This is a list of tax ministers of Denmark since 1975. The collection of taxes was originally assumed by the Finance Ministry. The Finance Ministry's Department of Taxes and Customs (Skatte- og Tolddepartementet) was elevated to the rank of an independent ministry on 13 February 1975. It has officially been referred to as the Tax Ministry (Skatteministeriet) since 10 September 1987.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Political party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
| Minister for Taxation and Duties (Minister for skatter og afgifter) | |||||||
| 1 |
| Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022) | 13 February 1975 | 26 February 1977 | 2 years, 13 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet |
| 2 |
| Jens Kampmann [da] (born 1937) | 26 February 1977 | 30 August 1978 | 1 year, 185 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet |
| 3 |
| Anders Andersen (1912–2006) | 30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | Venstre | Jørgensen III Cabinet |
| 4 |
| Karl Hjortnæs [da] (born 1934) | 26 October 1979 | 20 January 1981 | 1 year, 86 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet |
| 5 |
| Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946) | 20 January 1981 | 10 September 1982 | 1 year, 233 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V |
| 6 |
| Isi Foighel [da] (1927–2007) | 10 September 1982 | 10 September 1987 | 5 years, 0 days | Conservatives | Schlüter I Cabinet |
| Minister for Taxation (Skatteminister) | |||||||
| 7 |
| Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953) | 10 September 1987 | 19 November 1992 | 5 years, 70 days | Venstre | Schlüter II Cabinet–III–IV |
| 8 |
| Peter Brixtofte (1949–2016) | 19 November 1992 | 25 January 1993 | 67 days | Venstre | Schlüter IV Cabinet |
| 9 |
| Ole Stavad (born 1949) | 25 January 1993 | 1 November 1994 | 1 year, 280 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 10 |
| Carsten Koch (born 1945) | 1 November 1994 | 23 March 1998 | 3 years, 142 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet–III |
| (9) |
| Ole Stavad (born 1949) | 23 March 1998 | 21 December 2000 | 2 years, 273 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet |
| 11 |
| Frode Sørensen (born 1946) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet |
| 12 |
| Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945) | 27 November 2001 | 2 August 2004 | 2 years, 249 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 13 |
| Kristian Jensen (born 1971) | 2 August 2004 | 24 February 2010 | 5 years, 206 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 14 |
| Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1974) | 24 February 2010 | 8 March 2011 | 1 year, 12 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 15 |
| Peter Christensen (born 1975) | 8 March 2011 | 3 October 2011 | 209 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 16 |
| Thor Möger Pedersen [da] (born 1985) | 3 October 2011 | 16 October 2012 | 1 year, 222 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
| 17 |
| Holger K. Nielsen (born 1950) | 16 October 2012 | 12 December 2013 | 1 year, 57 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
| 18 |
| Jonas Dahl (born 1978) | 12 December 2013 | 30 January 2014 | 49 days | SF | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
| 19 |
| Morten Østergaard (born 1976) | 3 February 2014 | 2 September 2014 | 215 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet |
| 20 |
| Benny Engelbrecht (born 1970) | 2 September 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 299 days | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet |
| 21 |
| Karsten Lauritzen (born 1983) | 28 June 2015 | 27 June 2019 | 3 years, 364 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet–III |
| 22 |
| Morten Bødskov (born 1970) | 27 June 2019 | 4 February 2022 | 2 years, 222 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet |
| 23 |
| Jeppe Bruus Christensen (born 1978) | 4 February 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 171 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet–II |
![Thor Möger Pedersen [da]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thor_Moger_Pedersen_20120501.jpg)
