The Ministry also included Cultural Affairs. She was member of the Executive Committee of the Social Democrats 1903-28, Member of the City Council of Copenhagen 1913-17, Member of Landstinget (Upper Chamber) 1918-28, as one of the first three women. Nina Henriette Wendeline Bang née Ellinger was a historian and journalist, married to Jens Gustav Bang (1871-1915), and her only daughter was born 1903. She lived (1866-1928)

After having worked in the Union of Female Workers on the local and national level, she was Chairperson 1937-47, until she became member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats 1947-53. Fanny Haraldine Alfrida Jensen née Andersen was married to Carl Victor Jensen until their divorce in 1923, mother of one daughter, and lived (1890-1969)  

MF for the Social Democrats 1947-72 (†). As Minister of Church Affairs she defended the openness of the church, worked in favour of female priests. Bodil Koch née Thastum was married to the author, Hal Koch, and mother of four children, and lived (1903-1972)

Personal Secretary of the Minister of Justice 1940-46, City Court Judge in Copenhagen 1947-50 and 1953-56, MF for The Rightwing Liberals 1953-64, Judge in the Court of Appeals (Østre Landsret) 1956-64, High Court Judge 1964-71 and Judge at the Court for Human Rights of The Council of Europe, 1972-80 (†). 1968 she turned down the offer of post of Foreign Minister. Inger Helga was unmarried, and lived (1911-1980)  

Trough many years Chairperson of the Association of Consumers, MF for the Social Democrats 1960-71. Her mother, Signe Tørsleff, was Headmistress. Lis Groes was married to Ebbe Groes mother of 9 children born between 1937 and 1951. Anne Lisbeth Groes née Tørsleff lived (1911-74). 

Before becoming Departementchef (Permanent State Secretary), she was civil servant in the Ministry from 1921. Until 1961 the Ministry also included Cultural Affairs. Agnete Sophie Vøhtz was unmarried, and lived (1895-1980)  

Journalist, 1954-58 Deputy Mayor and Rådmand, 1970-78 Mayor and 1978-86 again Deputy Mayor of Åbenrå, 1964-68 MF for the Social Democrats,1974-81 Chairperson of the Association of Municipalities. The Ministry only existed for the two years she was in office. Camma Sylvia Søgaard was married to Clement Larsen-Ledet and mother of two children, she lived (1915-91)  

Civil Servant in the Ministry of Interior 1943-66 and 1968-75 as Senior Advisor. Her mother Ingeborg Refslund Thomsen was Member of the Landsting for the Social Liberals (1947-53) and MP (1953-57). Gudrun was married to lawyer Erik Rasmussen, mother of two children, and lived (1915-2001)  

MF for the Rightwing Liberals 1964-66 and 1968-81, Vice-Chairperson of the Folketing (Diet) 1973 and 1975-78, Deputy President of Nordic Council 1975-78 and 1978, Vice-Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of her party 1977-78. Married to Erik Tefelt-Hansen, who died 1962 and secondly to Niels Erik Langsted. Mother of two sons, she lived (1918-99)  

MF 1975-2001 and Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democrats 1977-79, Chairperson of the Industrial Committee 1978, Chairperson of the Municipality Committee 1987-88, Deputy President of the Nordic Council 1994-2001, Chairperson of the Committee for Citizenship 1998-2001, Assistant Pastor 1965-68 and daughter of Bodil Koch, she is married to Jørgen Bennedsen and mother of three children. (b. 1938-) 

MF 1971-75 and 1977-79, Chairperson of the Danish Social Democrats in the European Parliament as well as Deputy Chairperson of the Socialist Group and Leader of the Danish Delegation 1979-89. Eva Wilhelmson Gredal was married to Kaj Otto Gredal, mother of four children born between 1950 and 1967, and lived (1927-95)  

MF 1971-95 and 2001-2005, Chairperson 1982 and 1987-91 and 1982-87 Vice-Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democrats, Chairperson of the Parliamentary State Auditors 1990-94, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe 1992-94. 1993 she turned down the offer of the post of Minister of Traffic. Lord Mayor of Copenhagen from 2006. Jytte Ritt Bjerregaard is married to the historian Søren Mørch, no children. (b. 1941-)  

MF for the Rightwing Liberals 1972-73, 1975-77 and 1978-80, Member of the European Parliament 1979-91 and 1979-89 Deputy Chairperson of the Liberal Group. Unmarried and no children. (b. 1941-)  

MF for the Social Democrats 1979-84, Professor of Psychology at Copenhagen University. Anna Elisabeth Østergaard was married two times to Gunnar Rosendahl. They had no children, and she lived (1924-96)  

Civil Servant in the Ministry from 1957. Maria Sara Johanna was married to Knud Topp, mother of two children, and lived (1919-98)  

