Minister for Employment
Beskæftigelsesminister
State Coat of Arms
Incumbent Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen since 15 December 2022
Ministry of Employment
Member of	the cabinet
Appointer	Prime Minister
Term length	4 years
Formation	9 November 1942; 81 years ago (1942-11-09)
First holder	Johannes Kjærbøl
Website	Official website

The Minister for Employment (Danish: Beskæftigelsesminister) is a Danish minister office. The minister is the labour minister of Denmark and is the political head of the Ministry of Employment of Denmark.

The office was introduced with the Scavenius Cabinet on 9 November 1942. It was called Minister for Labour (Danish: Arbejdsminister) until 2001.^[1]

List of ministers

Source:^[1]

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister)
1		Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973)	8 July 1940	9 November 1942	2 years, 124 days	Social Democrats	Stauning VI Cabinet Buhl I Cabinet
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister)
(1)		Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973)	9 November 1942	5 May 1945	2 years, 177 days	Social Democrats	Scavenius Cabinet
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister)
2		Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955)	5 May 1945	7 November 1945	186 days	Social Democrats	Buhl II Cabinet
3		Søren Peter Larsen [da] (1888–1948)	7 November 1945	24 April 1947	1 year, 168 days	Venstre	Kristensen Cabinet
4		Jens Sønderup (1894–1978)	24 April 1947	13 November 1947	203 days	Venstre	Kristensen Cabinet
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister)
5		Marius Sørensen [da] (1891–1964)	13 November 1947	23 November 1949	2 years, 10 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft I Cabinet
Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister)
(1)		Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973)	23 November 1949	30 October 1950	341 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft II Cabinet
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (Arbejds- og socialminister)
6		Poul Sørensen (1885–1973)	30 October 1950	30 September 1953	2 years, 335 days	Conservatives	Eriksen Cabinet
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister)
7		Johan Strøm [da] (1898–1958)	30 September 1953	1 November 1953	32 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft III Cabinet
Minister for Economic Affairs and Labor (Økonomi- og arbejdsminister)
8		Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978)	1 November 1953	28 May 1957	3 years, 208 days	Social Democrats	Hedtoft III Cabinet Hansen I Cabinet
Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister)
9		Kaj Bundvad [da] (1904–1976)	28 May 1957	21 February 1960	2 years, 269 days	Social Democrats	Hansen II Cabinet
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister)
(9)		Kaj Bundvad [da] (1904–1976)	21 February 1960	27 August 1963	3 years, 187 days	Social Democrats	Kampmann I Cabinet–II Krag I Cabinet
10		Erling Dinesen [da] (1910–1986)	27 August 1963	2 February 1968	4 years, 159 days	Social Democrats	Krag I Cabinet–II
11		Lauge Dahlgaard [da] (1919–1996)	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days	Social Liberals	Baunsgaard Cabinet
(10)		Erling Dinesen [da] (1910–1986)	11 October 1971	19 December 1973	2 years, 69 days	Social Democrats	Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet
Minister for Labor and Housing (Arbejds- og boligminister)
12		Johan Philipsen [da] (1911–1992)	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	1 year, 56 days	Venstre	Hartling Cabinet
Minister for Labor (Arbejdsminister)
(10)		Erling Dinesen [da] (1910–1986)	13 February 1975	8 September 1976	1 year, 208 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet
13		Erling Jensen [da] (1919–2000)	8 September 1976	1 October 1977	1 year, 23 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet
14		Svend Auken (1943–2009)	1 October 1977	10 September 1982	4 years, 344 days	Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet–III–IV–V
15		Grethe Fenger Møller (born 1941)	10 September 1982	12 March 1986	3 years, 183 days	Conservatives	Schlüter I Cabinet
16		Henning Dyremose [da] (born 1945)	12 March 1986	30 October 1989	3 years, 232 days	Conservatives	Schlüter I Cabinet–II–III
17		Knud Erik Kirkegaard [da] (born 1942)	30 October 1989	25 January 1993	3 years, 87 days	Conservatives	Schlüter III Cabinet–IV
18		Jytte Andersen (born 1942)	25 January 1993	23 March 1998	5 years, 57 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III
19		Ove Hygum [da] (born 1956)	23 March 1998	27 November 2001	3 years, 249 days	Social Democrats	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet
Minister for Employment (Beskæftigelsesminister)
20		Frederiksen, Claus HjortClaus Hjort Frederiksen (born 1947)	27 November 2001	7 April 2009	7 years, 131 days	Venstre	Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III
21		Inger Støjberg (born 1973)	7 April 2009	3 October 2011	2 years, 179 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet
22		Mette Frederiksen (born 1977)	3 October 2011	10 October 2014	3 years, 7 days	Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II
23		Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 1957)	10 October 2014	28 June 2015	261 days	Social Democrats	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet
24		Jørn Neergaard Larsen [da] (born 1949)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet
25		Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days	Venstre	Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet
26		Peter Hummelgaard (born 1983)	27 June 2019	15 December 2022	3 years, 171 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
27		Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (born 1983)	15 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 116 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen II Cabinet