Ministry of Business Affairs (Denmark)

The Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, now called the Ministry of Business and Growth, is a ministry that was established by the first Helle Thorning-Schmidt cabinet.

The ministry was created in 2001 as a merger between the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. After the 2011 election the ministry was divided into two; Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Interior and Ministry of Business and Growth. Henrik Sass Larsen is current minister of Business and Growth and Margrethe Vestager is current minister of Economic Affairs and the Interior.

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister for Commerce (Handelsminister)
1		Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794–1866)	22 March 1848	15 November 1848	238 days	Højre	Moltke I Cabinet
Minister for Commerce and Seafare (Minister for Handel og Søfart)
2		Johan Hansen (1861–1943)	12 October 1908	28 October 1909	1 year, 16 days	Venstre Reform	Neergaard I Cabinet Holstein-Ledreborg Cabinet
3		Wilhelm Weimann (1868–1942)	28 October 1909	5 July 1910	250 days	Social Liberals	Zahle I Cabinet
4		Oscar B. Muus (1847–1918)	5 July 1910	21 June 1913	2 years, 351 days	Venstre	Berntsen Cabinet
–		Jens Hassing-Jørgensen (1872–1952) Acting	21 June 1913	28 April 1914	311 days	Social Liberals	Zahle II Cabinet
5		Christopher Hage (1848–1930)	28 April 1914	30 March 1920	5 years, 337 days	Social Liberals	Zahle II Cabinet
Minister for Commerce (Minister for Handel)
6		Magnus Suenson (1875–1955)	30 March 1920	5 April 1920	6 days	Independent	Liebe Cabinet
7		Hans Peter Prior (1866–1936)	5 April 1920	5 May 1920	30 days	Independent	Friis Cabinet
8		Tyge J. Rothe (1877–1970)	5 May 1920	9 October 1922	2 years, 157 days	Venstre	Neergaard II Cabinet
–		Oluf Krag (1870–1942) Acting	9 October 1922	10 October 1922	1 day	Venstre	Neergaard III Cabinet
9		Jørgen Christensen (1871–1937)	10 October 1922	23 April 1924	1 year, 196 days	Venstre	Neergaard III Cabinet
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Seafare (Minister for industri handel og søfart)
10		Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942)	23 April 1924	14 December 1926	2 years, 235 days	Social Democrats	Stauning I Cabinet
11		Marius Slebsager (1874–1962)	14 December 1926	3 October 1928	1 year, 294 days	Venstre	Madsen-Mygdal Cabinet
–		Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (1876–1943) Acting	3 October 1928	6 October 1928	3 days	Venstre	Madsen-Mygdal Cabinet
–		Johannes Stensballe (1874–1956) Acting	6 October 1928	30 April 1929	206 days	Venstre	Madsen-Mygdal Cabinet
12		Christen Nielsen Hauge (1870–1940)	30 April 1929	4 November 1935	6 years, 188 days	Social Democrats	Stauning II Cabinet
13		Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973)	4 November 1935	8 July 1940	4 years, 247 days	Social Democrats	Stauning III Cabinet–IV–V
14		John Christmas Møller (1894–1948)	8 July 1940	3 October 1940	87 days	Conservative	Stauning V Cabinet
15		Halfdan Hendriksen (1881–1962)	3 October 1940	5 May 1945	4 years, 214 days	Conservative	Stauning VI Cabinet Buhl I Cabinet Scavenius Cabinet
16		Vilhelm Fibiger (1886–1978)	5 May 1945	7 November 1945	186 days	Conservative	Buhl II Cabinet
17		Jens Villemoes (1880–1956)	7 November 1945	6 September 1947	1 year, 303 days	Venstre	Kristensen Cabinet
18		Axel Kristensen (1895–1971)	6 September 1947	13 November 1947	68 days	Venstre	Kristensen Cabinet
19		Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978)	13 November 1947	16 September 1950	2 years, 307 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft I Cabinet
20		Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960)	16 September 1950	30 October 1950	44 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft II Cabinet
21		Ove Weikop (1897–1986)	30 October 1950	13 September 1951	318 days	Conservative	Eriksen Cabinet
22		Aage L. Rytter (1900–1961)	13 September 1951	30 September 1953	2 years, 17 days	Conservative	Eriksen Cabinet
23		Lis Groes (1910–1974)	30 September 1953	28 May 1957	3 years, 240 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft III Cabinet Hansen I Cabinet
Minister of Commerce (Handelsminister)
24		Kjeld Philip (1912–1989)	28 May 1957	31 March 1960	2 years, 308 days	Social Liberals	Hansen II Cabinet Kampmann I Cabinet
25		Lars P. Jensen (1909–1986)	31 March 1960	7 September 1961	1 year, 160 days	Social Democrats	Kampmann I Cabinet–II
27		Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920–1989)	7 September 1961	26 September 1964	3 years, 19 days	Social Liberals	Kampmann II Cabinet Krag I Cabinet
