Prime Minister of Denmark

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The Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government who leads the Danish cabinet, sets national policy priorities, and represents the country’s executive authority both domestically and internationally.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Prime Minister of Denmark canonical 16
Council President of Denmark 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government office
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Denmark
linked to: Denmark
appointedBy Monarch of Denmark
linked to: King of Denmark
appointedFollowing general elections to the Folketing
branchOfGovernment executive branch of Denmark
canBeRemovedBy vote of no confidence in the Folketing
country Denmark
countryCapital Copenhagen
eligibleForReelection true
firstOfficeHolder Adam Wilhelm Moltke
flag Flag of Denmark
linked to: Danish flag
heads Government of Denmark
jurisdictionIncludes Denmark proper
linked to: Denmark

Faroe Islands (in certain matters)
linked to: Faroe Islands

Greenland (in certain matters)
leads Danish cabinet
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Copenhagen
memberOf Council of State (Denmark)
linked to: council of state

European Council
nominatedBy Folketing majority
officeCreated 1848
officeHoldersMustBe eligible members of the Folketing
officeHoldersUsuallyAre leaders of the largest party or coalition in the Folketing
officeHolderTitleInDanish statsminister
officeHolderTitleInEnglish Prime Minister
officeType national executive office
participatesIn Nordic Council of Ministers
precededByOffice Council President of Denmark
reportsTo Folketing
requires confidence of the Folketing
residence Marienborg
residenceType official country residence
responsibility advising the Monarch of Denmark
chairing meetings of the Danish cabinet
coordinating government policy
overseeing implementation of laws
representing Denmark domestically
representing Denmark internationally
setting national policy priorities
role head of government of Denmark
seat Christiansborg Palace
style Statsministeren
The Prime Minister
linked to: Prime Minister
symbol Coat of arms of Denmark
termLength no fixed term
serves while commanding confidence of the Folketing

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1953 Constitution of Denmark definesOffice Prime Minister of Denmark
Danish Ministry of Defence subordinateTo Prime Minister of Denmark
Lars Løkke Rasmussen positionHeld Prime Minister of Denmark
Helle Thorning-Schmidt positionHeld Prime Minister of Denmark
Prime Minister’s Office of Denmark reportsTo Prime Minister of Denmark
Anders Fogh Rasmussen positionHeld Prime Minister of Denmark
subject linked to: Ginnerup
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen positionHeld Prime Minister of Denmark
Poul Schlüter positionHeld Prime Minister of Denmark
Prime Minister's Office (Denmark) headOfGovernmentSupported Prime Minister of Denmark
subject linked to: Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister's Office (Denmark) subordinateTo Prime Minister of Denmark
subject linked to: Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister of Denmark precededByOffice Council President of Denmark
linked to: Prime Minister of Denmark
Danish Ministry of Finance subordinateTo Prime Minister of Denmark
Ministry of Taxation of Denmark reportsTo Prime Minister of Denmark
MOD (Denmark) subordinateTo Prime Minister of Denmark
Thorvald Stauning positionHeld Prime Minister of Denmark
Erik Scavenius positionHeld Prime Minister of Denmark