The Danish Minister of the Environment (), is a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Ministry of the Environment. The ministry and the ministerial position were created in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, the ministry was named the "Ministry of Pollution Control".
List of ministers Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister of Public Works and Pollution Control 1 Jens Kampmann 11 October 1971 27 September 1973 Social Democrats Krag IIIJørgensen I Minister of the Environment 2 27 September 1973 19 December 1973 Social Democrats Jørgensen I 3 Holger Hansen 19 December 1973 13 February 1975 Venstre Hartling (2) 13 February 1975 26 January 1977 Social Democrat Jørgensen II 4 Svend Jakobsen 26 January 1977 26 February 1977 Social Democrat Jørgensen II 5 26 February 1977 30 August 1978 Social Democrat Jørgensen II 6 Ivar Nørgaard 30 August 1978 28 February 1980 Social Democrat Jørgensen III 7 28 February 1980 10 September 1982 Social Democrats Jørgensen III–IV–V 8 10 September 1982 3 June 1988 Christian Democrats Schlüter I–II 9 Lone Dybkjær 3 June 1988 18 December 1990 Social Liberal Schlüter III 10 Per Stig Møller 18 December 1990 25 January 1993 Conservative People's Party Schlüter IV Minister of the Environment and Energy 11 Svend Auken 25 January 1993 27 November 2001 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I–II–III–IV Minister of the Environment 12 Hans Christian Schmidt 27 November 2001 2 August 2004 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I 13 Connie Hedegaard 2 August 2004 23 November 2007 Conservative People's Party A. F. Rasmussen I–II 14 Troels Lund Poulsen 23 November 2007 23 February 2010 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen IIIL. L. Rasmussen I 15 Karen Ellemann 23 February 2010 3 October 2011 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I 16 Ida Auken 3 October 2011 3 February 2014 Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I 17 Kirsten Brosbøl 3 February 2014 28 June 2015 Social Democrats Thorning-Schmidt II Minister of the Environment and Food 18 Eva Kjer Hansen 28 June 2015 29 February 2016 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II 19 Esben Lunde Larsen 29 February 2016 2 May 2018 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II–III 20 Jakob Ellemann-Jensen 2 May 2018 27 June 2019 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III Minister of the Environment 21 Lea Wermelin 27 June 2019 15 December 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 22 Magnus Heunicke 15 December 2022 3 June 2026 Social Democrats Frederiksen II 23 Maria Reumert Gjerding 3 June 2026 Incumbent Green Left Frederiksen III
References
Danish Governments – From Folketinget.
External links Danish Ministry of the Environment – Official webpage.