The Minister of Taxation () is the head of the Ministry of Taxation and a member of the Cabinet. As the head of the Tax Ministry, the Danish tax minister is responsible for areas concerning taxes and tariffs, as well as labour market funds.
The collection of taxes was originally assumed by the Finance Ministry. The Finance Ministry's Department of Taxes and Customs (Skatte- og Tolddepartementet) was elevated to the rank of an independent ministry on 13 February 1975. It has officially been referred to as the Tax Ministry (Skatteministeriet) since 10 September 1987.
List of ministers Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister for Taxation and Duties 1 Svend Jakobsen 13 February 1975 26 February 1977 Social Democrats Jørgensen II 2 Jens Kampmann 26 February 1977 30 August 1978 Social Democrats Jørgensen II 3 Anders Ejnar Andersen 30 August 1978 26 October 1979 Venstre Jørgensen III 4 26 October 1979 20 January 1981 Social Democrats Jørgensen IV 5 Mogens Lykketoft 20 January 1981 10 September 1982 Social Democrats Jørgensen IV–V 6 10 September 1982 10 September 1987 Conservatives Schlüter I Minister for Taxation 7 Anders Fogh Rasmussen 10 September 1987 19 November 1992 Venstre Schlüter II–III–IV 8 Peter Brixtofte 19 November 1992 25 January 1993 Venstre Schlüter IV 9 Ole Stavad 25 January 1993 1 November 1994 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I 10 Carsten Koch 1 November 1994 23 March 1998 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen II–III 9 Ole Stavad 23 March 1998 21 December 2000 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV 11 Frode Sørensen 21 December 2000 27 November 2001 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV 12 Svend Erik Hovmand 27 November 2001 2 August 2004 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I 13 Kristian Jensen 2 August 2004 24 February 2010 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I–II–IIIL. L. Rasmussen I 14 Troels Lund Poulsen 24 February 2010 8 March 2011 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I 15 Peter Christensen 8 March 2011 3 October 2011 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I 16 3 October 2011 16 October 2012 Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I 17 Holger K. Nielsen 16 October 2012 12 December 2013 Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I 18 Jonas Dahl 12 December 2013 30 January 2014 Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I 19 Morten Østergaard 3 February 2014 2 September 2014 Social Liberals Thorning-Schmidt II 20 Benny Engelbrecht 2 September 2014 28 June 2015 Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II 21 Karsten Lauritzen 28 June 2015 27 June 2019 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II–III 22 Morten Bødskov 27 June 2019 4 February 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 23 Jeppe Bruus 4 February 2022 29 August 2024 Social Democrats Frederiksen I–II 24 Rasmus Stoklund 29 August 2024 23 September 2025 Social Democrats Frederiksen II 25 Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen 23 September 2025 3 June 2026 Social Democrats Frederiksen II Minister of Taxation and Growth 26 Jakob Engel-Schmidt 3 June 2026 Incumbent Moderates Frederiksen III
References
External links The Tax Ministry of Denmark