Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Denmark)

The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Danish: Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet) is the Danish ministry in charge of research and education above high school/upper secondary school.

The ministry building

The ministry has also been known as the "Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education", the "Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Denmark", the "Science Ministry", the "Research Ministry", and the "Ministry of Research and Technology".

Its primary purpose is to promote and coordinate the interaction between the industry and trade, centres of research and education and strengthen industry and research policies.

List of ministers
No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)		 Term Political Party Government
Took office Left office Duration
Minister of Science and Technology
(Forsknings- og teknologiminister)
1
Svend Bergstein
(1941–2014)		25 January 199328 January 19941 year, 3 daysCentre DemocratsP.N. Rasmussen I
Minister of Science
(Forskningsminister)
2
Frank Jensen
(born 1961)		27 September 199430 December 19962 years, 94 daysSocial DemocratsP.N. Rasmussen II
3
Jytte Hilden
(born 1942)		30 December 199623 March 19981 year, 83 daysSocial DemocratsP.N. Rasmussen III
4
Jan Trøjborg
(1955–2012)		23 March 199810 July 19991 year, 109 daysSocial DemocratsP.N. Rasmussen IV
5
Birte Weiss
(born 1941)		10 July 199921 December 20001 year, 164 daysSocial DemocratsP.N. Rasmussen IV
Minister of IT and Science
(IT- og forskningsminister)
5
Birte Weiss
(born 1941)		21 December 200027 November 2001341 daysSocial DemocratsP.N. Rasmussen IV
Minister of Science, Technology and Development
(Minister for videnskab, teknologi og udvikling)
6
Helge Sander
(born 1950)		27 November 200123 February 20108 years, 88 daysVenstreA.F. Rasmussen I–II–III
L.L. Rasmussen I
7
Charlotte Sahl-Madsen
(born 1964)		23 February 20103 October 20111 year, 222 daysConservativeL.L. Rasmussen I
Minister of Higher Education and Science
(Uddannelses- og forskningsminister)
8
Morten Østergaard
(born 1976)		3 October 20113 February 20142 years, 123 daysSocial LiberalsThorning-Schmidt I
8
Sofie Carsten Nielsen
(born 1975)		3 February 201428 June 20152 years, 123 daysSocial LiberalsThorning-Schmidt II
9
Esben Lunde Larsen
(born 1978)		28 June 201529 February 2016246 daysVenstreL.L. Rasmussen II
10
Ulla Tørnæs
(born 1962)		29 February 201628 November 2016273 daysVenstreL.L. Rasmussen II
11
Søren Pind
(born 1969)		28 November 20162 May 20181 year, 155 daysVenstreL.L. Rasmussen III
12
Tommy Ahlers
(born 1975)		2 May 201827 June 20191 year, 56 daysVenstreL.L. Rasmussen III
13
Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
(born 1983)		27 June 2019Incumbent1 year, 222 daysSocial DemocratsFrederiksen



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