Government of Neergaard I

Niels Neergaard

The Neergaard I government was formed in Denmark on October 12, 1908 by Niels Neergaard von der Venstre and replaced the Christensen government . The first Neergaard government was in office until August 16, 1909 and was then replaced by the Holstein-Ledreborg government , which was also formed by the Venstre .

In the elections for the Folketing on 25 May 1909, the won Socialdemokraterne of Peter Christian Knudsen on the first occasion the most votes, but was due to the electoral system, only 24 mandates, so that the ruling Venstrereformpartiet despite significant renewed losses with 39 seats still the strongest party remained. However, it no longer had a majority in the 144-strong Folketing and therefore formed a minority government.

Results of the elections to the Folketing on May 25, 1909

Crowds in front of Copenhagen City Hall during the Folkting election on May 25, 1909

Political party	be right	Percentage	Mandates	Gains / losses (+/-)
Social democrats	93,079	29.0	24	± 0
Venstrereformpartiet	82,658	25.7	39	−17
Højre	66,133	20.6	22nd	+8
Det Radical Venstre	60,261	18.8	18th	+7
Det Moderate Venstre	19,241	6.0	11	+2

minister

Department	Official
Prime Minister Defense Minister	Niels Neergaard
Foreign minister	William Ahlefeldt-Laurvig
Finance minister	Charles Brun
Interior minister	Klaus Berntsen
Minister of Justice	Svend Høgsbro
Minister for Church and Education	Enevold Sørensen
Minister for Public Works	Jens Jensen-Sønderup
Minister of Agriculture	Not so with Nielsen
Minister for Commerce and Shipping	Johan Hansen
Minister for Iceland	Hannes Hafstein Björn Jónsson

Web links

• Entry on the government homepage
• Denmark: Key Ministries (rulers.org)

See also

• List of the governments of Denmark