Minister for Culture (Denmark)

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.

Minister for Culture
Kulturminister
State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent
Joy Mogensen
since 27 June 2019
Member ofthe Folketing
AppointerPrime Minister
Term length4 years
PrecursorKultus Minister
Formation19 September 1961 (1961-09-19)
First holderJulius Bomholt

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 2012).

List of Ministers for Culture
No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)		 Term Political Party Government
Took office Left office Duration
Minister for Cultural Affairs
(Minister for Kulturelle Anliggender)
1
Julius Bomholt
(1896–1969)		19 September 196126 September 19643 years, 7 daysSocial DemocratsKrag I
2
Hans Sølvhøj
(1919–1989)		26 September 196428 November 19662 years, 63 daysSocial DemocratsKrag II
3
Bodil Koch
(1903–1972)		28 November 19662 February 19681 year, 66 daysSocial DemocratsKrag II
4
Kristen Helveg Petersen
(1909–1997)		2 February 196811 October 19713 years, 251 daysSocial LiberalsBaunsgaard
5
Niels Matthiasen
(1924–1980)		11 October 197119 December 19732 years, 69 daysSocial DemocratsKrag III
Jørgensen I
6
Nathalie Lind
(1919–1999)		19 December 197313 February 19751 year, 56 daysVenstreHartling
(5)
Niels Matthiasen
(1924–1980)		13 February 197516 February 1980 †5 years, 3 daysSocial DemocratsJørgensen II–III–IV
7
Lise Østergaard
(1924–1996)		28 February 198010 September 19822 years, 194 daysSocial DemocratsJørgensen IV–V
8
Mimi Jakobsen
(born 1948)		10 September 198212 March 19863 years, 183 daysCentre DemocratsSchlüter I
Minister of Culture and Communications
(Kultur- og kommunikationsminister)
9
Hans Peter Clausen
(born 1948)		12 March 19863 June 19882 years, 83 daysConservativeSchlüter I–II
Minister for Culture
(Kulturminister)
9
Ole Vig Jensen
(1936–2016)		3 June 198818 December 19902 years, 198 daysSocial LiberalsSchlüter III
10
Grethe Rostbøll
(born 1941)		18 December 199024 January 19932 years, 37 daysConservativeSchlüter IV
11
Jytte Hilden
(born 1942)		25 January 199330 December 19963 years, 340 daysSocial DemocratsP.N. Rasmussen I–II
12
Ebbe Lundgaard
(1944–2009)		30 December 199623 March 19981 year, 83 daysSocial LiberalsP.N. Rasmussen III
13
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen
(born 1960)		23 March 199827 November 20013 years, 249 daysSocial LiberalsP.N. Rasmussen IV
14
Brian Mikkelsen
(born 1966)		27 November 200110 September 20086 years, 288 daysConservativeA.F. Rasmussen I–II–III
15
Carina Christensen
(born 1972)		10 September 200823 February 20101 year, 166 daysConservativeA.F. Rasmussen III
L.L. Rasmussen I
16
Per Stig Møller
(born 1942)		23 February 20103 October 20111 year, 222 daysConservativeL.L. Rasmussen I
17
Uffe Elbæk
(born 1954)		3 October 20116 December 20121 year, 64 daysSocial LiberalsThorning-Schmidt I
18
Marianne Jelved
(born 1943)		6 December 201228 June 20152 years, 204 daysSocial LiberalsThorning-Schmidt I–II
19
Bertel Haarder
(born 1944)		28 June 201528 November 20161 year, 153 daysVenstreL.L. Rasmussen II
20
Mette Bock
(born 1957)		28 November 201627 June 20192 years, 211 daysLiberal AllianceL.L. Rasmussen III
21
Joy Mogensen
(born 1980)		27 June 2019Incumbent1 year, 49 daysSocial DemocratsFrederiksen

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