, 277 days | Social Democrats | P. N. Rasmussen IV | [39] | |
| 31 | | Henriette Kjær (born 1966) | 27 November 2001 | 2 August 2004 | 2 years, 249 days | Conservative People's Party | A. F. Rasmussen I | [40] | |
| 32 | | Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964) | 2 August 2004 | 12 September 2007 | 3 years, 41 days | Venstre | A. F. Rasmussen I–II | [40] [41] | |
| (27) | | Karen Jespersen (born 1947) | 12 September 2007 | 23 November 2007 | 72 days | Venstre | A. F. Rasmussen II | [41] | |
| Minister of Welfare (Velfærdsminister) | |||||||||
| (27) | | Karen Jespersen (born 1947) | 23 November 2007 | 7 April 2009 | 1 year, 135 days | Venstre | A. F. Rasmussen III | [42] | |
| Minister of the Interior and Social Affairs (Indenrigs- og socialminister) | |||||||||
| 33 | | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | 322 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen I | [43] | |
| Minister of Social Affairs (Socialminister) | |||||||||
| 34 | | Benedikte Kiær (born 1969) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Conservative People's Party | L. L. Rasmussen I | [43] | |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Integration (Social- og integrationsminister) | |||||||||
| 35 | | Karen Hækkerup (born 1974) | 3 October 2011 | 9 August 2013 | 1 year, 310 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I | [44] | |
| Minister of Social Affairs, Children and Integration (Social-, børne- og integrationsminister) | |||||||||
| 36 | | Annette Vilhelmsen (born 1959) | 9 August 2013 | 3 February 2014 | 178 days | Green Left | Thorning-Schmidt I | [44] | |
| Minister of Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs (Minister for Børn, Ligestilling, Integration og Sociale forhold) | |||||||||
| 37 | | Manu Sareen (born 1967) | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II | [45] | |
| Minister of the Interior and Social Affairs (Indenrigs- og socialminister) | |||||||||
| (33) | | Karen Ellemann (born 1969) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II | [46] | |
| Minister of Children and Social Affairs (Børne- og socialminister) | |||||||||
| 38 | | Mai Mercado (born 1980) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Conservatives | L. L. Rasmussen III | [47] | |
| Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior (Social- og indenrigsminister) | |||||||||
| 39 | | Astrid Krag (born 1982) | 27 June 2019 | 21 January 2021 | 1 year, 208 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | [48] | |
| Minister of Social and Elderly Affairs (Social- og ældreminister) | |||||||||
| (39) | | Astrid Krag (born 1982) | 21 January 2021 | 15 December 2022 | 1 year, 328 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | [48] | |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Housing (Social- og boligminister) | |||||||||
| 40 | | Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (born 1977) | 15 December 2022 | 29 August 2024 | 1 year, 258 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen II | [49] | |
| 41 | | Sophie Hæstorp Andersen (born 1974) | 29 August 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 162 days | Social Democrat | Frederiksen II | [49] | |