The minister for employment () is a Danish minister office. The minister is the labour minister of Denmark and is the political head of the Ministry of Employment of Denmark.
The office was introduced with the Scavenius Cabinet on 9 November 1942. It was called minister of labour () until 2001.
List of ministers
Portrait Name(born-died) Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister of Labour and Social Affairs 1 Johannes Kjærbøl 8 July 1940 9 November 1942 Social Democrats Stauning VIBuhl I Minister of Labour (1) Johannes Kjærbøl 9 November 1942 29 August 1943 Social Democrats Scavenius No Danish government (29 August 1943 – 5 May 1945). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary. Minister of Labour and Social Affairs 2 Hans Hedtoft 5 May 1945 7 November 1945 Social Democrats Buhl II 3 7 November 1945 24 April 1947 Venstre Kristensen 4 Jens Sønderup 24 April 1947 13 November 1947 Venstre Kristensen Minister of Labour 5 13 November 1947 Social Democrats Hedtoft I Minister of Labour and Housing (1) Johannes Kjærbøl 23 November 1949 30 October 1950 Social Democrats Hedtoft II Minister of Labour and Social Affairs 6 Poul Sørensen 30 October 1950 30 September 1953 Conservative People's Party Eriksen 7 30 September 1953 1 November 1953 Social Democrats Hedtoft III Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour (11) Jens Otto Krag 1 November 1953 28 May 1957 Social Democrats Hedtoft IIIHansen I Minister of Labour and Housing 9 28 May 1957 21 February 1960 Social Democrat Hansen II Minister of Labour (9) 21 February 1960 3 September 1962 Social Democrats Kampmann I–II Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (9) 3 September 1962 27 August 1963 Social Democrats Krag I Minister of Labour 10 27 August 1963 2 February 1968 Social Democrats Krag I–II 11 2 February 1968 11 October 1971 Social Liberal Baunsgaard (16) 11 October 1971 19 December 1973 Social Democrats Krag IIIJørgensen I Minister of Labour and Housing 12 19 December 1973 13 February 1975 Venstre Hartling Minister of Labour (10) 13 February 1975 8 September 1976 Social Democrats Jørgensen II 13 8 September 1976 1 October 1977 Social Democrats Jørgensen II 14 Svend Auken 1 October 1977 10 September 1982 Social Democrats Jørgensen II–III–IV–V 15 Grethe Fenger Møller 10 September 1982 12 March 1986 Conservative People's Party Schlüter I 16 12 March 1986 30 October 1989 Conservative People's Party Schlüter I–II–III 17 30 October 1989 25 January 1993 Conservative People's Party Schlüter III–IV 18 Jytte Andersen 25 January 1993 23 March 1998 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I–II–III 19 23 March 1998 27 November 2001 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV Minister for Employment 20 Claus Hjort Frederiksen 27 November 2001 7 April 2009 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III 21 Inger Støjberg 7 April 2009 3 October 2011 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I 22 Mette Frederiksen 3 October 2011 10 October 2014 Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt I–II 23 Henrik Dam Kristensen 10 October 2014 28 June 2015 Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II 24 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II 25 Troels Lund Poulsen 28 November 2016 27 June 2019 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III 26 Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen 27 June 2019 15 December 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 27 Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen 15 December 2022 23 September 2025 Social Democrats Frederiksen II 28 Kaare Dybvad 23 September 2025 3 June 2026 Social Democrats Frederiksen II (27) Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen 3 June 2026 Incumbent Social Democrats Frederiksen III
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