List of Danish heads of government

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark
Seal of the State Chancellery
Acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
Official seat	Marienborg
Term of office	indefinite (re-election possible)
Creation of office	March 22, 1848
Appointment by	Queen of Denmark
Appointment on	June 27, 2019
Salutation	Ekscellence (excellence)
website	www.stm.dk

Denmark has been a constitutional monarchy since 1849 . The Danish head of government was named Prime Minister between 1848 and 1855 and then Konseilspræsident ('Council President') until 1918 . Since then he has had the title of State Minister (literally Minister of State, in German usually translated as 'Minister President'). From 1901 the parliamentary majority principle applies to the formation of a government; The Love and Friis 1920 cabinets are an exception.

The current head of government has been Mette Frederiksen from the Social Democrats since June 27, 2019 . Previously, the same party, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, was the first woman in this position before Lars Løkke Rasmussen from Venstre replaced her.

List of Danish heads of government

No.	Taking office	End of office	prime minister	Born	Died	portrait
1	22 Mar 1848	Jan. 27, 1852	Adam Wilhelm Moltke See also : Ministry of March (Denmark)	25 Aug 1785	Feb 15, 1864
2	Jan. 27, 1852	Apr 21, 1853	Christian Albrecht Bluhme	Dec. 27, 1794	Dec 10, 1866
3	Apr 21, 1853	Dec 12, 1854	Sandøe Ørsted is different	Dec 21, 1778	0May 1, 1860
4th	Dec 12, 1854	Oct 18, 1856	Peter Georg Bang	0Oct 7, 1797	0Apr 2, 1861
No.	Taking office	End of office	President of the Council	Born	Died	portrait
5	Oct 18, 1856	May 13, 1857	Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ	Oct 14, 1812	0Feb. 2, 1893
6th	May 13, 1857	0Dec. 2, 1859	Carl Christian Hall	25 Feb 1812	Aug 14, 1888
7th	0Dec. 2, 1859	0Feb 8, 1860	Carl Eduard Rotwitt	March 12 1812	0Feb 8, 1860
(6)	Feb. 24, 1860	Dec. 24, 1863	Carl Christian Hall	25 Feb 1812	Aug 14, 1888
8th	Dec 31, 1863	July 11, 1864	Ditlev Gothard Monrad See also : Government of Monrad	Nov 24, 1811	28 Mar 1887
(2)	July 11, 1864	0Nov 6, 1865	Christian Albrecht Bluhme	Dec. 27, 1794	Dec 10, 1866
9	0Nov 6, 1865	May 28, 1870	Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs	0Dec. 8, 1817	Oct 12, 1896
10	May 28, 1870	July 14, 1874	Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg	July 18, 1815	Apr 28, 1892
11	July 14, 1874	June 11, 1875	Christians Andreas Fonnesbech	0July 7, 1817	May 17, 1880
12	June 11, 1875	07 Aug 1894	Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup	0Apr 6, 1825	December 24, 1913
13	07 Aug 1894	May 23, 1897	Days Reedtz-Thott	13 Mar 1839	Nov 27, 1923
14th	May 23, 1897	Apr. 27, 1900	Hugo Egmont Hørring	17 Aug 1842	Feb 13, 1909
15th	Apr. 27, 1900	July 24, 1901	Hannibal Sehested	Nov 16, 1842	19 Sep 1924
16	July 24, 1901	Jan 15, 1905	Johan Henrik Deuntzer	May 20, 1845	Nov 16, 1918
17th	Jan. 14, 1905	Oct 11, 1908	Jens Christian Christensen (V)	Nov 21, 1856	Dec. 19, 1930
18th	Oct 12, 1908	16 Aug 1909	Niels Neergaard (V)	June 27, 1854	0Sep 2 1936
19th	16 Aug 1909	Oct 28, 1909	Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (V)	June 10, 1839	01st Mar 1912
20th	Oct 28, 1909	0July 5, 1910	Carl Theodor Zahle (RV)	Jan. 19, 1866	0Feb 3, 1946
21st	0July 5, 1910	June 13, 1913	Klaus Berntsen (V)	June 12, 1844	27 Mar 1927
