list of prime ministers of Denmark
This is a chronologically ordered list of the prime ministers of Denmark. The office of prime minister was inaugurated in 1848. The title “prime minister” was changed to “council president” in 1855 and to “minister of state” in 1918.
prime ministers
- Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1848–52)
- Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1852–53)
- Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1853–54)
- Peter Georg Bang (1854–55)
council presidents
- Peter Georg Bang (1855–56)
- Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1856–57)
- Carl Christian Hall (1857–59)
- Carl Eduard Rotwitt (1859–60)
- Carl Christian Hall (1860–63)
- Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1863–64)
- Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1864–65)
- Christian Emil Frijs (1865–70)
- Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (1870–74)
- Christen Fonnesbech (1874–75)
- Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1875–94)
- Tage Reedtz-Thott (1894–97)
- Hugo Egmont Hørring (1897–1900)
- Hannibal Sehested (1900–01)
- Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1901–05)
- Jens Christian Christensen (1905–08)
- Niels Neergaard (1908–09)
- Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (1909)
- Carl Theodor Zahle (1909–10)
- Klaus Berntsen (1910–13)
- Carl Theodor Zahle (1913–18)
ministers of state
- Carl Theodor Zahle (1918–20)
- Otto Liebe (1920)
- Michael Petersen Friis (1920)
- Niels Neergaard (1920–24)
- Thorvald Stauning (1924–26)
- Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (1926–29)
- Thorvald Stauning (1929–42)
- Vilhelm Buhl (1942)
- Erik Scavenius (1942–43)
- Vilhelm Buhl (1945)
- Knud Kristensen (1945–47)
- Hans Hedtoft (1947–50)
- Erik Eriksen (1950–53)
- Hans Hedtoft (1953–55)
- Hans Christian Hansen (1955–60)
- Viggo Kampmann (1960–62)
- Jens Otto Krag (1962–68)
- Hilmar Baunsgaard (1968–71)
- Jens Otto Krag (1971–72)
- Anker Jørgenson (1972–73)
- Poul Hartling (1973–75)
- Anker Jørgenson (1975–82)
- Poul Schlüter (1982–93)
- Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1993–2001)
- Anders Rasmussen (2001–09)
- Lars Løkke Rasmussen (2009–11)
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt (2011–15)
- Lars Løkke Rasmussen (2015–19)
- Mette Frederiksen (2019– )