Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Heads of the Parliament of Denmark/ Kingdom of Denmark
 female suffrage 1915)

See also Denmark Ministers 
and Denmark List of Parliament Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen

Landstinget/Upper House

Folketinget/Lower House - from 1953 the only Chamber

1943-45 2. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Inger Gautier Schmidt
1947-50 1. Vice-Chairperson and President-by-Age

1945-50 Secretary of Landstinget Ingeborg Hansen
1950-51 and 1952-53 Chairperson of Landstinget

1946-47 Secretary of Folketinget Oda Christensen

1947-50 Secretary of Folketinget Erna Sørensen
Member of the Group Executive of the Conservatives
1950-60.

1961-64 Secretary of Folketinget Clara Munk

1961-63 Secretary of Folketinget cand.mag. Else-Merete Ross
Leading member of Det Radikale Venstre, Leftwing Liberals.

1964-66 and 1967 Secretary of Folketinget Gerda Møller

1968-73 2. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Hanne Budtz

1971-78 1. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Grethe Hurup Hækkerup

1973 3. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Natalie Lind
1975-77 2. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget
1977-78 3. Vice-Chairperson  of Folketinget
1978 Vice-President of the Nordic Council
Minister of Social Affairs 1968-71, of Justice and Culture 1973-75 and of Justice and Police 1978-79. She lived (1918-99)

1973-74 Secretary of Folketinget Kirsten Sparre Andersen

1975-77 Secretary of Folketinget Karen Thurø Hansen

1979-81 4. Vice-Chairperson Folketinget Ebba Strange
1981-82 3. Vice-Chairperson
1994 3. Vice-Chairperson
Group Chairperson of Socialist People’s Party 1977-92. (b. 1929-)

1981-84 2. Vice-Chairperson Folketinget Mette Madsen
Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs 1984-88.

1981-87 and 2000-01 Secretary of Folketinget Jytte Andersen
Secretary of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democrats 1981-87, Minister of Labour 1993-98, of Urban Affairs and Housing 1998-200 and of Equality 1999-2000 and Vice-Chairperson of the Parliament Group of the Social Democrats 2000-01.
 

1982-87 3. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Lilly Helletofte Gyldenkilde
1987-90 2. Vice-Chairperson
1990-94 3. Vice-Chairperson
She lived (1936-2003).

1987-88 Secretary of Folketinget Else Theill Sørensen
Group Secretary of the Conservative People's Party 2001-05.

1990-96 4. Vice-Chairperson Folketinget Kirsten Jacobsen
Leader of the Progress Party 1995-97.

1992 and 2001-02 Secretary of Folketinget Pia Gjellerup
Secretary of Social Democratic Group 1992, Minister of Justice 1993, Group Chairperson 1994-98 and 2002-05, Minister of Industry 1998-2000 and Minister of Finance 2000-01.

1993-94 Secretary of Folketinget Ingrid Rasmussen
Secretary of Social Democratic Group 1993-94, Chairperson of the Equality Council 1994-99, Vice-Chairperson of the Defence Committee of the Folketing and Spokesperson for Defence of the Social Democrats 1994.

1994-2001 3. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Pastor Margrete Auken
2001-04 4. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget
MP For the Socialist People's Party, Member of the Presidium of the Nordic Council 1986-89, Member of the European Parliament from 2004. Her brother, Svend Auken, was Chairman of the Social Democrats, Minister of Environment 1993-2001 and from 2001 1. Vice-Chairperson of the Parliament. A sister, Gunvor Auken, was Deputy Mayor of Frederiksberg 1998-2008 - both are Social Democrats.

1994-2005 Secretary of Folketinget Grete Bøgebjerg Schødts
Secretary of Social Democratic Group 1994-2001. (b. 1945-)

1996-98 4. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Elisabeth Arnold
2005-07 Secretary of Folketinget
Secretary 1990-94, Deputy Chairperson 1994-2000 and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of Det Radikale Venstre, the Leftwing Liberals 2000-01.

1998-99 1. Vice-Chairperson of Folketinget Birte Weiss
Former Minister of Interior, Ecclesiastical Affairs and Health. 1998 Candidate for the post of Chairperson, the votes was 88/88 and had to be decided by a draw in her disfavour. 1999-2001 Minister of Scientific Research and Communication.

1999-2001 Secretary of Folketinget Gitte Seeberg
Secretary of the Parliamentary Group of the Conservative People’s Party 1999-2001 and Deputy Group Chairperson. From 2004 Member of the European Parliament. (b. 1960-).

2001-05 Secretary of Folketinget Inge Dahl-Sørensen
Group Secretary of The Rightwing Liberals 1990-2005.

2001-07 Secretary of Folketinget Birthe Skaarup
MP for Danish People's Party.

2002-07 Secretary of Folketinget Lissa Mathiasen
MP for the Social Democrats until 2007. (b. 1948-).

2007- Secretary of Folketinget Karen Klint
MP for the Social Democrats since 1998. (b. 1947-).

2007- Secretary of Folketinget Pernille Frahm
MP and MEP for SF
and Group-Secretary 1990-92.

 

Last update 28.11.07