Henrik Dam Kristensen

Henrik Dam Kristensen
Kristensen in 2008
Speaker of the Folketing
In office
21 June 2019 – 1 November 2022
MonarchMargrethe II
Preceded byPia Kjærsgaard
Succeeded bySøren Gade
Minister for Employment
In office
10 October 2014 – 28 June 2015
Prime MinisterHelle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded byMette Frederiksen
Succeeded byJørn Neergaard Larsen
Minister of Transport
In office
3 October 2011 – 9 August 2013
Prime MinisterHelle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded byHans Christian Schmidt
Succeeded byPia Olsen Dyhr
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
23 February 2000 – 27 November 2001
Prime MinisterPoul Nyrup Rasmussen
Preceded byKaren Jespersen
Succeeded byHenriette Kjær
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
In office
27 September 1994 – 23 February 2000
Prime MinisterPoul Nyrup Rasmussen
Preceded byBjørn Westh
Succeeded byRitt Bjerregaard
Member of the Folketing
In office
13 November 2007 – 1 November 2022
ConstituencyEast Jutland
In office
12 December 1990 – 7 July 2004
ConstituencyRibe
Member of the European Parliament
for Denmark
In office
2004–2006
President of the Nordic Council
In office
1 January 2016 – 31 December 2016
Preceded byHöskuldur Þórhallsson
Succeeded byBritt Lundberg
In office
1 January 2011 – 31 December 2011
Preceded byHelgi Hjörvar
Succeeded byKimmo Sasi
Personal details
Born
Henrik Dam Kristensen

(1957-01-31) 31 January 1957 (age 67)
Vorbasse, Denmark
Political partySocial Democrats
SpouseBente Dam Kristensen
ChildrenChristina Dam Kristensen og Jannick Dam Kristensen

Henrik Dam Kristensen (born 31 January 1957) is a Danish politician and a former speaker of the Danish parliament. He has been a member of the Danish parliament for the Social Democrats from 1990 to 2004 and again from 2007, during which he served as Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (1994–1996), Minister for Food (1996–2000), Minister for Social Affairs (2000–2001), Minister for Transport (2011–2013) and Minister for Employment (2014–2015). He served as President of the Nordic Council in 2011 and 2016.