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Culture Minister of Denmark is the
DanishDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
political minister office responsible for culture.
The political responsibility for culture, as well as church and education, was with the
Kultus MinisterThe 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 was a Danish politician representing the Social Democrats.He was a member of the Folketing 1929-1968 and served as speaker 1945-1950. He then served as minister of several issues before returning to the office as speaker....
(SThe Social Democrats , is a Danish political party. It is currently the second largest party with 25.5% of votes and 45 of 175 seats. Since the Social Democrats were last in government, ending 2001, it is the first time the Social Democrats are not the most popular party since the end of World War II...
)—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 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 is a social liberal party in Denmark. It is officially translated by the party as Danish Social Liberal Party. A more traditional English-language name is the Radical Liberal Party....
)—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
[The 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...
)—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
The Centre Democrats was a Danish political party. It was formed 1973 by Erhard Jakobsen, a former MP and mayor of Gladsaxe, representing the Danish Social Democrats...
)—Minister for Cultural Affairs 10 September 1982 – 12 March 1986
- Hans Peter Clausen (K
The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party. 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 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 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 December 15, 2006 to November 23, 2007. She replaced Lars Barfoed after he had been criticized for poor...
(K)—Culture Minister 10 September 2008 –