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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

  • 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 Eduard Rotwitt (1859–60)
  • Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1864–65)
  • Christian Emil Frijs (1865–70)
  • Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (1870–74)
  • Christen Fonnesbech (1874–75)
  • 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

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.