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)
PrecursorKultus Minister
Formation19 September 1961 (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 minister for culture of Denmark (Danish: Kulturminister) is the Danish political minister office responsible for culture, head of the Ministry of Culture of Denmark.

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 for Cultural Affairs
(Minister for Kulturelle Anliggender)
1
Julius Bomholt
(1896–1969)		19 September 196126 September 19643 years, 7 days Social DemocratsKrag I Cabinet
2
Hans Sølvhøj
(1919–1989)		26 September 196428 November 19662 years, 63 days Social DemocratsKrag II Cabinet
3
Bodil Koch
(1903–1972)		28 November 19662 February 19681 year, 66 days Social DemocratsKrag II Cabinet
4
Kristen Helveg Petersen
(1909–1997)		2 February 196811 October 19713 years, 251 days Social LiberalsBaunsgaard Cabinet
5
Niels Matthiasen
(1924–1980)		11 October 197119 December 19732 years, 69 days Social DemocratsKrag III Cabinet
Jørgensen I Cabinet
6
Nathalie Lind
(1919–1999)		19 December 197313 February 19751 year, 56 days VenstreHartling Cabinet
(5)
Niels Matthiasen
(1924–1980)		13 February 197516 February 1980 †5 years, 3 days Social DemocratsJørgensen II Cabinet–III–IV
7
Lise Østergaard
(1924–1996)		28 February 198010 September 19822 years, 194 days Social DemocratsJørgensen IV Cabinet–V
8
Mimi Jakobsen
(born 1948)		10 September 198212 March 19863 years, 183 days Centre DemocratsSchlüter I Cabinet
Minister of Culture and Communications
(Kultur- og kommunikationsminister)
9
Hans Peter Clausen
(1928–1998)		12 March 19863 June 19882 years, 83 days ConservativesSchlüter I–II
Minister for Culture
(Kulturminister)
9
Ole Vig Jensen
(1936–2016)		3 June 198818 December 19902 years, 198 days Social LiberalsSchlüter III Cabinet
10
Grethe Rostbøll
(1941–2021)		18 December 199024 January 19932 years, 37 days ConservativesSchlüter IV Cabinet
11
Jytte Hilden
(born 1942)		25 January 199330 December 19963 years, 340 days Social DemocratsP. N. Rasmussen I–II[2][3]
12
Ebbe Lundgaard
(1944–2009)		30 December 199623 March 19981 year, 83 days Social LiberalsP. N. Rasmussen III[4]
13
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen
(born 1960)		23 March 199827 November 20013 years, 249 days Social LiberalsP. N. Rasmussen IV[5]
14
Brian Mikkelsen
(born 1966)		27 November 200110 September 20086 years, 288 days ConservativesA. F. Rasmussen I–II–III[6][7]
[8]
15
Carina Christensen
(born 1972)		10 September 200823 February 20101 year, 166 days ConservativesA. F. Rasmussen III
L. L. Rasmussen I		[8][9]
16
Per Stig Møller
(born 1942)		23 February 20103 October 20111 year, 222 days ConservativesL. L. Rasmussen I[9]
17
Uffe Elbæk
(born 1954)		3 October 20116 December 20121 year, 64 days Social LiberalsThorning-Schmidt I[10]
18
Marianne Jelved
(born 1943)		6 December 201228 June 20152 years, 204 days Social LiberalsThorning-Schmidt I–II[10][11]
19
Bertel Haarder
(born 1944)		28 June 201528 November 20161 year, 153 days VenstreL. L. Rasmussen II[12]
20
Mette Bock
(born 1957)		28 November 201627 June 20192 years, 211 days Liberal AllianceL. L. Rasmussen III[13]
21
Joy Mogensen
(born 1980)		27 June 201916 August 20212 years, 50 days Social DemocratsFrederiksen I Cabinet
22
Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
(born 1983)		16 August 202115 December 20221 year, 121 days Social DemocratsFrederiksen I Cabinet
23
Jakob Engel-Schmidt
(born 1983)		15 December 2022Incumbent3 years, 11 days ModeratesFrederiksen II Cabinet

References

  1. ^ "Hvad tjener en minister?". Regeringen (in Danish). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Regeringen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen II" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen III" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt I". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Regeringen Helle Thorning-Schmidt II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  12. ^ "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen II". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  13. ^ "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen III". Statsministeriet (in Danish). Prime Minister's Office. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
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