Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark () is a Danish political minister office. The main responsibility of the minister is the Church of Denmark. The minister is politically appointed without any requirements being a member of the state church.
The office was created in 1916 when the post Kultus Minister was split up into the posts of Minister of Education and Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs. The new Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs also took over the responsibility for culture from the Kultus Minister. In 1961 responsibility of culture was transferred to the Minister of Cultural Affairs.
Since 23 November 2023, Morten Dahlin from Venstre, holds the post in the second Frederiksen cabinet.
List of ministers
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2|
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name<br />
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| Government
! rowspan=2|
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 1
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 28 April 1916
| 30 March 1920
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Liberal
| Zahle II
|
|-
| 2
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 30 March 1920
| 5 April 1920
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| Liebe
|
|-
| 3
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 5 April 1920
| 5 May 1920
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| Friis
|
|-
| 4
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Jens Christian Christensen<br />
| 5 May 1920
| 15 August 1922
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Neergaard II
|
|-
| 5
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 15 August 1922
| 23 April 1924
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Neergaard II–III
|
|-
| 6
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 23 April 1924
| 14 December 1926
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Stauning I
|
|-
| 7
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 14 December 1926
| 30 April 1929
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Madsen-Mygdal
|
|-
| (6)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 30 April 1929
| 4 November 1935
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Stauning II
|
|-
| 8
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 4 November 1935
| 8 July 1940
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Stauning III–IV–V
| <br />
|-
| 9
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 8 July 1940
| 9 November 1942
|
! style="background:;" |
| Conservative People's Party
| Stauning VI<br />Buhl I
|
|-
| 10
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 9 November 1942
| 29 August 1943
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| Scavenius
|
|-
! colspan=10| No Danish government in between and . Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.
|-
| 11
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Arne Sørensen<br />
| 5 May 1945
| 7 November 1945
|
! style="background:;" |
| Danish Unity
| Buhl II
|
|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 7 November 1945
| 12 November 1945
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Kristensen
|
|-
| 12
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 12 November 1945
| 13 November 1947
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Kristensen
|
|-
| 14
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Bodil Koch<br />
| 16 September 1950
| 30 October 1950
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Hedtoft II
|
|-
| 15
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Jens Sønderup<br />
| 30 October 1950
| 13 September 1951
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Eriksen
|
|-
| (12)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 13 September 1951
| 30 September 1953
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Eriksen
| <br /><br /><br />
|-
| 16
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Orla Møller<br />
| 28 November 1966
| 2 February 1968
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Krag II
|
|-
| 18
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Dorte Bennedsen<br />
| 11 October 1971
| 19 December 1973
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Krag III<br />Jørgensen I
|
|-
| 19
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 19 December 1973
| 29 January 1975
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Hartling
|
|-
| 20
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Jørgen Peder Hansen<br />
| 13 February 1975
| 30 August 1978
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Jørgensen II
|
|-
| 21
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Egon Jensen<br />
| 30 August 1978
| 26 October 1979
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Jørgensen III
|
|-
| (20)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Jørgen Peder Hansen<br />
| 26 October 1979
| 20 January 1981
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Jørgensen IV
|
|-
| 22
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Tove Lindbo Larsen<br />
| 20 January 1981
| 10 September 1982
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Jørgensen IV–V
|
|-
| 23
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Elsebeth Kock-Petersen<br />
| 10 September 1982
| 23 July 1984
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Schlüter I
|
|-
| 24
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Mette Madsen<br />
| 23 July 1984
| 3 June 1988
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Schlüter I–II
|
|-
| 25
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Torben Rechendorff<br />
| 3 June 1988
| 25 January 1993
|
! style="background:;" |
| Conservative People's Party
| Schlüter III–IV
|
|-
| 26
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 25 January 1993
| 27 September 1994
|
! style="background:;" |
| Centre Democrats
| P. N. Rasmussen I
|
|-
| 27
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Birte Weiss<br />
| 27 September 1994
| 30 December 1996
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| P. N. Rasmussen II
|
|-
| 28
| frameless|upright=0.3
| <br />
| 30 December 1996
| 23 March 1998
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Liberal
| P. N. Rasmussen III
|
|-
| 29
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Margrethe Vestager<br />
| 23 March 1998
| 21 December 2000
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Liberal
| P. N. Rasmussen IV
|
|-
| 30
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Johannes Lebech<br />
| 21 December 2000
| 27 November 2001
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Liberal
| P. N. Rasmussen IV
|
|-
| 32
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Bertel Haarder<br />
| 18 February 2005
| 23 November 2007
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| A. F. Rasmussen II
|
|-
| 33
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Birthe Rønn Hornbech<br />
| 23 November 2007
| 8 March 2011
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| A. F. Rasmussen III<br />L. L. Rasmussen I
|
|-
| 34
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Per Stig Møller<br />
| 23 February 2010
| 3 October 2011
|
! style="background:;" |
| Conservative People's Party
| L. L. Rasmussen I
|
|-
| 36
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Marianne Jelved<br />
| 6 December 2012
| 28 June 2015
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Liberal
| Thorning-Schmidt I–II
|
|-
| (32)
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Bertel Haarder<br />
| 28 June 2015
| 28 November 2016
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| L. L. Rasmussen II
|
|-
| 37
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Mette Bock<br />
| 28 November 2016
| 27 June 2019
|
! style="background:;" |
| Liberal Alliance
| L. L. Rasmussen III
|
|-
| 38
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Joy Mogensen<br />
| 27 June 2019
| 16 August 2021
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Frederiksen I
|
|-
| 39
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen<br />
| 16 August 2021
| 15 December 2022
|
! style="background:;" |
| Social Democrats
| Frederiksen I
|
|-
| 41
| frameless|upright=0.3
| Morten Dahlin<br />
| 23 November 2023
| Incumbent
|
! style="background:;" |
| Venstre
| Frederiksen II
|