MF for the Social Democrats 1971-73, 1977-87, 1988-98, Chairperson of the Industrial Committee 1979-81, Vice-Chairperson of the Health Committee 1994-98. Tove Lindbo Larsen née Karlsen was married to Verner Lindbo Larsen, and mother of two sons. (b. 1928-)  

Deputy Mayor of Assens 1978-82, MF for the Rightwing Liberals 1982-88 and Chairperson of the Energy Committee 2005-07 and of the Ecclesiastical Committee from 2007. Owner of the Estate Hagenskov and in 1997 she was one of the two first women to be appointed Hofjægermester/Chasseur to the Royal Court by Queen Margrethe. Britta Caroc Schall Holberg is married to Jørgen Hansen and mother of two sons. (b. 1941-)  

MF 1977-93, Rådmand/Councillor of Culture of Frederiksberg 1981-82, Political Spokesperson of The Conservative People’s Party 1986-87, Chairperson of the Equality Council of the Premier Minister 1987-92, Chairperson of the Health Committee 1987, of the Justice Committee 1988-89. She was entangled in a scandal that brought along the fall of the conservative-liberal government in 1993 and convicted for not telling the truth in court. Unmarried and no children. (b. 1941-)  

MF 1977-2001, until the Center Democrats did not re-enter the Parliament. Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group 1980-81, Political Spokesperson 1981-82, 1988-92 and since 1998 and 1989-2005 Chairperson of The Center Democrats, which was founded by her father Erhard Jacobsen in 1973. She was seriously ill with absence of leave from the Folketing 1997-98 because she was bitten by a wood tick. Mimi Vibeke Jakobsen is divorced from Svend Horneman Stilling and Bengt Burg, she is mother of two sons born 1981 and 1989. Since 2000 Secretary General of the Save The Children Foundation. (b. 1948-)  

MF for the Rightwing Liberals 1975-77 and 1984-90. In 1986 she turned down the post of Minister of Housing, Divorced from Niels Koch-Petersen, she is mother of a son born 1986 and daughter 1989. Now known as Elsebeth Larsen, she is living in United Kingdom. (b. 1949-)  

MF for the Rightwing Liberals 1971-87, Second Vice-Chairperson of the Folketing 1982-84, Author. Mette Marie Fruensgaard Madsen is widow of Gunnar Otto Madsen. No children (b. 1924-)  

Even though Denmark does not have Deputy Ministers or politically appointed State Secretaries, the permanent State Secretaries represents the Minister in the EU and other organs, when necessary. She is former Assistant Professor and Civil Servant in the Education Ministry and since 1997 Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Finance. Until 1993 married to Niels Thygesen and mother of three children. (b. 1935-)  

MF for the Conservative People's Party 1979-98, Chairperson of the Social Affairs' Committee 1982-87, Vice-Chairperson of Borgerrepræsentationen of Copenhagen 1984-87. Married to Svend Ole Tjellesen in 1996. No children. (b. 1935-)  

MF for The Social Liberals 1973-77 and 1979-94 and from 2005, Chairperson of the Science Committee 1984, Chairperson of the Energy Committee 1984-87 and 1994-2004 Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chairperson of the Environmental Committee 1994-99. Lone Dybkjær née Vincents was first married to Ib Dybkjær and from 1994 Poul Nyrup Rasmussen of the Social Democrats, who was Prime Minister 1993-2001. Mother of two daughters. (b. 1940-)  

MF 1974-77, 1979-93 and Secretary of the Parliamentary Group of The Social Liberals 1984-87, Chairperson of the Social Affairs’ Committee 1987-88. Aase Olesen née Larsen was married to Tormod Olesen and mother of two children. (b. 1934-)

Vice-Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group 1993-95, Deputy Leader and Political Spokesperson of the Conservative People's Party 1995-97 and in 1997 she was Leadership-candidate and afterwards Foreign Affairs Spokesperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Folketinget, which she left later same year for a post as executive director of the Federation of Danish Pig Producers and Danish Bacon and Meat Council, which she held until 2005 and chairperson of Rail Net Denmark from 2006. Before becoming minister she was director of the Association of the Danish Furniture Industry. Unmarried and no children. (b. 1952- )  

MF for the Rightwing Liberals 1993-2005 and 1994-98 Chairperson of the Health Committee, Chairperson of the Committee Concerning the Ethical Council 1998-2001. Ester Larsen née Thøgersen was first married to Rev. Kaj Jørgen Larsen until their divorce and then to Niels Erik Nielsen, and mother of three children. (b. 1936-)  

In 1988-89 and 1990-2005 MF for the Rightwing Liberals. From 2001 Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Folketing. Else Winther is married to Preben Wittrup Andersen and mother of two children. (b. 1941-)  

MF 1996-98 for the Conservative People's Party and since 1995 Chairperson of the Cultural Affairs’ Committee of Frederiksberg. Until 1996 married to Torben Rostbøll and mother of four children. (b. 1942-)  

In 1982-85 Deputy Mayor of Gundsø, since 1987 MF, 1987-93 and 2001-07 Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group and Leader of the Social Liberals 1990-2007. Vice-Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Folketing 2001-07 and Chairperson of the Committee of Science and Technology. Mother of two children. (b. 1943-).

