Culture Minister of Denmark is the Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 political minister office responsible for culture, head of the Ministry of Culture of Denmark

Ministry of Culture of Denmark

The Ministry of Culture of Denmark is a department of the Danish Government, with responsibility for culture, sport and media.-History:...

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The political responsibility for culture, as well as church and education, was with the Kultus Minister

Kultus Minister of Denmark

The Kultus Minister of Denmark was a Danish minister office. The responsibilities of the minister was the church, culture and education. The word kultus is Latin for adoration, from which the words culture and cult are derived....

 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 Culture Minister 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 Culture Minister ("Kulturminister") from 1988 to the present .

List of Culture Ministers

• Julius Bomholt
  Julius Bomholt
  Julius Bomholt was a Danish politician representing the Social Democrats.He was a member of the Folketing 1929-1968 and served as speaker in 1945-1950 and again 1964-1968...
  
   (S
  Social Democrats (Denmark)
  The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark...
  
  )—Minister for Cultural Affairs 19 September 1961 – 26 September 1964
• Hans Sølvhøj (S)—Minister for Cultural Affairs 26 September 1964 – 28 November 1966
• Bodil Koch
  Bodil Koch
  Bodil Koch was the wife of a prominent professor, a Social Democrat, and a minister. She was married to professor Hal Koch, an advocate of democracy as a continuing deliberation instead of the majority's rights over the minorities...
  
   (S)—Minister for Cultural Affairs 28 November 1966 – 2 February 1968
• Kristen Helveg Petersen (RV
  Det Radikale Venstre
  The Danish Social Liberal Party is a social liberal political party in Denmark. The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.-Origin:...
  
  )—Minister for Cultural Affairs 2 February 1968 – 11 October 1971
• Niels Matthiasen (S)—Minister for Cultural Affairs 11 October 1971 – 19 December 1973
• Nathalie Lind (V
  Venstre (Denmark)
  VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark...
  
  )—Minister for Cultural Affairs 19 December 1973 – 13 February 1975
• Niels Matthiasen (S)—Minister for Cultural Affairs 13 February 1975 – 16 February 1980
• Lise Østergaard (S)—Minister for Cultural Affairs 28 February 1980 – 10 September 1982
• Mimi Stilling Jacobsen (CD)—Minister for Cultural Affairs 10 September 1982 – 12 March 1986
• Hans Peter Clausen (K
  Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
  The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party.-History:The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre , the liberals.The party has participated in several coalition...
  
  )—Culture and Communications Minister 12 March 1986 – 3 June 1988
• Ole Vig Jensen (RV)—Culture Minister 3 June 1988 – 18 December 1990
• Grethe Rostbøll (K)—Culture Minister 18 December 1990 – 24 January 1993
• Jytte Hilden (S)—Culture Minister 25 January 1993 – 30 December 1996
• Ebbe Lundgaard (RV)—Culture Minister 30 December 1996 – 23 March 1998
• Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen (RV)—Culture Minister 23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001
• Brian Mikkelsen
  Brian Mikkelsen
  Brian Arthur Mikkelsen is a Danish politician. He is a member of the Conservative People's Party, and has been a member of parliament since 21 September 1994....
  
   (K)—Culture Minister 27 November 2001 – 10 September 2008
• Carina Christensen
  Carina Christensen
  Carina Christensen is a Danish politician representing the Conservative People's Party. She was the Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II from 15 December 2006 to 23 November 2007. She replaced Lars Barfoed after he had been criticized for poor official...
  
   (K)—Culture Minister 10 September 2008 – 23 February 2010
• Per Stig Møller
  Per Stig Møller
  Per Stig Møller was Culture Minister of Denmark. He has been a member of Folketinget for the Conservative People's Party since 1984, and was Minister for the Environment from December 18, 1990 to January 24, 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from November 27,...
  
   (K)-Culture Minister 23 February 2010 – 3 October 2011
• Uffe Elbæk
  Uffe Elbæk
  Uffe Elbæk is a politician of the Danish Social Liberal Party.Elbæk is the founder and former Principal of the KaosPilots International School of New Business Design and Social Innovation, located in Aarhus...
  
  (RV) - Culture Minister 3 October 2011