Minister of European Affairs (Denmark)
| Minister of European Affairs | |
|---|---|
| Europaminister | |
 | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Type | Minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | the Prime minister |
| Seat | Slotsholmen |
| Appointer |
|
| Formation | 21 September 1966 |
| First holder | Tyge Dahlgaard |
| Final holder | Marie Bjerre |
| Abolished | 3 June 2026 |
| Succession | depending on the order in the State Council |
| Deputy | State Secretary for European Affairs and the Arctic |
| Salary | 1.624.503,02 DKK (€217,931), in 2026[1] |
The Danish Minister of European Affairs (Danish: Europaminister), is a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy related to European Affairs, placed within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since Bertel Haarder, the position has been a temporary post related to the planning and execution of Denmark's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.[2]
List of ministers
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) |
Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| Minister of Nordic Cooperation and European Affairs (Minister for nordiske anliggender samt europæiske anliggender) | |||||||||
| 1 |  |
Tyge Dahlgaard (1921–1985) |
21 September 1966 | 1 October 1967 | 1 year, 10 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | [3] | |
| Minister of European Market Affairs (Minister for europæiske markedsanliggender) | |||||||||
| 2 | |
Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) |
1 October 1967 | 2 February 1968 | 124 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | [3] | |
| Minister of Nordic Affairs and European Market Affairs (Minister for nordiske anliggender samt europæiske markedsanliggender) | |||||||||
| 3 | |
Poul Nyboe Andersen (1913–2004) |
2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Venstre | Baunsgaard | [4] | |
| Minister of Foreign Economy, European Market Affairs and Nordic Affairs (Minister for udenrigsøkonomi, europæiske markedsanliggender samt nordiske anliggender) | |||||||||
| (2) | |
Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011) |
11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 49 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Jørgensen I |
[5][6] | |
| Minister without Portfolio (Minister of European Affairs) (Minister uden portefølje (Europaminister)) | |||||||||
| 4 |  |
Bertel Haarder (born 1944) |
27 November 2001 | 18 February 2005 | 3 years, 83 days | Venstre | A. F. Rasmussen I | [7] | |
| Minister of European Affairs (Europaminister) | |||||||||
| 5 |  |
Nicolai Wammen (born 1971) |
3 October 2011 | 9 August 2013 | 1 year, 310 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I | [8] | |
| Minister of Trade and European Affairs (Handels- og europaminister) | |||||||||
| 6 |  |
Nick Hækkerup (born 1968) |
9 August 2013 | 3 February 2014 | 178 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I | [8] | |
| Minister of European Affairs (Europaminister) | |||||||||
| 7 | .jpg) |
Marie Bjerre (born 1986) |
29 August 2024 | 3 June 2026 | 1 year, 278 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II | [9] | |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Hvad tjener en minister?". Regeringen (in Danish). 6 January 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ Crenzien, Kirstine Erika (27 August 2024). "For første gang i ti år ser Danmark ud til at få en europaminister. Men er det nødvendigt?". Altinget (in Danish). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- 1 2 "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag II" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ↑ "Regeringen Hilmar Baunsgaard" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ↑ "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag III" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ↑ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ↑ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- 1 2 "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ↑ Crenzien, Kirstine Erika; Nielsen, Peter Ingemann (29 August 2024). "Marie Bjerre er ny europaminister: "Det skal ses som et permanent ministerium og som en styrkelse af europapolitikken i Danmark"". Altinget (in Danish). Retrieved 31 December 2025.
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