Ministry of the Interior and Health (Denmark)

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The Ministry of the Interior and Health (Danish: Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet) is an Danish ministry created on 24 November 1848, after Denmark became a constitutional monarchy.

The Ministry was originally named the Ministry of the Interior, but was renamed Ministry of the Interior and Health on November 27, 2001, when the Ministry of Health (which had been split off from the Ministry of the Interior in 1987) was re-merged into the Ministry.

Responsibilities include things like planning, coordination and research streamlining of the Danish Health service (sundhedsvæsenet), Danish Hospital service (sygehusvæsenet), the Danish Public Social Security (den offentlige sygesikring) as well as the approval of pharmaceuticals and the pharmacy sector. Prevention and health promotion are also part of the Ministry’s remit.

It is also in charge of municipal supervision, holding of elections to the Danish Parliament (Folketing), elections to local councils and county councils, the European Parliament as well as the holding of referenda. Also responsible for patent rights, ethic etc..