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 | |
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Member of | the Folketing |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Term length | 4 years |
Precursor | Kultus Minister |
Formation | 19 September 1961 |
First holder | Julius 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 | ||
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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 | |
2 | Hans Sølvhøj (1919–1989) | 26 September 1964 | 28 November 1966 | 2 years, 63 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | |
3 | Bodil Koch (1903–1972) | 28 November 1966 | 2 February 1968 | 1 year, 66 days | Social Democrats | Krag II | |
4 | Kristen Helveg Petersen (1909–1997) | 2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Social Liberals | Baunsgaard | |
5 | Niels Matthiasen (1924–1980) | 11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats | Krag III Jørgensen I | |
6 | Nathalie Lind (1919–1999) | 19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling | |
(5) | Niels Matthiasen (1924–1980) | 13 February 1975 | 16 February 1980 † | 5 years, 3 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II–III–IV | |
7 | Lise Østergaard (1924–1996) | 28 February 1980 | 10 September 1982 | 2 years, 194 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV–V | |
8 | Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948) | 10 September 1982 | 12 March 1986 | 3 years, 183 days | Centre Democrats | Schlüter I | |
Minister of Culture and Communications (Kultur- og kommunikationsminister) | |||||||
9 | Hans Peter Clausen (born 1948) | 12 March 1986 | 3 June 1988 | 2 years, 83 days | Conservative | Schlüter I–II | |
Minister for Culture (Kulturminister) | |||||||
9 | Ole Vig Jensen (1936–2016) | 3 June 1988 | 18 December 1990 | 2 years, 198 days | Social Liberals | Schlüter III | |
10 | Grethe Rostbøll (born 1941) | 18 December 1990 | 24 January 1993 | 2 years, 37 days | Conservative | Schlüter IV | |
11 | Jytte Hilden (born 1942) | 25 January 1993 | 30 December 1996 | 3 years, 340 days | Social Democrats | P.N. Rasmussen I–II | |
12 | Ebbe Lundgaard (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 | Incumbent | 1 year, 222 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen |
References
- List of Culture Ministers – From the Danish Ministry of Culture.