(25)		Lars P. Jensen (1909–1986)	21 September 1966	1 October 1967	1 year, 10 days	Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet
28		Ove Hansen (1909–1997)	1 October 1967	2 February 1968	124 days	Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet
29		Knud Thomsen (1908–1996)	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days	Conservative	Baunsgaard Cabinet
30		Erling Jensen (1919–2000)	11 October 1971	6 December 1973	2 years, 56 days	Social Democrats	Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet
31		Poul Nyboe Andersen (1913–2004)	6 December 1973	29 January 1975	1 year, 54 days	Venstre	Hartling Cabinet
(30)		Erling Jensen (1919–2000)	29 January 1975	8 September 1976	1 year, 223 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet
32		Per Hækkerup (1915–1979)	8 September 1976	26 February 1977	171 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet
33		Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011)	26 February 1977	30 August 1978	1 year, 185 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet
34		Arne Christiansen (1925–2007)	26 February 1977	30 August 1978	1 year, 185 days	Venstre	Jørgensen III Cabinet
Minister of Industry (Industriminister)
35		Ib Stetter (1917–1997)	30 August 1978	12 March 1986	7 years, 194 days	Conservative	Schlüter I Cabinet
36		Nils Wilhjelm (1936–2018)	12 March 1986	2 December 1989	3 years, 265 days	Conservative	Schlüter I Cabinet–II
37		Anne Birgitte Lundholt (born 1952)	2 December 1989	25 January 1993	3 years, 54 days	Conservative	Schlüter III Cabinet–IV
38		Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012)	25 January 1993	28 January 1994	1 year, 3 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet
39		Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948)	28 January 1994	8 February 1994	11 days	Centre Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet
Minister for Industry and Business Coordination (Industri- og samordningsminister)
(39)		Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948)	8 February 1994	27 September 1994	231 days	Centre Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet
Minister of Business Affairs (Erhvervsminister)
(39)		Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948)	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	9 years, 120 days	Centre Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet
(38)		Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012)	28 January 1994	23 March 1998	4 years, 54 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet
40		Pia Gjellerup (born 1959)	23 March 1998	29 December 2000	2 years, 281 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
41		Ole Stavad (born 1949)	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	333 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs (Økonomi- og Erhvervsminister)
42		Bendt Bendtsen (born 1954)	27 November 2001	10 September 2008	6 years, 288 days	Conservative	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III
Minister of Business Affairs and Growth (Erhvervs- og Vækstminister)
43		Lene Espersen (born 1965)	10 September 2008	23 February 2010	1 year, 166 days	Conservative	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
44		Brian Mikkelsen (born 1966)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days	Conservative	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
45		Ole Sohn (born 1954)	3 October 2011	16 October 2012	1 year, 13 days	SF	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
46		Annette Vilhelmsen (born 1959)	16 October 2012	9 August 2013	297 days	SF	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
47		Henrik Sass Larsen (born 1966)	9 August 2013	28 June 2015	1 year, 323 days	Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II
48		Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs (Erhvervsminister)
(44)		Brian Mikkelsen (born 1966)	28 November 2016	20 June 2018	1 year, 204 days	Conservative	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
49		Rasmus Jarlov (born 1977)	20 June 2018	27 June 2019	1 year, 7 days	Conservative	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
50		Simon Kollerup (born 1986)	27 June 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 82 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen Cabinet

References

• OECD (10 August 2012), "Danish governance and policy context for regional strategies", OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: Central and Southern Denmark 2012, OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation, OECD Publishing, doi:10.1787/9789264178748-en, ISBN 9789264178748, OCLC 844310709, retrieved 21 November 2014