Stauning VI Cabinet

6th Stauning Cabinet
39th Cabinet of Denmark
Date formed	8 July 1940 (1940-07-08)
Date dissolved	4 May 1942 (1942-05-04)
People and organisations
Head of state	Christian X
Head of government	Thorvald Stauning
No. of ministers	12
Ministers removed	3
Total no. of members	14
Member party	Social Democrats Venstre Conservative People's Party Social Liberal Party
Status in legislature	Unity government
History
Legislature term	1939–1943
Predecessor	Stauning V
Successor	Buhl I

The Sixth Stauning cabinet was the government of Denmark from 8 July 1940, to 4 May 1942.

List of ministers

Some periods in the table below start before 8 July 1940 or end after 4 May 1942 because the minister was in the Fifth Stauning Cabinet or the First Buhl Cabinet as well.

The cabinet consisted of:

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Thorvald Stauning	30 April 1929	3 May 1942†		Social Democrats
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Erik Scavenius	8 July 1940	29 August 1943		Independent
Minister for Finance	Vilhelm Buhl	20 July 1937	16 July 1942		Social Democrats
Minister of Defence	Søren Brorsen	4 May 1942	29 August 1943		Venstre
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs	Vilhelm Fibiger	8 July 1940	9 November 1942		Conservatives
Minister for Education	Jørgen Jørgensen	4 November 1935	9 November 1942		Social Liberals
Minister of Justice	Harald Petersen	8 July 1940	9 July 1941		Independent
	Eigil Thune Jacobsen	9 July 1941	29 August 1943		Independent
Minister of the Interior	Knud Kristensen	8 July 1940	9 November 1942		Venstre
Minister for Public Works	Gunnar Larsen	8 July 1940	29 August 1943		Independent
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	Kristen Bording	4 November 1935	29 August 1943		Social Democrats
Minister for Commerce, Industry and Seafaring	John Christmas Møller	8 July 1940	3 October 1940		Conservatives
	Halfdan Hendriksen	3 October 1940	5 May 1945		Conservatives
Ministry of Social Affairs	Johannes Kjærbøl	8 July 1940	9 November 1942		Social Democrats