Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Denmark)
The Minister for Nordic Cooperation (Danish: Minister for Nordisk Samarbejde; prev. Minister for Nordic Affairs is a cabinet minister within the Danish Government appointed by the Prime Minister of Denmark.
Image: Stauning III cabinet (Bertel Dahlgaard)
Image: Thor Pedersen, finansminister Danmark, under sessionen i Kopenhamn 2006
Image: Marianne Jelved
Image: Bendt Bendtsen, March 2014
The politics of Denmark take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, a constitutional monarchy and a decentralised unitary state in which the monarch of Denmark, King Frederik X, is the head of state. Denmark is a nation state. Danish politics and governance are characterized by a common striving for broad consensus on important issues, within both the political community and society as a whole.
Christiansborg Palace is home to the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the Danish government.
King Frederik X
The first cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt (2011–2014).
As Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen heads the Department of State and the Cabinet.