The Danish Minister of Health (), is a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Ministry of Health.
List of ministers Portrait Name(born-died) Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister of Health Services 1 14 December 1926 30 April 1929 Venstre Madsen-Mygdal Minister of Building and Health Services 2 Johannes Kjærbøl 13 November 1947 23 November 1947 Social Democrats Hedtoft I Minister of Health 3 Agnete Laustsen 10 September 1987 3 June 1988 Conservative People's Party Schlüter II 4 Elsebeth Kock-Petersen 3 June 1988 7 December 1989 Venstre Schlüter III 5 Ester Larsen 7 December 1989 25 January 1993 Venstre Schlüter III–IV 6 Torben Lund 25 January 1993 27 September 1994 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I 7 Yvonne Herløv Andersen 27 September 1994 30 December 1996 Centre Democrats P. N. Rasmussen II 8 Birte Weiss 30 December 1996 23 March 1998 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen III 9 Carsten Koch 23 March 1998 23 February 2000 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV 10 Sonja Mikkelsen 23 February 2000 21 December 2000 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV 11 Arne Rolighed 21 December 2000 27 November 2001 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV Minister of the Interior and Health 12 Lars Løkke Rasmussen 27 November 2001 23 November 2007 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I–II Minister of Health and Prevention 13 Jakob Axel Nielsen 23 November 2007 23 February 2010 Conservative People's Party A. F. Rasmussen IIIL. L. Rasmussen I Minister of the Interior and Health 14 Bertel Haarder 23 February 2010 3 October 2011 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I Minister of Health and Prevention 15 Astrid Krag 3 October 2011 30 January 2014 Socialist People's Party Thorning-Schmidt I 16 Nick Hækkerup 3 February 2014 28 June 2015 Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II Minister of Health and Elderly Affairs 17 Sophie Løhde 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II Minister of Health 18 Ellen Trane Nørby 28 November 2016 27 June 2019 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III Minister of Health and Elderly Affairs 19 Magnus Heunicke 27 June 2019 15 December 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I Minister of the Interior and Health (17) Sophie Løhde 15 December 2022 3 June 2026 Venstre Frederiksen II Minister of Health 20 Ida Auken 3 June 2026 Incumbent Social Democrats Frederiksen III
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