Cabinet of Denmark

The Cabinet of Denmark (Template:Langx), officially the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark (Template:Langx),<ref>Template:Citation</ref> is the national cabinet of the Kingdom of Denmark. It has been the chief executive body and the government of the Danish Realm—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland — since the ratification of the Constitution of Denmark in 1848.

The Cabinet is led by the Prime Minister. There are around 25 members of the Cabinet, known as "ministers", all of whom are also heads of specific government ministries. The Cabinet has usually been composed of Ministers from two or more parties forming a coalition government. Still, most of these governments have been minority governments, relying on the support of still other parties.Template:Citation needed

Cabinets are formally appointed by the Monarch.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In practice, once a government has stepped down, there is a fixed set of rules for appointing an investigator (most often the future Prime Minister), with the job of trying to form a new government. The Prime Minister will lead the Cabinet by convention. Cabinets are named after the Prime Minister, although they may gain shorthand names (e.g. "VK Cabinet", for the recent Venstre–Conservative cabinet).

As of 15 December 2022, the Prime Minister is Mette Frederiksen, leading a coalition government led by the Social Democratic Party with Venstre and the Moderates.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It relies on parliamentary support from the Faroe Islands-based and Greelandic parties.

List of Cabinets

Below is a list of all Cabinets since 1848.

