Minister of Cities and Rural Areas (Denmark)
| Minister of Cities and Rural Areas | |
|---|---|
| Minister for byer og landdistrikter | |
 | |
| Ministry of Cities, Rural Areas and Transport | |
| Type | Minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | the Prime minister |
| Seat | Slotsholmen |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Formation | 23 February 1998 |
| First holder | Jytte Andersen |
| Succession | depending on the order in the State Council |
| Deputy | Permanent Secretary |
| Salary | 1.624.503,02 DKK (€217,931), in 2026[1] |
The Danish Minister of Cities and Rural Areas (Danish: Minister for byer og landdistrikter), is a minister in the government of Denmark, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Ministry of Cities, Rural Areas and Transport. The ministry and the ministerial position were created in 1998 by the fourth Poul Nyrup Rasmussen cabinet.
List of ministers
| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) |
Term of office | Political party | Government | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| Minister of Cities and Housing (By- og boligminister) | |||||||||
| 1 |  |
Jytte Andersen (born 1942) |
23 March 1998 | 21 December 2000 | 2 years, 302 days | Social Democrat | P.N. Rasmussen IV | [2] | |
| 2 | |
Lotte Bundsgaard (born 1973) |
21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrat | P.N. Rasmussen IV | [2] | |
| Minister of Cities, Housing and Rural Areas (Minister for by, bolig og landdistrikter) | |||||||||
| 3 |  |
Carsten Hansen (born 1957) |
3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | 3 years, 268 days | Social Democrat | Thorning-Schmidt I–II | [3][4] | |
| Minister of Rural Areas (Minister for landdistrikter) | |||||||||
| 4 |  |
Louise Schack Elholm (born 1977) |
15 December 2022 | 23 November 2023 | 343 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II | [5] | |
| Minister of Cities and Rural Areas (Minister for byer og landdistrikter) | |||||||||
| 5 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Morten Dahlin (born 1989) |
23 November 2023 | 3 June 2026 | 2 years, 192 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II | [5] | |
| Minister of Cities, Rural Areas and Transport (By-, land- og transportminister) | |||||||||
| 6 | .jpg) |
Signe Munk (born 1990) |
3 June 2026 | Incumbent | 86 days | Green Left | Frederiksen III | [6] | |
References
- ↑ "Hvad tjener en minister?". Regeringen (in Danish). 6 January 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ↑ "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ↑ "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- 1 2 "Regeringen Mette Frederiksen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ "Regeringen Mette Frederiksen III" (PDF). Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 3 June 2026.
