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Minister of Foreign Affairs
Udenrigsminister (Danish)
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
since 15 December 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
TypeMinister
Member of
Reports tothe prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the prime minister)
Formation22 March 1848; 177 years ago (1848-03-22)
First holderFrederik Marcus Knuth
Successiondepending on the order in the State Council
DeputyPermanent Secretary
Salary1.723.195,01 DKK
(€231,171), in 2025[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Danish: Udenrigsminister, Faroese: Uttanríkisráðharra, Greenlandic: Nunanut Allanut Ministeri) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. The officeholder is in charge of Danish (Denmark proper,[a] the Faroe Islands and Greenland) foreign policy and international relations.

The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.[3]

List of Danish foreign ministers

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Ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Frederik Marcus Knuth
(1813–1856) 		22 March 1848 16 November 1848 239 days Independent Moltke I [4]
2 Adam Wilhelm Moltke
(1785–1864) 		16 November 1848 6 August 1850 1 year, 263 days Independent Moltke II [5]
3 Holger Christian Reedtz
(1800–1857) 		6 August 1850 18 October 1851 1 year, 73 days Independent Moltke II–III [5][6]
4 Christian Albrecht Bluhme
(1794–1866) 		18 October 1851 12 December 1854 3 years, 55 days Independent Moltke IV
Bluhme I
Ørsted 		[7][8]
[9]
5 Wulff Scheel-Plessen [da]
(1809–1876) 		12 December 1854 15 January 1855 34 days Independent Bang [10]
6 Ludvig Nicolaus von Scheele
(1796–1874) 		15 January 1855 13 Maj 1857 2 years, 118 days Independent Bang
Andræ 		[10][11]
7 Ove Wilhelm Michelsen [da]
(1800–1880) 		13 Maj 1857 10 July 1858 1 year, 84 days Independent Hall I [12]
8 Carl Christian Hall
(1812–1888) 		10 July 1858 2 December 1859 1 year, 145 days National Liberal Hall I [12]
9 Carl Frederik Blixen-Finecke
(1822–1873) 		2 December 1859 24 February 1860 84 days Independent Rotwitt [13]
(8) Carl Christian Hall
(1812–1888) 		24 February 1860 31 December 1863 3 years, 310 days National Liberal Hall II [14]

Ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
10 Ditlev Gothard Monrad
(1811–1887) 		31 December 1863 8 January 1864 1 year, 263 days National Liberal Monrad [15]
11 George Quaade [da]
(1813–1889) 		8 January 1864 11 July 1864 185 days Independent Monrad [15]
(4) Christian Albrecht Bluhme
(1794–1866) 		11 July 1864 6 November 1865 1 year, 118 days Independent Bluhme II [16]
12 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
(1817–1896) 		6 November 1865 28 May 1870 4 years, 203 days National Landowners Frijs [17]
13 Otto Rosenørn-Lehn [da]
(1821–1892) 		28 May 1870 11 June 1875 5 years, 14 days National Landowners Holstein-Holsteinborg
Fonnesbech 		[18][19]
14 Frederik Moltke
(1825–1875) 		11 June 1875 1 October 1875 # 112 days National Landowners Estrup [20]
(13) Otto Rosenørn-Lehn [da]
(1821–1892) 		10 November 1875 21 May 1892 16 years, 193 days National Landowners Estrup [20]
15 Tage Reedtz-Thott
(1839–1923) 		21 May 1892 23 May 1897 5 years, 2 days Højre Estrup
Reedtz-Thott 		[20][21]
16 Niels Frederik Ravn
(1826–1910) 		23 May 1897 27 April 1900 2 years, 339 days Højre Hørring [22]
17 Hannibal Sehested
(1842–1924) 		27 April 1900 24 July 1901 1 year, 88 days Højre Sehested [23]
18 Johan Henrik Deuntzer
(1845–1918) 		24 July 1901 14 January 1905 3 years, 174 days Venstre Reform Party Deuntzer [24]
19 Frederik Raben-Levetzau
(1850–1933) 		14 January 1905 12 October 1908 3 years, 272 days Venstre Reform Party Christensen I–II [25][26]

Ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
20 William Ahlefeldt-Laurvig
(1860–1923) 		12 October 1908 28 October 1909 1 year, 16 days Venstre Reform Party Neergaard I
Holstein-Ledreborg 		[27][28]
21 Erik Scavenius
(1877–1962) 		28 October 1909 5 July 1910 250 days Social Liberal Zahle I [29]
(20) William Ahlefeldt-Laurvig
(1860–1923) 		5 July 1910 21 June 1913 2 years, 351 days Venstre Berntsen [30]

Ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
– Edvard Brandes
(1847–1931)
acting 		21 June 1913 24 June 1913 3 days Social Liberal Zahle II [31]
(21) Erik Scavenius
(1877–1962) 		24 June 1913 30 March 1920 6 years, 280 days Social Liberal Zahle II [31]
22 Henri Konow
(1862–1939) 		30 March 1920 5 April 1920 6 days Independent Liebe [32]
23 Otto Scavenius
(1875–1945) 		5 April 1920 5 May 1920 30 days Independent Friis [33]
24 Harald Scavenius
(1873–1939) 		5 May 1920 9 October 1922 2 years, 157 days Independent Neergaard II [34]
25 Christian Cold
(1863–1934) 		9 October 1922 23 April 1924 1 year, 197 days Independent Neergaard III [35]
26 Carl Moltke
(1869–1935) 		23 April 1924 14 December 1926 2 years, 235 days Independent Stauning I [36]
27 Laust Jevsen Moltesen
(1865–1950) 		14 December 1926 30 April 1929 2 years, 137 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal [37]
28 Peter Rochegune Munch
(1870–1948) 		30 April 1929 8 July 1940 11 years, 69 days Social Liberal Stauning II–III–IV–V [38][39]
[40][41]
(21) Erik Scavenius
(1877–1962) 		8 July 1940 29 August 1943 3 years, 52 days Independent Stauning VI
Buhl I
Scavenius 		[42][43]
[44]
No Danish government in between August 29, 1943 (1943-08-29) and May 5, 1945 (1945-05-05). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.[b]
– Vilhelm Buhl
(1881–1954)
acting 		5 May 1945 7 May 1945 2 days Social Democrats Buhl II [45]
29 John Christmas Møller
(1894–1948) 		7 May 1945 7 November 1945 184 days Conservative Buhl II [45]
30 Gustav Rasmussen
(1895–1953) 		7 November 1945 30 October 1950 4 years, 357 days Independent Kristensen
Hedtoft I–II 		[46][47]
[48]
Social Democrats

Ministers under Frederik IX (1947–1972)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
31 Ole Bjørn Kraft
(1893–1980) 		30 October 1950 30 September 1953 2 years, 335 days Conservative Eriksen [49]
32 Hans Christian Hansen
(1906–1960) 		30 September 1953 8 October 1958 5 years, 8 days Social Democrats Hedtoft III
Hansen I–II 		[50][51]
[52]
33 Jens Otto Krag
(1914–1978) 		8 October 1958 3 September 1962 3 years, 330 days Social Democrats Hansen II
Kampmann I–II 		[52][53]
[54]
34 Per Hækkerup
(1915–1979) 		3 September 1962 28 November 1966 4 years, 86 days Social Democrats Krag I–II [55][56]
(33) Jens Otto Krag
(1914–1978) 		28 November 1966 1 October 1967 307 days Social Democrats Krag II [56]
35 Hans Tabor
(1922–2003) 		1 October 1967 2 February 1968 124 days Social Democrats Krag II [56]
36 Poul Hartling
(1914–2000) 		2 February 1968 11 October 1971 3 years, 251 days Venstre Baunsgaard [57]
37 Knud Børge Andersen
(1914–1984) 		11 October 1971 19 December 1973 2 years, 69 days Social Democrats Krag III
Jørgensen I 		[58][59]

Ministers under Margrethe II (1972–2024)

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No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
38 Ove Guldberg
(1918–2008) 		19 December 1973 13 February 1975 1 year, 56 days Venstre Hartling [60]
(37) Knud Børge Andersen
(1914–1984) 		13 February 1975 1 July 1978 3 years, 138 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [61]
39 Anker Jørgensen
(1922–2016) 		1 July 1978 30 August 1978 60 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [61]
40 Henning Christophersen
(1939–2016) 		30 August 1978 26 October 1979 1 year, 57 days Venstre Jørgensen III [62]
41 Kjeld Olesen
(1932–2024) 		26 October 1979 10 September 1982 2 years, 319 days Social Democrats Jørgensen IV–V [63][64]
42 Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
(1941–2022) 		10 September 1982 25 January 1993 10 years, 137 days Venstre Schlüter I–II–III–IV [65][66]
[67][68]
43 Niels Helveg Petersen
(1939–2017) 		25 January 1993 21 December 2000 7 years, 331 days Social Liberal P. N. Rasmussen I–II–III–IV [69][70]
[71][72]
44 Mogens Lykketoft
(born 1946) 		21 December 2000 27 November 2001 341 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV [72]
45 Per Stig Møller
(born 1942) 		27 November 2001 23 February 2010 8 years, 88 days Conservative A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III
L. L. Rasmussen I 		[73][74]
[75][76]
46 Lene Espersen
(born 1965) 		23 February 2010 3 October 2011 1 year, 222 days Conservative L. L. Rasmussen I [76]
47 Villy Søvndal
(born 1952) 		3 October 2011 12 December 2013 2 years, 70 days Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I [77]
48 Holger K. Nielsen
(born 1950) 		12 December 2013 30 January 2014 49 days Green Left Thorning-Schmidt I [77]
49 Martin Lidegaard
(born 1966) 		30 January 2014 28 June 2015 1 year, 149 days Social Liberal Thorning-Schmidt II [78]
50 Kristian Jensen
(born 1971) 		28 June 2015 28 November 2016 1 year, 153 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II [79]
51 Anders Samuelsen
(born 1967) 		28 November 2016 27 June 2019 2 years, 211 days Liberal Alliance L. L. Rasmussen III [80]
52 Jeppe Kofod
(born 1974) 		27 June 2019 15 December 2022 3 years, 171 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [81]
53 Lars Løkke Rasmussen
(born 1964) 		15 December 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 335 days Moderates Frederiksen II [82]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Kingdom of Denmark's territory in continental Europe is referred to as "Denmark proper" (Danish: egentlig Danmark), "metropolitan Denmark",[2] or simply Denmark. In this article, usage of "Denmark" excludes Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
  2. ^ On 29 August 1943, the Danish government resigned, refusing to grant further concessions to Nazi Germany. All government operations were assumed by the permanent secretaries of the individual departments, and this arrangement lasted until the Liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945. Since King Christian X never accepted the resignation of the government, it existed de jure until a new cabinet was formed on 5 May 1945.

References

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  2. ^ Administrative divisions – Denmark The World Factbook. Access date: 14 April 2012
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  70. ^ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
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  73. ^ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  74. ^ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
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