Leaders of The Social Democrats
- 1871 – 1872: Louis Pio
- 1872 – 1873: Carl Würtz
- 1874 – 1875: Ernst Wilhelm Klein
- 1875 – February 1877: Louis Pio
- 1877 February – July 1878: Chresten Hørdum
- 1878 February – July: A.C. Meyer
- 1878 – 1879: Saxo W. Wiegell
- 1880 – 1882: Chresten Hørdum
- 1882 – 1910: Peter Christian Knudsen
- 1910 – 1939: Thorvald Stauning (Prime minister 1924-26, 1929–42)
- 1939 – 1955: Hans Hedtoft (Prime minister 1947-55) (Alsing Andersen as de facto leader in 1941-1945)
- 1955 – 1960: H. C. Hansen (Prime minister 1955-60)
- 1960 – 1962: Viggo Kampmann (Prime minister 1960-62)
- 1962 – 1972: Jens Otto Krag (Prime minister 1962-68, 1971–72) (Erling Dinesen as de facto leader from October 1972 to September 1973)
- 1973 – 1987: Anker Jørgensen (Prime minister 1972-73, 1975–81)
- 1987 – 1992: Svend Auken
- 1992 – 2002: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (Prime minister 1993-2001)
- 2002 – 2005: Mogens Lykketoft
- 2005 – : Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Prime minister 2012 -)
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