Minister for Culture (Denmark)

Minister of Culture
Kulturminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent Jakob Engel-Schmidt since 15 December 2022
Ministry of Culture
Type	Minister
Member of	Cabinet State Council
Reports to	the Prime minister
Seat	Slotsholmen
Appointer	The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Precursor	Kultus Minister
Formation	19 September 1961;64 years ago (1961-09-19)
First holder	Julius Bomholt
Succession	depending on the order in the State Council
Deputy	Permanent Secretary
Salary	1.400.192,97 DKK (€187,839), in 2024 [1]
Website	Official 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 ^[update] ).

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 1961	26 September 1964	3 years, 7 days		Social Democrats	Krag I Cabinet
2		Hans Sølvhøj  ( da ) (1919–1989)	26 September 1964	28 November 1966	2 years, 63 days		Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet
3		Bodil Koch (1903–1972)	28 November 1966	2 February 1968	1 year, 66 days		Social Democrats	Krag II Cabinet
4		Kristen Helveg Petersen  ( da ) (1909–1997)	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	3 years, 251 days		Social Liberals	Baunsgaard Cabinet
5		Niels Matthiasen  ( da ) (1924–1980)	11 October 1971	19 December 1973	2 years, 69 days		Social Democrats	Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet
6		Nathalie Lind (1919–1999)	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	1 year, 56 days		Venstre	Hartling Cabinet
(5)		Niels Matthiasen  ( da ) (1924–1980)	13 February 1975	16 February 1980 †	5 years, 3 days		Social Democrats	Jørgensen II Cabinet–III–IV
7		Lise Østergaard (1924–1996)	28 February 1980	10 September 1982	2 years, 194 days		Social Democrats	Jørgensen IV Cabinet–V
8		Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948)	10 September 1982	12 March 1986	3 years, 183 days		Centre Democrats	Schlüter I Cabinet
Minister of Culture and Communications (Kultur- og kommunikationsminister)
9		Hans Peter Clausen  ( da ) (1928–1998)	12 March 1986	3 June 1988	2 years, 83 days		Conservatives	Schlüter I–II
Minister for Culture (Kulturminister)
9		Ole Vig Jensen  ( da ) (1936–2016)	3 June 1988	18 December 1990	2 years, 198 days		Social Liberals	Schlüter III Cabinet
10		Grethe Rostbøll (1941–2021)	18 December 1990	24 January 1993	2 years, 37 days		Conservatives	Schlüter IV Cabinet
11		Jytte Hilden (born 1942)	25 January 1993	30 December 1996	3 years, 340 days		Social Democrats	P. N. Rasmussen I–II	[2] [3]
12		Ebbe Lundgaard  ( da ) (1944–2009)	30 December 1996	23 March 1998	1 year, 83 days		Social Liberals	P. N. Rasmussen III	[4]
13		Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen (born 1960)	23 March 1998	27 November 2001	3 years, 249 days		Social Liberals	P. N. Rasmussen IV	[5]
14		Brian Mikkelsen (born 1966)	27 November 2001	10 September 2008	6 years, 288 days		Conservatives	A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III	[6] [7] [8]
15		Carina Christensen (born 1972)	10 September 2008	23 February 2010	1 year, 166 days		Conservatives	A. F. Rasmussen III L. L. Rasmussen I	[8] [9]
16		Per Stig Møller (born 1942)	23 February 2010	3 October 2011	1 year, 222 days		Conservatives	L. L. Rasmussen I	[9]
17		Uffe Elbæk (born 1954)	3 October 2011	6 December 2012	1 year, 64 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I	[10]
18		Marianne Jelved (born 1943)	6 December 2012	28 June 2015	2 years, 204 days		Social Liberals	Thorning-Schmidt I–II	[10] [11]
19		Bertel Haarder (born 1944)	28 June 2015	28 November 2016	1 year, 153 days		Venstre	L. L. Rasmussen II	[12]
20		Mette Bock (born 1957)	28 November 2016	27 June 2019	2 years, 211 days		Liberal Alliance	L. L. Rasmussen III	[13]
21		Joy Mogensen (born 1980)	27 June 2019	16 August 2021	2 years, 50 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
22		Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (born 1983)	16 August 2021	15 December 2022	1 year, 121 days		Social Democrats	Frederiksen I Cabinet
23		Jakob Engel-Schmidt (born 1983)	15 December 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 8 days		Moderates	Frederiksen 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. "Regeringen Anders Fogh Rasmussen III" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
9. "Regeringen Lars Løkke Rasmussen I" (in Danish). Statsministeriet. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
10. "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.

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