No.	Cabinet	From	To	Time in office	Parties	Popular name
1	Moltke I Cabinet	22 March 1848	16 November 1848	Template:Ayd	Ministers outside the parties National Venstre Bondevennerne	March Cabinet
2	Moltke II Cabinet	16 November 1848	13 July 1851	Template:Ayd	Ministers outside the parties National Venstre	November Cabinet
3	Template:Ill	13 July 1851	18 October 1851	Template:Ayd	—	July Cabinet
4	Template:Ill	18 October 1851	27 January 1852	Template:Ayd	—	October Cabinet
5	Template:Ill	27 January 1852	21 April 1853	Template:Ayd	—	January Cabinet
6	Template:Ill	21 April 1853	12 December 1854	Template:Ayd	—	—
7	Template:Ill	12 December 1854	18 October 1856	Template:Ayd	—	—
8	Template:Ill	18 October 1856	13 May 1857	Template:Ayd	—	—
9	Template:Ill	13 May 1857	2 December 1859	Template:Ayd	—	—
10	Template:Ill	2 December 1859	24 February 1860	Template:Ayd	—	—
11	Template:Ill	24 February 1860	31 December 1863	Template:Ayd	—	—
12	Monrad Cabinet	31 December 1863	11 July 1864	Template:Ayd	—	—
13	Template:Ill	11 July 1864	6 November 1865	Template:Ayd	—	—
14	Frijs Cabinet	6 November 1865	28 May 1870	Template:Ayd	—	—
15	Template:Ill	28 May 1870	14 July 1874	Template:Ayd	—	—
16	Template:Ill	14 July 1874	11 June 1875	Template:Ayd	—	—
17	Estrup Cabinet	11 June 1875	7 August 1894	Template:Ayd	Højre	—
18	Reedtz-Thott Cabinet	7 August 1894	23 May 1897	Template:Ayd	Højre	—
19	Hørring Cabinet	23 May 1897	27 April 1900	Template:Ayd	Højre	—
20	Sehested Cabinet	27 April 1900	24 July 1901	Template:Ayd	Højre	—
21	Deuntzer Cabinet	24 July 1901	14 January 1905	Template:Ayd	Venstre	—
22	Template:Ill	14 January 1905	24 July 1908	Template:Ayd	Venstre	—
23	Christensen II Cabinet	24 July 1908	12 October 1908	Template:Ayd	Venstre	—
24	Template:Ill	12 October 1908	16 August 1909	Template:Ayd	Venstre	—
25	Template:Ill	16 August 1909	28 October 1909	Template:Ayd	Venstre	—
26	Template:Ill	28 October 1909	5 July 1910	Template:Ayd	Danish Social Liberal Party	—
27	Template:Ill	5 July 1910	21 June 1913	Template:Ayd	Venstre	—
28	Zahle II Cabinet	21 June 1913	30 March 1920	Template:Ayd	Danish Social Liberal Party	—
29	Liebe Cabinet	30 March 1920	5 April 1920	Template:Ayd	Caretaker cabinet	—
30	Friis Cabinet	5 April 1920	5 May 1920	Template:Ayd	Caretaker cabinet	—
31	Template:Ill	5 May 1920	9 October 1922	Template:Ayd	Venstre	—
32	Template:Ill	9 October 1922	23 April 1924	Template:Ayd	Venstre	—
33	Stauning I Cabinet	23 April 1924	14 December 1926	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
34	Template:Ill	14 December 1926	30 April 1929	Template:Ayd	Venstre	—
35	Stauning II Cabinet	30 April 1929	4 November 1935	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	Cabinet of Stauning-Munch
36	Stauning III Cabinet	4 November 1935	15 September 1939	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	—
37	Template:Ill	15 September 1939	10 April 1940	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	—
38	Template:Ill	10 April 1940	8 July 1940	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	—
39	Stauning VI Cabinet	8 July 1940	4 May 1942	Template:Ayd	Unity government	—
40	Buhl I Cabinet	4 May 1942	9 November 1942	Template:Ayd	Unity government	—
41	Scavenius Cabinet	9 November 1942	5 May 1945	Template:Ayd	Unity government	—
42	Buhl II Cabinet	5 May 1945	7 November 1945	Template:Ayd	Unity government	Liberation Cabinet
43	Kristensen Cabinet	7 November 1945	13 November 1947	Template:Ayd	Venstre	—
44	Template:Ill	13 November 1947	16 September 1950	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
45	Template:Ill	16 September 1950	30 October 1950	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
46	Template:Ill	30 October 1950	30 September 1953	Template:Ayd	Venstre Conservative People's Party	—
47	Template:Ill	30 September 1953	1 February 1955	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
48	Template:Ill	1 February 1955	28 May 1957	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
49	Template:Ill	28 May 1957	21 February 1960	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party Justice Party	Triangle Cabinet (Trekantregeringen)
50	Template:Ill	21 February 1960	18 November 1960	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party Justice Party	—
51	Template:Ill	18 November 1960	3 September 1962	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	—
52	Template:Ill	3 September 1962	29 September 1964	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	—
53	Template:Ill	29 September 1964	2 February 1968	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
54	Template:Ill	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	Template:Ayd	Danish Social Liberal Party Conservative People's Party Venstre	VKR Cabinet
55	Template:Ill	11 October 1971	5 October 1972	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
56	Template:Ill	5 October 1972	19 December 1973	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
57	Hartling Cabinet	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	Template:Ayd	Venstre	The narrow Venstre Cabinet (den smalle Venstre-regering)
58	Template:Ill	13 February 1975	30 August 1978	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
59	Template:Ill	30 August 1978	26 October 1979	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Venstre	SV Cabinet
60	Template:Ill	26 October 1979	30 December 1981	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
61	Template:Ill	30 December 1981	10 September 1982	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	—
62	Template:Ill	10 September 1982	10 September 1987	Template:Ayd	Template:Nobr Venstre Template:Nobr Template:Nobr	Four-leaf clover Cabinet (Firkløverregeringen)
63	Template:Ill	10 September 1987	3 March 1988	Template:Ayd	Conservative People's Party Venstre Centre Democrats Christian Democrats	—
64	Template:Ill	3 March 1988	18 December 1990	Template:Ayd	Conservative People's Party Venstre Danish Social Liberal Party	KVR Cabinet
65	Template:Ill	18 December 1990	25 January 1993	Template:Ayd	Conservative People's Party Venstre	KV Cabinet
66	P.N. Rasmussen I Cabinet	25 January 1993	27 September 1994	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Centre Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party Christian Democrats	Red clover Cabinet (Rødkløverregeringen)
67	P.N. Rasmussen II Cabinet	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party Centre Democrats	—
68	P.N. Rasmussen III Cabinet	30 December 1996	23 March 1998	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	SR Cabinet
69	P.N. Rasmussen IV Cabinet	23 March 1998	27 November 2001	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Danish Social Liberal Party	SR Cabinet
70	A.F. Rasmussen I Cabinet	27 November 2001	18 February 2005	Template:Ayd	Venstre Conservative People's Party	VK Cabinet
71	A.F. Rasmussen II Cabinet	18 February 2005	23 November 2007	Template:Ayd	Venstre Conservative People's Party	VK Cabinet
72	A.F. Rasmussen III Cabinet	23 November 2007	5 April 2009	Template:Ayd	Venstre Conservative People's Party	VK Cabinet
73	L.L. Rasmussen I Cabinet	5 April 2009	3 October 2011	Template:Ayd	Venstre Conservative People's Party	VK Cabinet
74	Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet	3 October 2011	3 February 2014	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Social Liberal Party Socialist People's Party	SRSF Cabinet
75	Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet	3 February 2014	28 June 2015	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Social Liberal Party	SR Cabinet
76	L.L. Rasmussen II Cabinet	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	Template:Ayd	Venstre	V Cabinet
77	L.L. Rasmussen III Cabinet	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	Template:Ayd	Venstre Liberal Alliance Conservative People's Party	VLAK Cabinet, Shamrock Cabinet
78	Frederiksen I Cabinet	27 June 2019	15 December 2022	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats	S Cabinet
79	Frederiksen II Cabinet	15 December 2022	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	Social Democrats Venstre Moderates	SVM Cabinet

See also

• List of Danish government ministries
• Council of State, the privy council of Denmark
• Politics of Denmark, for a more detailed description of the political system of Denmark.

References

• List of Danish governments - From the official website of Folketinget
• Homepage of the Prime minister