Minister for Integration () is a Danish ministerial office. The office was created by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on 27 November 2001 when he formed the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I after the 2001 Danish parliamentary election, in which refugees, immigration, and integration of people from non-western countries had been important issues.
One of the stated goals of the Anders Fogh cabinet, and especially the supporting Danish People's Party which secured the government's majority, was to "stem the flow" of refugees to Denmark, and new tougher rules did drastically reduce the number of refugees being granted asylum. Another initiative was the 24 year rule, which stated that spouses must be 24 or older before they could immigrate to Denmark through family reunification (there had been many cases of arranged marriages of young people being used to get around immigration restrictions).
List of ministers Portrait Name(born-died) Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration 1 Bertel Haarder 27 November 2001 18 February 2005 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I 2 Rikke Hvilshøj 18 February 2005 23 November 2007 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen II 3 Birthe Rønn Hornbech 23 November 2007 8 March 2011 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen IIIL. L. Rasmussen I 4 Søren Pind 8 March 2011 3 October 2011 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I Minister of Social Affairs and Integration 5 Karen Hækkerup 3 October 2011 9 August 2013 Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I Minister of Social Affairs, Children and Integration 6 Annette Vilhelmsen 9 August 2013 3 February 2014 Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I Minister for Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs 7 Manu Sareen 3 February 2014 28 June 2015 Social Liberals Thorning-Schmidt II Minister for Foreigners, Integration and Housing 8 Inger Støjberg 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II Minister for Foreigners and Integration 8 Inger Støjberg 28 November 2016 27 June 2019 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III 9 Mattias Tesfaye 27 June 2019 2 May 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 10 Kaare Dybvad 2 May 2022 23 September 2025 Social Democrats Frederiksen I–II 11 Rasmus Stoklund 23 September 2025 3 June 2026 Social Democrats Frederiksen II 12 Morten Bødskov 3 June 2026 Incumbent Social Democrats Frederiksen III
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