Ministry of the State (Denmark)

The Prime Minister's Office (Danish: Statsministeriet, lit. 'Ministry of the State'; Faroese: Forsætisráðið; Greenlandic: Naalagaaffimmi Ministereqarfik) is a Kingdom government ministry. Atypical of a Danish ministry it does not have any councils, boards or committees associated with it and its near sole responsibility is to act as the secretariat of the Prime Minister of Denmark. There is a small department under the ministry that takes care of special legal issues not covered under other ministries, among others Greenland's and Faroe Islands relation to the Danish monarchy, the mass media's contact to the State, number of ministers in the government, or Queen Margrethe II legal status as a civilian.

The Prime Minister's Office
Logo of Ministry of the State of Denmark.

Main entrance to the Ministry of the State at Prins Jørgens Gård on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen.
Ministry overview
Formed1 January 1914 (1914-01-01)
Preceding Ministry
Employees104[1]
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
Websiteenglish.stm.dk

The Ministry of the State of Denmark was founded 1 January 1914, though its origin can be found in a small secretariat created in 1848, the Council of State ("Statsrådet") to assist the new Council President ("konseilspræsident"), the name used for the Prime Minister of Denmark from 1855 to 1918.[2]

See also

References
  1. Holst, Emma Qvirin (28 August 2020). "Mette Frederiksen laver historisk udvidelse af Statsministeriet". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. Hertz, Michael (20 April 2020). "Statsministeriet". denstoredanske.lex.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 April 2023.


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