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Minister of the Environment
Miljøminister
State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent
Magnus Heunicke
since 27 June 2019
Ministry of Environment
Member ofthe Folketing
AppointerPrime Minister
Term length4 years
Formation11 October 1971; 53 years ago (1971-10-11)
First holderJens Kampmann [da]

Minister for the Environment of Denmark (Danish: Miljøminister) is the politically appointed head of the Danish Ministry of the Environment, and a member of the Cabinet. The ministry and the ministerial position was created in 1971. From 1971 to 1973, the ministry was named the "Ministry of Pollution Combating".

List of ministers for the environment

No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died) 		Term Political party Government
Took office Left office Duration
Minister for Public Works and Pollution Control
(Minister for offentlige arbejder og forureningsbekæmpelse)
1 Jens Kampmann Jens Kampmann [da]
(born 1937)		11 October 197127 September 19731 year, 351 daysSocial DemocratsKrag III Cabinet
Jørgensen I Cabinet
Minister for the Environment
(Miljøminister)
2 Helge Nielsen Helge Nielsen [da]
(1918–1991)		27 September 197319 December 197383 daysSocial DemocratsJørgensen I Cabinet
3 Holger HansenHolger Hansen
(1929–2015)
(Also Minister for Greenland)		19 December 197313 February 197583 daysVenstreHartling Cabinet
Minister for Housing and the Environment
(Bolig- og miljøminister)
(2) Helge Nielsen Helge Nielsen [da]
(1918–1991)		13 February 197526 January 19771 year, 348 daysSocial DemocratsJørgensen II Cabinet
4 Svend JakobsenSvend Jakobsen
(1935–2022)		26 January 197726 February 197731 daysSocial DemocratsJørgensen II Cabinet
Minister for the Environment
(Miljøminister)
5 Niels Matthiasen Niels Matthiasen [da]
(1924–1980)		26 February 197730 August 19781 year, 185 daysSocial DemocratsJørgensen III Cabinet
6 Ivar NørgaardIvar Nørgaard
(1922–2011)		30 August 197828 February 19801 year, 182 daysSocial DemocratsJørgensen III Cabinet
7 Erik Holst Erik Holst [da]
(1922–2013)		28 February 198010 September 19822 years, 194 daysSocial DemocratsJørgensen IV Cabinet–V
8 Christian Christensen Christian Christensen [da]
(1925–1988)
(Also Minister for Nordic Cooperation until 10 September 1987)		10 September 19823 June 19885 years, 267 daysChristian DemocratsSchlüter I Cabinet–II
9 Lone DybkjærLone Dybkjær
(1940–2020)		3 June 198818 December 19902 years, 198 daysSocial LiberalsSchlüter III Cabinet
10 Per Stig MøllerPer Stig Møller
(born 1942)		18 December 199025 January 19932 years, 38 daysConservativesSchlüter IV Cabinet
Minister for the Environment and Energy
(Miljø- og energiminister)
10 Svend AukenSvend Auken
(1943–2009)		25 January 199327 November 20018 years, 306 daysSocial DemocratsPoul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III–IV
Minister for the Environment
(Miljøminister)
11 Hans Christian SchmidtHans Christian Schmidt
(born 1953)		27 November 20012 August 20042 years, 249 daysVenstreAnders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet
12 Connie HedegaardConnie Hedegaard
(born 1960)		2 August 200423 November 20073 years, 113 daysConservativesAnders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II
13 Troels Lund PoulsenTroels Lund Poulsen
(born 1976)		23 November 200723 February 20102 years, 92 daysVenstreAnders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet
Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
14 Karen EllemannKaren Ellemann
(born 1969)		23 February 20103 October 20111 year, 222 daysVenstreLars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
15 Ida AukenIda Auken
(born 1978)		3 October 20113 February 20142 years, 123 daysSFThorning-Schmidt I Cabinet
16 Kirsten BrosbølKirsten Brosbøl
(born 1977)		3 February 201428 June 20151 year, 145 daysSocial DemocratsThorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
Minister for Environment and Food
(Miljø- og fødevareminister)
17 Eva Kjer HansenEva Kjer Hansen
(born 1964)		28 June 201529 February 2016246 daysVenstreLars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
18 Esben Lunde LarsenEsben Lunde Larsen
(born 1978)		29 February 20162 May 20182 years, 63 daysVenstreLars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–III
19 Jakob Ellemann-JensenJakob Ellemann-Jensen
(born 1973)		2 May 201827 June 20191 year, 56 daysVenstreLars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
Minister for Environment
(Miljøminister)
20 Lea WermelinLea Wermelin
(born 1985)		27 June 201915 December 20223 years, 171 daysSocial DemocratsFrederiksen I Cabinet
21 Magnus HeunickeMagnus Heunicke
(born 1975)		15 December 2022Incumbent2 years, 6 daysSocial DemocratsFrederiksen II Cabinet

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