Denmark has received a new Government
Mette Frederiksen has been re-elected as Prime Minister of Denmark. On 15 December 2022, she presented the newly formed cross-party Government to Her Majesty the Queen at Amalienborg Palace.
Mette Frederiksen from the Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiet, S) will lead a new coalition government consisting of parties across the political centre. The new government consists of the Social Democrats, the Liberals, and the Moderates.
The three parties together constitute a majority government. Majority governments are a rarity in Danish politics, where minority governments have been more common. There has not been a majority government in Denmark since 1993/94.
The formation of the government is historic in several ways. The negotiations on the formation of the new government have been the longest in modern times and a coalition government represented by parties from both sides of the parliament has not occurred since the late 1970s.
The “second” Government of Prime Minister Frederiksen has 23 ministers. Eleven ministers are from the Social Democratic Party, seven from the Liberal Party (Venstre, V), and five from the Moderates (Moderaterne, M).
The “second” Government of Mette Frederiksen:
Prime Minister – Mette Frederiksen
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence – Jakob Ellemann-Jensen
Minister for Foreign Affairs – Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Minister for Finance – Nicolai Wammen
Minister for Economic Affairs – Troels Lund Poulsen
Minister for the Interior and Health – Sophie Løhde
Minister for Justice – Peter Hummelgaard
Minister for Culture – Jakob Engel-Schmidt
Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs – Morten Bødskov
Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy – Dan Jørgensen
Minister for Environment – Magnus Heunicke
Minister for Social Affairs and Housing – Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil
Minister for Employment – Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
Minister for Children and Education – Mattias Tesfaye
Minister for Immigration and Integration – Kaare Dybvad Bek
Minister for Taxation – Jeppe Bruus
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries – Jacob Jensen
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs, Minister for Rural Districts and Minister for Nordic Cooperation – Louise Schack Elholm
Minister for Transport – Thomas Danielsen
Minister for Higher Education and Science – Christina Egelund
Minister for Digital Government and Minister for Gender Equality – Marie Bjerre
Minister for Senior Citizens – Mette Kierkgaard
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities – Lars Aagaard
Press release about the new Government: https://www.stm.dk/presse/pressemeddelelser/regeringen-mette-frederiksen-ii/
The Danish Government’s website: https://english.stm.dk/
The Danish Parliament’s website: https://www.thedanishparliament.dk/
The three parties together constitute a majority government. Majority governments are a rarity in Danish politics, where minority governments have been more common. There has not been a majority government in Denmark since 1993/94.
The formation of the government is historic in several ways. The negotiations on the formation of the new government have been the longest in modern times and a coalition government represented by parties from both sides of the parliament has not occurred since the late 1970s.
The “second” Government of Prime Minister Frederiksen has 23 ministers. Eleven ministers are from the Social Democratic Party, seven from the Liberal Party (Venstre, V), and five from the Moderates (Moderaterne, M).
The “second” Government of Mette Frederiksen:
Prime Minister – Mette Frederiksen
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence – Jakob Ellemann-Jensen
Minister for Foreign Affairs – Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Minister for Finance – Nicolai Wammen
Minister for Economic Affairs – Troels Lund Poulsen
Minister for the Interior and Health – Sophie Løhde
Minister for Justice – Peter Hummelgaard
Minister for Culture – Jakob Engel-Schmidt
Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs – Morten Bødskov
Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy – Dan Jørgensen
Minister for Environment – Magnus Heunicke
Minister for Social Affairs and Housing – Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil
Minister for Employment – Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
Minister for Children and Education – Mattias Tesfaye
Minister for Immigration and Integration – Kaare Dybvad Bek
Minister for Taxation – Jeppe Bruus
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries – Jacob Jensen
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs, Minister for Rural Districts and Minister for Nordic Cooperation – Louise Schack Elholm
Minister for Transport – Thomas Danielsen
Minister for Higher Education and Science – Christina Egelund
Minister for Digital Government and Minister for Gender Equality – Marie Bjerre
Minister for Senior Citizens – Mette Kierkgaard
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities – Lars Aagaard
Press release about the new Government: https://www.stm.dk/presse/pressemeddelelser/regeringen-mette-frederiksen-ii/
The Danish Government’s website: https://english.stm.dk/
The Danish Parliament’s website: https://www.thedanishparliament.dk/
