The Danish Minister of Science (), is a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy related to higher education and science, often combined with other areas.
List of ministers Portrait Name Term of office Political Party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister of Education and Science 1 Bertel Haarder 10 September 1987 25 January 1993 Venstre Schlüter II–III–IV Minister of Science and Technology 2 Svend Bergstein 25 January 1993 28 January 1994 Centre Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I Minister of Science 3 28 January 1994 27 September 1994 Centre Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I 4 Frank Jensen 27 September 1994 30 December 1996 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen II 5 Jytte Hilden 30 December 1996 23 March 1998 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen III 6 Jan Trøjborg 23 March 1998 10 July 1999 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV 7 Birte Weiss 10 July 1999 21 December 2000 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV Minister of IT and Science 7 Birte Weiss 21 December 2000 27 November 2001 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV Minister of Science, Technology and Development 8 Helge Sander 27 November 2001 23 February 2010 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I–II–IIIL. L. Rasmussen I 9 Charlotte Sahl-Madsen 23 February 2010 3 October 2011 Conservative People's Party L. L. Rasmussen I Minister of Science, Innovation and Higher Education 10 Morten Østergaard 3 October 2011 3 February 2014 Social Liberal Party Thorning-Schmidt I Minister of Higher Education and Science 11 Sofie Carsten Nielsen 3 February 2014 28 June 2015 Social Liberal Party Thorning-Schmidt II 12 Esben Lunde Larsen 28 June 2015 29 February 2016 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II 13 Ulla Tørnæs 29 February 2016 28 November 2016 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II 14 Søren Pind 28 November 2016 2 May 2018 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III 15 Tommy Ahlers 2 May 2018 27 June 2019 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III 16 Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen 27 June 2019 16 August 2021 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 17 Jesper Petersen 16 August 2021 15 December 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 18 Christina Egelund 15 December 2022 3 June 2026 Moderates Frederiksen II Minister of Science, Higher Education, and Digitalization 18 Christina Egelund 3 June 2026 Incumbent Moderates Frederiksen III
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