Minister for Culture (Denmark)

Minister for Culture Kulturminister
State Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen since 16 August 2021
Member of	the Folketing
Appointer	Prime Minister
Term length	4 years
Precursor	Kultus Minister
Formation	19 September 1961; 59 years ago (1961-09-19)
First holder	Julius Bomholt

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 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 1961	26 September 1964	3 years, 7 days	Social Democrats
2		[da] (1919–1989)	26 September 1964	28 November 1966	2 years, 63 days	Social Democrats
3		Bodil Koch (1903–1972)	28 November 1966	2 February 1968	1 year, 66 days	Social Democrats
4		[da] (1909–1997)	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days	Social Liberals
5		[da] (1924–1980)	11 October 1971	19 December 1973	2 years, 69 days	Social Democrats
6		[da] (1919–1999)	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	1 year, 56 days	Venstre
(5)		[da] (1924–1980)	13 February 1975	16 February 1980 †	5 years, 3 days	Social Democrats	––
7		Lise Østergaard (1924–1996)	28 February 1980	10 September 1982	2 years, 194 days	Social Democrats	–
8		Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948)	10 September 1982	12 March 1986	3 years, 183 days	Centre Democrats
Minister of Culture and Communications (Kultur- og kommunikationsminister)
9		[da] (born 1948)	12 March 1986	3 June 1988	2 years, 83 days	Conservative	–
Minister for Culture (Kulturminister)
9		[da] (1936–2016)	3 June 1988	18 December 1990	2 years, 198 days	Social Liberals
10		Grethe Rostbøll (1941–2021)	18 December 1990	24 January 1993	2 years, 37 days	Conservative
11		Jytte Hilden (born 1942)	25 January 1993	30 December 1996	3 years, 340 days	Social Democrats	P.N. Rasmussen I–II
12		[da] (1944–2009)	30 December 1996	23 March 1998	1 year, 83 days	Social Liberals	P.N. Rasmussen III
13		Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen (born 1960)	23 March 1998	27 November 2001	3 years, 249 days	Social Liberals	P.N. Rasmussen IV
14		Brian Mikkelsen (born 1966)	27 November 2001	10 September 2008	6 years, 288 days	Conservative	A.F. Rasmussen I–II–III
15		Carina Christensen (born 1972)	10 September 2008	23 February 2010	1 year, 166 days	Conservative	A.F. Rasmussen III L.L. Rasmussen I
16		Per Stig Møller (born 1942)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days	Conservative	L.L. Rasmussen I
17		Uffe Elbæk (born 1954)	3 October 2011	6 December 2012	1 year, 64 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I
18		Marianne Jelved (born 1943)	6 December 2012	28 June 2015	2 years, 204 days	Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I–II
19		Bertel Haarder (born 1944)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days	Venstre	L.L. Rasmussen II
20		Mette Bock (born 1957)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days	Liberal Alliance	L.L. Rasmussen III
21		Joy Mogensen (born 1980)	27 June 2019	16 August 2021	2 years, 50 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen
22		Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (born 1983)	16 August 2021	Incumbent	16 days	Social Democrats	Frederiksen

References[]

• List of Culture Ministers – From the Danish Ministry of Culture.