In 1971-75 and 1977-2000 MF for the Social Democrats, 1981 Chairperson of the Education Committee 1982-87 Chairperson of the Equality Council, 1994-2000 Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Folketing, 1994-2000Vice-President of the Socialist International's Women's Section, 1995-98 Vice-President and 1998-2000 President of the Parliamentary Assembly of Organization for Security and Co-operation, OSCE. 2000-03 Commissioner of the Council of the Baltic Sea States for Democratic Development and Human Rights. Lived together with Peter Rasmussen until 1992, and mother of two sons born in 1969 and 1972. She was the first female MP to demand Maternity Leave. (b. 1946-)  

MF 1971-73 and 1975-2001 for the Social Democrats, when she did not seek re-election. Chairperson of the Council of Denmark’s Radio/TV 1981-86, Deputy Chairperson of the Social Democrats 1984-96 and 1. Vice-Chairperson of the Folketing 1998-99, after having lost a draw for the post of Chairman, as the parliament was in a tie. Birte Weiss née Rasmussen was married to Ole Weiss and mother of two sons. (b. 1941-)  

Social Democratic MF 1979-2007, 1981-97 and 2000-01 Secretary of the Folketing, 1982-87 Secretary and 2000-2001 Vice-Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democrats. She was the first minister in the newly established Equality Ministry, which had previously been part of the Premier Minister’s Portfolio. Jytte Maria Andersen née Johansen was married to Andreas Andersen until 1994 and mother of one son. (b. 1941-) 

1987-2007 MF, 1990-93 Chairperson of the Taxation Committee, 1991-93 and from 2001 Secretary, 1994-98 and 2002-05 Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democrats, 1991-93 and 2001-02 Secretary of The Folketing, 1993-98 Deputy Chairperson of the Finance Committee. Unmarried and no children. (b. 1960-)  

Former Headmaster of a High School, MF 1979-81 and 1984-98 for the Social Democrats, and afterwards PR Manager of the Royal Library in Copenhagen. Daughter of the two conservative MF’s Gudrun and Jørgen Jensen. Divorced from Hans Peter Hilden, Johny Leisner and Mogens Lykketoft (b. 1946) who was Minister of Finance 1993-2000 and of Foreign Affairs 2000-01 (until 2003). She is mother of four children with her first two husbands. (b. 1942-)  

Former leading member of the Leftwing Socialists before she became MF for the Social Democrats 1993-2005 until she resigned and joined the rightwing Liberals in 2007 and was soon after appointed Social and Equality Minister. She is the first person in Denmark to have been Minister in both a leftwing and a rightwing government. Historian and Journalist. During her third term as Social Minister she was in charge of Social Security, Community Housing and Urban Developent. Karin Moustgård Jespersen is married to Ralf Pittelkow, no children. (b. 1947-)  

Civil Servant in the Justice Ministry. (b. 1943-)  

MF 1981-94, 1983-93 Secretary, 1984-93 Deputy Chairperson and 1993-94 Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of the Center Democrats,  1984-89 Deputy Chairperson of the Education Committee. She was minister for only 14 days before she had to resign because of her involvement in a scandal. Bente Juncker née Hjorslev was married to Torben Juncker and later lived together with Uffe Thorndahl, who was MF for the Progress Party. No children. (b. 1944-)  

MF 1977-79, 1981-84, 1987-88 and 1998-2001. In 1979-89 she was Secretary General, 1982-84 Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of the Center Democrats, 1981-82 Chairperson of the Environmental Committee, 1982-84 of the Social Affairs’ Committee, 1987-88 of the Energy Committee, 1998-2001 of the Health Committee. Married to Mr. Arne Andersen until 1968, and from 1990 to Ms. Birthe Smedegaard Knudsen. Yvonne Herløv is mother of two children. (b. 1942-)

Her title was Udenrigsråd og Chef for Sydgruppen (Foreign Affairs Councillor and Head of the South Group) and she was Leader of the Department of Development Aid within the Foreign Ministry. Ambassador to Israel 1989-92, viceudenrigsråd and leader in the Foreign Ministry 1992-96, 2004-07 Member of the Security Council and May 2005 and June 2006 it's chairperson. Ambassador to the Czech Republic 2007-08 and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Liberia as Chief of UNMI, the peace-keeping mission from 2008. (b. 1940-).