(20)	June 21, 1913	April 20, 1918	Carl Theodor Zahle (RV)	Jan. 19, 1866	0Feb 3, 1946
No.	Taking office	End of office	Prime Minister	Born	Died	portrait
(20)	Apr 21, 1918	29 Mar 1920	Carl Theodor Zahle (RV)	Jan. 19, 1866	0Feb 3, 1946
22nd	30th Mar 1920	0Apr 4, 1920	Otto love	May 24, 1860	21 Mar 1929
23	0Apr 5, 1920	0May 5, 1920	Michael Pedersen Friis	Oct. 22, 1857	Apr 24, 1944
(18)	0May 5, 1920	Apr 23, 1924	Niels Neergaard (V)	June 27, 1854	0Sep 2 1936
24	Apr 23, 1924	Dec 14, 1926	Thorvald Stauning (S)	Oct. 26, 1873	0May 3, 1942
25th	Dec 14, 1926	Apr 28, 1929	Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (V)	Dec. 24, 1876	Feb 23, 1943
(24)	Apr 30, 1929	0May 3, 1942	Thorvald Stauning (S)	Oct. 26, 1873	0May 3, 1942
26th	0May 4, 1942	0Nov 9, 1942	Vilhelm Buhl (S)	Oct 16, 1881	Dec 18, 1954
27	0Nov 9, 1942	0May 5, 1945	Erik Scavenius (RV) de facto no longer in office as of August 29, 1943	July 13, 1877	Nov 29, 1962
(26)	0May 5, 1945	0Nov 7, 1945	Vilhelm Buhl (S)	Oct 16, 1881	Dec 18, 1954
28	0Nov 7, 1945	Nov 13, 1947	Knud Kristensen (V)	Oct 26, 1880	28 Sep 1962
29	Nov 13, 1947	Oct. 30, 1950	Hans Hedtoft (S)	Apr 21, 1903	Jan. 29, 1955
30th	Oct. 30, 1950	Sep 30 1953	Erik Eriksen (V)	Nov 20, 1902	0Oct 7, 1972
(29)	Sep 30 1953	Jan. 29, 1955	Hans Hedtoft (S)	Apr 21, 1903	Jan. 29, 1955
31	0Feb. 1, 1955	Feb. 19, 1960	Hans Christian Svane Hansen (S)	0Nov 8, 1906	Feb. 19, 1960
32	Feb 21, 1960	03rd Sep 1962	Viggo Kampmann (S)	July 21, 1910	03rd June 1976
33	03rd Sep 1962	0Feb. 2, 1968	Jens Otto Krag (S)	Sep 15 1914	June 22, 1978
34	0Feb. 2, 1968	Oct 11, 1971	Hilmar Baunsgaard (RV)	Feb. 26, 1920	June 20, 1989
(33)	Oct 11, 1971	0Oct 5, 1972	Jens Otto Krag (S)	Sep 15 1914	June 22, 1978
35	0Oct 5, 1972	19 Dec 1973	Anchor Jørgensen (S)	July 13, 1922	20 Mar 2016
36	19 Dec 1973	Feb 13, 1975	Poul Hartling (V)	Aug 14, 1914	Apr 30, 2000
(35)	Feb 13, 1975	Sep 10 1982	Anchor Jørgensen (S)	July 13, 1922	20 Mar 2016
37	Sep 10 1982	Jan 25, 1993	Poul Schlueter (K)	0Apr 3, 1929
38	Jan 25, 1993	Nov 27, 2001	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (S) See also: Government Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Government Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Government Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Government Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV	June 15, 1943
39	Nov 27, 2001	0Apr 5, 2009	Anders Fogh Rasmussen (V) See also: Government Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Government Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Government Anders Fogh Rasmussen III	Jan. 26, 1953
40	0Apr 5, 2009	0Oct 3, 2011	Lars Løkke Rasmussen (V) See also: Government Lars Løkke Rasmussen I	May 15, 1964
41	0Oct 3, 2011	June 28, 2015	Helle Thorning-Schmidt (S) See also: Government Helle Thorning-Schmidt I Government Helle Thorning-Schmidt II	Dec 14, 1966
(40)	June 28, 2015	June 27, 2019	Lars Løkke Rasmussen (V) See also: Government Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Government Lars Løkke Rasmussen III	May 15, 1964
42	June 27, 2019		Mette Frederiksen (S) See also: Government of Frederiksen	Nov 19, 1977

Note: The party abbreviations used in Denmark denote social democrats (S), left-liberal Det Radikalische Venstre (RV), conservatives (K) and right-wing liberal Venstre (V).

See also

• List of the governments of Denmark
• List of ministries in Denmark