Danish Prime Ministers

This list is comprised of the Prime Ministers of Denmark. The official head of state is the King or Queen. The office of Prime Minister, called Statsminister in Danish, was created in 1849 when Denmark became a constitutional monarchy.
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NameYearsOther Names
Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ1856-1857
Peter Georg Bang1854-1856
Hilmar Baunsgaard1968-1971
Klaus Berntsen1910-1913
Christian Albrecht Bluhme1852-1853; 1864-1865
Vilhelm Buhl1942; 1945
Jens Christian Christensen1905-1908
Johan Henrik Deuntzer1901-1905
Erik Eriksen1950-1953
Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup1875-1894
Christen Andreas Fonnesbech1874-1875
Mette Frederiksen2019-
Michael Pedersen Friis1920
Carl Christian Hall1857-1859; 1860-1863
H. C. Hansen1955-1960
Poul Hartling1973-1975
Hans Hedtoft1947-1950; 1953-1955(Hansen)
Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg1870-1874
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg1909
Hugo Egmont Hørring1897-1900
Anker Jørgensen1972-1973; 1975-1982
Viggo Kampmann1960-1962(Fischer)
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs1865-1870
Jens Otto Krag1962-1968; 1971-1972
Knud Kristensen1945-1947
Otto Liebe1920
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal1926-1929
Adam Wilhelm Moltke1848-1852
Ditlev Gothard Monrad1863-1864
Niels Neergaard1908-1909; 1920-1924
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen1993-2001
Anders Sandøe Ørsted1853-1854
Anders Fogh Rasmussen2001-2009
Lars Løkke Rasmussen2009-2011; 2015-2019
Tage Reedtz-Thott1894-1897
Carl Edvard Rotwitt1859-1860
Erik Scavenius1942-1943
Poul Schlüter1982-1993
Hannibal Sehested1900-1901
Thorvald Stauning1924-1926; 1929-1942
Helle Thorning-Schmidt2011-2015
Carl Theodor Zahle1909-1910; 1913-1920