In 1981-86, 1987-88 and 1990-2001 MF for the Social Democrats. Sonja Alice Dahl Mikkelsen is married to Ole Kristensen and mother of two daughters. (b. 1955-)  

In 1993-97 Chairperson, Deputy Group Chairperson 2001-07 and Group Chairperson and Party Leader of the Social Liberals from 2007, Chief of the Secretariat of Economic Management in the Ministry of Finance 1997-89 . From December 2000 member of the Coordination Committee of the Government, Chairperson of the Political-Economical Committee 2001-05. Married to Thomas Jensen, she is mother of a daughter born 1996 and a boy born in November 1998, and therefore the first minister to be no Maternity Leave 20.11.98-17.1.99. Her third child is born 2003. As minister of Church Affairs she was boss of both of her parents, who are both priests in the Danish Evangelical Lutheran church. (b. 1968-)  

MF for the Social Liberals 1994-2007. Born as Elsebeth Jensen she was first married to Sven Gerner Nielsen and secondly to Søren Nielsen. Mother of a daughter born in 1983, a son born 1991 and a daughter born in August 2001, when she was the second female minister to take a couple of months of maternity leave. (b. 1964-)

Teacher and MF for the Social Democrats since 1997, Member of the Defence Committee and Speaker on Defence Policy in 2000. 2002-05 Vice-Chairperson and 2005-06 Political Spokesperson of the Social Democrats. Lotte Koed Bundsgaard is married to Søren Thorsager and mother of a daughter born 1999, and a son born in February 2002. (b. 1973-)  

Former Secretary in the Folketing for Marianne Jelved and Lone Dybkjær, Journalist and editor at the newspaper Politiken and in 2002 appointed Special Advisor of External Relations of UNHCR in Génève. Married to Editor Christian Bundegaard, no children. (1962-)  

Before becoming Departementchef, she was civil servant in the Justice Ministry. Married to Hans Henrik Christensen and mother of three daughters born 1990, 1992 and 1996. (b. 1961-)

MF since 1994, Political Spokesperson of The Conservative People's 1999-2001. One month after her appointment, she gave birth to her first son in December 2001 and in 2003 the second. On both occasions she was on Maternity Leave for one month, but nursed the child from her office with the help of friends and relatives. Lene Feltmann Espersen is married to Danny Feltmann (b. 1965-)  

Educated in trade, she was rightwing Liberal MP 1990-2004, Deputy Mayor of Munkebo 1986-90, Chairperson of the Committee for Agriculture and Fisheries 1994-98, Chairperson of the Business and Trade Committee 1998-99 and Chairperson of the Taxation Committee 1999-2001. Else Mariann Fischer Boel  is married to Hans Fischer, mother of three daughters and owner of the Estate Østergaard (1943-) 

She has never finished her education. MF since 1994 and Political Spokesperson of The Rightwing 1998-2001. Daughter of former Minister of Agriculture and present County Mayor, Laurits Tørnæs, Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs is married to Jørgen Larsen Tørnæs (who took his wifes surname), and mother of three daughters born in 1997, 1998, and 2002. (b. 1962-)

She is a librarian-student, and has been Conservative MF from 1994 and Political Spokesperson from 2007 and Vice-Chairperson of the Committee of Transportation. Resigned as Minister after it was revealed that she and her partner had been convicted twice for not paying their bills. She Lives together with Erik Skov Petersen and is mother of two sons born in 1996 and 1998. (b. 1966-)

Vice-Chairperson of the City Assembly of Copenhagen 1994-98 and MF for the Rightwing Liberals 1994-2005, when she failed to be re-elected. She deputized for the Minister of Defence and has been Acting Minister on many of occasions. She has worked as a priest at Simon Peters Parish since 1973. Married to priest Peter Fergo, who works at Allehelgens Church, and mother of three children. (b. 1946-)

Student of Politology, she has been member of the Parliament since 1990 and of the European Parliament 1994-999 for Venstre. As Social Minister she was in charge of Social Security, Community Housing and Urban Developent. Married to Jørgen Hansen Berg and mother of three daughters born 1997, 1999 and 2001. (b. 1964-)

2005-07 Minister of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs cand.polit. Rikke Hvilshøj

MP from 1998 and Deputy Group Chairperson since 2001, Deputy Mayor of Frederiksberg 1998-2002. She became Acting Chair since the previous chair lost his seat during the elections. Unsuccesfull candidate for the post of Deputy Groupchairperson in 2007. Married to Karsten Anker Petersen and mother of a daughter (b. 1999) and a son (b. 2003). She is (b. 1970-).