| 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 | 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 Cabinet–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 | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet–II |
| 12 | | Ebbe Lundgaard [ da ]
(1944–2009) | 30 December 1996 | 23 March 1998 | 1 year, 83 days | Social Liberals | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet |
| 13 | | Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen
(born 1960) | 23 March 1998 | 27 November 2001 | 3 years, 249 days | Social Liberals | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet |
| 14 | | Brian Mikkelsen
(born 1966) | 27 November 2001 | 10 September 2008 | 6 years, 288 days | Conservatives | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III |
| 15 | | Carina Christensen
(born 1972) | 10 September 2008 | 23 February 2010 | 1 year, 166 days | Conservatives | Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet
Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 16 | | Per Stig Møller
(born 1942) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Conservatives | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 17 | | Uffe Elbæk
(born 1954) | 3 October 2011 | 6 December 2012 | 1 year, 64 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
| 18 | | Marianne Jelved
(born 1943) | 6 December 2012 | 28 June 2015 | 2 years, 204 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet–II |
| 19 | | Bertel Haarder
(born 1944) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet |
| 20 | | Mette Bock
(born 1957) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Liberal Alliance | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet |
| 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 | 2 years, 53 days | Moderates | Frederiksen II Cabinet |
