The Minister for Gender Equality () is a Danish minister that works on improving equal gender rights. The first Minister for Gender Equality was appointed on 1 July 1999.
Every minister has held this title alongside another title. Jytte Andersen and Lotte Bundsgaard were also city and housing ministers. Henriette Kjær, Eva Kjer Hansen were social ministers. Karen Jespersen was also Social Minister, later welfare minister. Inger Støjberg was also employment minister and Lykke Friis was also climate minister. Manu Sareen, the first male Minister for Gender Equality, was also Church and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, and Ellen Trane Nørby were also Education minister. Marie Bjerre was also Minister for Digitalization. Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen is also Minister for Employment.
List of ministers Portrait Name(born-died) Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister for Gender Equality 1 Jytte Andersen 27 September 1999 21 December 2000 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen III–IV 2 Lotte Bundsgaard 21 December 2000 27 November 2001 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen IV 3 Henriette Kjær 27 November 2001 2 August 2004 Conservative A. F. Rasmussen I 4 Eva Kjer Hansen 2 August 2004 12 September 2007 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I–II 5 Karen Jespersen 12 September 2007 7 April 2009 Venstre A. F. Rasmussen II–IIIL. L. Rasmussen I 6 Inger Støjberg 7 April 2009 23 February 2010 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I 7 Lykke Friis 23 February 2010 3 October 2011 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen I 8 Manu Sareen 3 October 2011 28 June 2015 Social Liberals Thorning-Schmidt I–II 9 Ellen Trane Nørby 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II Minister for Fisheries, and Gender Equality 10 Karen Ellemann 28 November 2016 2 May 2018 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III (4) Eva Kjer Hansen 2 May 2018 27 June 2019 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen III Minister for Food, Fisheries, and Gender Equality 11 Mogens Jensen 27 June 2019 18 November 2020 Social Democrats Frederiksen I Minister for Gender Equality 12 Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen 18 November 2020 4 February 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 13 Trine Bramsen 4 February 2022 15 December 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 14 Marie Bjerre 15 December 2022 23 November 2023 Venstre Frederiksen II 15 Mia Wagner 23 November 2023 7 December 2023 Venstre Frederiksen II (14) Marie Bjerre 7 December 2023 29 August 2024 Venstre Frederiksen II 16 Magnus Heunicke 29 August 2024 3 June 2026 Social Democrats Frederiksen II 17 Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen 3 June 2026 Incumbent Social Democrats Frederiksen III
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