The Danish minister of culture () 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 () from 1961 to 1988, Culture and Communications Minister () from 1986 to 1988, and Minister for Culture () from 1988 to the present ().
List of ministers
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! rowspan=2|
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br><small>(born-died)</small>
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| Government
! rowspan=2|
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! colspan=10| Minister of Cultural Affairs<br>
|-
| 1
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Julius Bomholt<br />
| 19 September 1961
| 26 September 1964
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Krag I
|
|-
| 2
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 26 September 1964
| 28 November 1966
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Krag II
|
|-
| 3
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Bodil Koch<br />
| 28 November 1966
| 2 February 1968
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Krag II
|
|-
| 5
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 11 October 1971
| 19 December 1973
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Krag III<br />Jørgensen I
|
|-
| 6
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Nathalie Lind<br />
| 19 December 1973
| 13 February 1975
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Hartling
|
|-
| (5)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 13 February 1975
| 16 February 1980
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Jørgensen II–III–IV
| <br />
|-
| 7
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Lise Østergaard<br />
| 28 February 1980
| 10 September 1982
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Jørgensen IV–V
|
|-
| 8
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Mimi Jakobsen<br />
| 10 September 1982
| 12 March 1986
|
! style="background:;" |
| Centre Democrats
| Schlüter I
|
|-
| 9
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 12 March 1986
| 10 September 1987
|
! style="background:;" |
| Conservative People's Party
| Schlüter I
|
|-
! colspan=10| Minister of Culture<br>
|-
| 10
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 3 June 1988
| 18 December 1990
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Liberal
| Schlüter III
|
|-
| 11
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Grethe Rostbøll<br />
| 18 December 1990
| 24 January 1993
|
! style="background:;" |
| Conservative People's Party
| Schlüter IV
|
|-
| 12
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Jytte Hilden<br />
| 25 January 1993
| 30 December 1996
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| P. N. Rasmussen I–II
|
|-
| 13
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 30 December 1996
| 23 March 1998
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Liberal
| P. N. Rasmussen III
|
|-
| 14
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen<br />
| 23 March 1998
| 27 November 2001
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Liberal
| P. N. Rasmussen IV
|
|-
| 15
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Brian Mikkelsen<br />
| 27 November 2001
| 10 September 2008
|
! style="background:;" |
| Conservative People's Party
| A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III
| <br />
|-
| 16
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Carina Christensen<br />
| 10 September 2008
| 23 February 2010
|
! style="background:;" |
| Conservative People's Party
| A. F. Rasmussen III<br />L. L. Rasmussen I
|
|-
| 17
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Per Stig Møller<br />
| 23 February 2010
| 3 October 2011
|
! style="background:;" |
| Conservative People's Party
| L. L. Rasmussen I
|
|-
| 19
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Marianne Jelved<br />
| 6 December 2012
| 28 June 2015
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Liberal
| Thorning-Schmidt I–II
|
|-
| 20
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Bertel Haarder<br />
| 28 June 2015
| 28 November 2016
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| L. L. Rasmussen II
|
|-
| 21
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Mette Bock<br />
| 28 November 2016
| 27 June 2019
|
! style="background:;" |
| Liberal Alliance
| L. L. Rasmussen III
|
|-
| 22
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Joy Mogensen<br />
| 27 June 2019
| 16 August 2021
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Frederiksen I
|
|-
| 23
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen<br />
| 16 August 2021
| 15 December 2022
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Frederiksen I
|
|}
References
- List of Culture Ministers – From the Danish Ministry of Culture.