Minister for the Environment (Denmark)

Minister for the Environment of Denmark (Danish: Miljøminister) is the politically appointed head of the Danish Ministry of the Environment, and a member of the Cabinet. The ministry and the ministerial position was created in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, the ministry was named the "Ministry of Pollution Combating".

Minister of the Environment
Miljøminister
State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Magnus Heunicke since 27 June 2019
Ministry of Environment
Member of	the Folketing
Appointer	Prime Minister
Term length	4 years
Formation	11 October 1971 (1971-10-11)
First holder	Jens Kampmann

List of ministers for the environment

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
Minister for Public Works and Pollution Control (Minister for offentlige arbejder og forureningsbekæmpelse)
1		Jens Kampmann (born 1937)	11 October 1971	27 September 1973	1 year, 351 days	Social Democrats	Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet
Minister for the Environment (Miljøminister)
2		Helge Nielsen (1918–1991)	27 September 1973	19 December 1973	83 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen I Cabinet
3		Holger Hansen (1929–2015) (Also Minister for Greenland)	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	83 days	Venstre	Hartling Cabinet
Minister for Housing and the Environment (Bolig- og miljøminister)
(2)		Helge Nielsen (1918–1991)	13 February 1975	26 January 1977	1 year, 348 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet
4		Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022)	26 January 1977	26 February 1977	31 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet
Minister for the Environment (Miljøminister)
5		Niels Matthiasen (1924–1980)	26 February 1977	30 August 1978	1 year, 185 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen III Cabinet
6		Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011)	30 August 1978	28 February 1980	1 year, 182 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen III Cabinet
7		Erik Holst (1922–2013)	28 February 1980	10 September 1982	2 years, 194 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V
8		Christian Christensen (1925–1988) (Also Minister for Nordic Cooperation until 10 September 1987)	10 September 1982	3 June 1988	5 years, 267 days	Christian Democrats	Schlüter I Cabinet–II
9		Lone Dybkjær (1940–2020)	3 June 1988	18 December 1990	2 years, 198 days	Social Liberals	Schlüter III Cabinet
10		Per Stig Møller (born 1942)	18 December 1990	25 January 1993	2 years, 38 days	Conservatives	Schlüter IV Cabinet
Minister for the Environment and Energy (Miljø- og energiminister)
10		Svend Auken (1943–2009)	25 January 1993	27 November 2001	8 years, 306 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV
Minister for the Environment (Miljøminister)
11		Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953)	27 November 2001	2 August 2004	2 years, 249 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet
12		Connie Hedegaard (born 1960)	2 August 2004	23 November 2007	3 years, 113 days	Conservatives	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II
13		Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976)	23 November 2007	23 February 2010	2 years, 92 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
14		Karen Ellemann (born 1969)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
15		Ida Auken (born 1978)	3 October 2011	3 February 2014	2 years, 123 days	SF	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
16		Kirsten Brosbøl (born 1977)	3 February 2014	28 June 2015	1 year, 145 days	Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
Minister for Environment and Food (Miljø- og fødevareminister)
17		Eva Kjer Hansen (born 1964)	28 June 2015	29 February 2016	246 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
18		Esben Lunde Larsen (born 1978)	29 February 2016	2 May 2018	2 years, 63 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–III
19		Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (born 1973)	2 May 2018	27 June 2019	1 year, 56 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
Minister for Environment (Miljøminister)
20		Lea Wermelin (born 1985)	27 June 2019	15 December 2022	3 years, 171 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
21		Magnus Heunicke (born 1975)	15 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 342 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen II Cabinet

References

• Danish Governments – From Folketinget.

External links

• Danish Ministry of the Environment – Official webpage.