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