cabinet of Denmark

{{Short description|Chief executive body of Denmark}}{{ Infobox executive government

| government_name = Government of the Kingdom of Denmark

| border = central

| image = File:National coat of arms of Denmark.svg

| image_size = 100px

| caption = Lesser coat of arms of Denmark

| date = {{Start date and age|1848|6|5|df=y}}

| state = Kingdom of Denmark

| leader_title = Prime Minister ({{lang|da|Statsminister}})

| appointed = The Monarch

| main_organ = Prime Minister's Office

| ministries = List

| responsible = Folketing

| address = Slotsholmen, Copenhagen

| url = {{URL|https://www.regeringen.dk/}}

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The Cabinet of Denmark ({{langx|da|regering}}), officially the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark ({{Langx|da|Kongeriget Danmarks regering}}),{{Citation |last=Kraft. |first=Ole Bjørn |title=Bekendtgørelse om den i København den 27. april 1951 undertegnede overenskomst i henhold til Den nordatlantiske Traktat mellem Regeringerne i Kongeriget Danmark og Amerikas Forenede Stater om forsvaret af Grønland. |date=1951-06-20 |url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/ltc/1951/23 |access-date=2024-09-11 |publisher=Udenrigsministeriet}} is the national cabinet of the Kingdom of Denmark. It has been the chief executive body and the government of the Danish Realm—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland — since the ratification of the Constitution of Denmark in 1848.

The Cabinet is led by the Prime Minister. There are around 25 members of the Cabinet, known as "ministers", all of whom are also heads of specific government ministries. The Cabinet has usually been composed of Ministers from two or more parties forming a coalition government. Still, most of these governments have been minority governments, relying on the support of still other parties.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Cabinets are formally appointed by the Monarch.{{cite web |url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/da00000_.html#S014_ |title=Section 14 |work=Constitution of Denmark |publisher=ICL |access-date=7 September 2012}} In practice, once a government has stepped down, there is a fixed set of rules for appointing an investigator (most often the future Prime Minister), with the job of trying to form a new government. The Prime Minister will lead the Cabinet by convention. Cabinets are named after the Prime Minister, although they may gain shorthand names (e.g. "VK Cabinet", for the recent Venstre–Conservative cabinet).

As of 15 December 2022, the Prime Minister is Mette Frederiksen, leading a coalition government led by the Social Democratic Party with Venstre and the Moderates.{{Cite news |date=13 December 2022 |title=Danish Social Democrats agree new government with right-wing opposition |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/danish-social-democrats-agree-new-government-across-political-middle-2022-12-13/ |access-date=24 December 2022}} It relies on parliamentary support from the Faroe Islands-based and Greelandic parties.