Minister for Culture (Denmark)

Minister of Culture
Kulturminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
since 15 December 2022
Ministry of Culture
TypeMinister
Member of
Reports tothe Prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
PrecursorMinister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Formation19 September 1961; 64 years ago (1961-09-19)
First holderJulius Bomholt
Successiondepending on the order in the State Council
DeputyPermanent Secretary
Salary1.400.192,97 DKK
(€187,839), in 2024[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

The Danish minister of culture (Danish: Kulturminister) is the political minister office responsible for culture, head of the Ministry of Culture.

The political responsibility for culture, as well as church and education, was with the kultus minister from 1848 to 1916 when that post was split up into the posts of education minister and church minister. From 1916 the church minister had political responsibility for culture, until the post of Minister for Culture was created in 1961.

The office was titled Minister for Cultural Affairs (Minister for kulturelle anliggender) from 1961 to 1988, Culture and Communications Minister (Kultur- og kommunikationsminister) from 1986 to 1988, and Minister for Culture (Kulturminister) from 1988 to the present (as of 2025).

List of ministers

No. Portrait Name
(born-died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Minister of Cultural Affairs
(Minister for Kulturelle Anliggender)
1 Julius Bomholt
(1896–1969) 		19 September 1961 26 September 1964 3 years, 7 days Social Democrats Krag I [2]
2 Hans Sølvhøj [da]
(1919–1989) 		26 September 1964 28 November 1966 2 years, 63 days Social Democrats Krag II [3]
3 Bodil Koch
(1903–1972) 		28 November 1966 2 February 1968 1 year, 66 days Social Democrats Krag II [3]
4 Kristen Helveg Petersen [da]
(1909–1997) 		2 February 1968 11 October 1971 3 years, 251 days Social Liberal Baunsgaard [4]
5 Niels Matthiasen [da]
(1924–1980) 		11 October 1971 19 December 1973 2 years, 69 days Social Democrats Krag III
Jørgensen I 		[5][6]
6 Nathalie Lind
(1919–1999) 		19 December 1973 13 February 1975 1 year, 56 days Venstre Hartling [7]
(5) Niels Matthiasen [da]
(1924–1980) 		13 February 1975 16 February 1980 # 5 years, 3 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II–III–IV [8][9]
[10]
7 Lise Østergaard
(1924–1996) 		28 February 1980 10 September 1982 2 years, 194 days Social Democrats Jørgensen IV–V [10][11]
8 Mimi Jakobsen
(born 1948) 		10 September 1982 12 March 1986 3 years, 183 days Centre Democrats Schlüter I [12]
9 Hans Peter Clausen [da]
(1933–2014) 		12 March 1986 10 September 1987 1 year, 182 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter I [12]
Minister of Culture and Communications
(Kultur- og kommunikationsminister)
(9) Hans Peter Clausen [da]
(1933–2014) 		10 September 1987 3 June 1988 267 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter II [13]
Minister of Culture
(Kulturminister)
10 Ole Vig Jensen [da]
(1936–2016) 		3 June 1988 18 December 1990 2 years, 198 days Social Liberal Schlüter III [14]
11 Grethe Rostbøll
(1941–2021) 		18 December 1990 24 January 1993 2 years, 37 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter IV [15]
12 Jytte Hilden
(born 1942) 		25 January 1993 30 December 1996 3 years, 340 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I–II [16][17]
13 Ebbe Lundgaard [da]
(1944–2009) 		30 December 1996 23 March 1998 1 year, 83 days Social Liberal P. N. Rasmussen III [18]
14 Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen
(born 1960) 		23 March 1998 27 November 2001 3 years, 249 days Social Liberal P. N. Rasmussen IV [19]
15 Brian Mikkelsen
(born 1966) 		27 November 2001 10 September 2008 6 years, 288 days Conservative People's Party A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III [20][21]
[22]
16 Carina Christensen
(born 1972) 		10 September 2008 23 February 2010 1 year, 166 days Conservative People's Party A. F. Rasmussen III
L. L. Rasmussen I 		[22][23]
17 Per Stig Møller
(born 1942) 		23 February 2010 3 October 2011 1 year, 222 days Conservative People's Party L. L. Rasmussen I [23]
18 Uffe Elbæk
(born 1954) 		3 October 2011 6 December 2012 1 year, 64 days Social Liberal Thorning-Schmidt I [24]
19 Marianne Jelved
(born 1943) 		6 December 2012 28 June 2015 2 years, 204 days Social Liberal Thorning-Schmidt I–II [24][25]
20 Bertel Haarder
(born 1944) 		28 June 2015 28 November 2016 1 year, 153 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II [26]
21 Mette Bock
(born 1957) 		28 November 2016 27 June 2019 2 years, 211 days Liberal Alliance L. L. Rasmussen III [27]
22 Joy Mogensen
(born 1980) 		27 June 2019 16 August 2021 2 years, 50 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [28]
23 Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
(born 1983) 		16 August 2021 15 December 2022 1 year, 121 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [28]
24 Jakob Engel-Schmidt
(born 1983) 		15 December 2022 Incumbent 3 years, 86 days Moderates Frederiksen II [29]

References

  1. ^ "Hvad tjener en minister?". Regeringen (in Danish). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Regeringen Hilmar Baunsgaard". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Regeringen Jens Otto Krag III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Regeringen Poul Hartling". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Regeringen Anker Jørgensen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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  12. ^ a b "Regeringen Poul Schlüter I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
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  20. ^ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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  22. ^ a b "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen III" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  23. ^ a b "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  24. ^ a b "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  25. ^ "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  26. ^ "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  27. ^ "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  28. ^ a b "Regeringen Mette Frederiksen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  29. ^ "Regeringen Mette Frederiksen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Retrieved 17 September 2024.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_Cultural_Affairs_(Denmark)