Ministry of State (Denmark)

The Ministry of State (Danish: Statsministeriet; Faroese: Forsætisráðið; Greenlandic: Naalagaaffimmi Ministereqarfik), also known as the Prime Minister's Office, is the cabinet ministry of the Kingdom of Denmark, tasked with assisting the prime minister of Denmark, as well as the Cabinet of Denmark and Council of State.

The department consists of the immediate staff of the Prime Minister of Denmark, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the Prime Minister. Atypical of a Danish ministry it does not have any agencies, councils, boards or committees associated with it and its primary responsibility is to serve as the secretariat of the Prime Minister of Denmark, currently Mette Frederiksen.

The ministerial purview of the department extends over multifaceted domains, notably the relationship between Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland, as constituents of the Danish Realm, alongside overseeing relations and the legal status of the Monarchy of Denmark. Furthermore, it addresses constitutional and legal inquiries, the distribution of areas of responsibility between ministries, and ministerial appointments and dismissals, as well as other special legal issues not covered under other ministries.

The Ministry of State was founded 1 January 1914, though its origin can be found in a small secretariat created in 1848, under the Council of State (Danish: Statsrådet) to assist the new Council President (Danish: Konseilspræsident), the name used for the Prime Minister of Denmark from 1855 to 1918.