Danish defence and economy ministers to swap jobs

FILE PHOTO: Denmark's Defense Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen attends a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/file photo

OSLO (Reuters) - Denmark's defence minister will swap jobs with the economy minister, the Danish government said in a statement on Tuesday.

Jakob Ellemann-Jensen will leave the defence ministry to become economy minister, while Troels Lund Poulsen is set to become defence minister, the government said.

Ellemann-Jensen will remain deputy prime minister, it added.

(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Essi Lehto)