The Danish minister of culture () is the political minister office responsible for culture, head of the Ministry of Culture.

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 () from 1961 to 1988, Culture and Communications Minister () from 1986 to 1988, and Minister for Culture () from 1988 to the present ().

List of ministers Portrait Name(born-died) Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office Minister of Cultural Affairs 1 Julius Bomholt 19 September 1961 26 September 1964 Social Democrats Krag I 2 26 September 1964 28 November 1966 Social Democrats Krag II 3 Bodil Koch 28 November 1966 2 February 1968 Social Democrats Krag II 4 2 February 1968 11 October 1971 Social Liberal Baunsgaard 5 11 October 1971 19 December 1973 Social Democrats Krag IIIJørgensen I 6 Nathalie Lind 19 December 1973 13 February 1975 Venstre Hartling (5) 13 February 1975 16 February 1980 Social Democrats Jørgensen II–III–IV 7 Lise Østergaard 28 February 1980 10 September 1982 Social Democrats Jørgensen IV–V 8 Mimi Jakobsen 10 September 1982 12 March 1986 Centre Democrats Schlüter I 9 12 March 1986 10 September 1987 Conservative People's Party Schlüter I Minister of Culture and Communications (9) 10 September 1987 3 June 1988 Conservative People's Party Schlüter II Minister of Culture 10 3 June 1988 18 December 1990 Social Liberal Schlüter III 11 Grethe Rostbøll 18 December 1990 24 January 1993 Conservative People's Party Schlüter IV 12 Jytte Hilden 25 January 1993 30 December 1996 Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I–II 13 30 December 1996 23 March 1998 Social Liberal P. N. Rasmussen III 14 Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen 23 March 1998 27 November 2001 Social Liberal P. N. Rasmussen IV 15 Brian Mikkelsen 27 November 2001 10 September 2008 Conservative People's Party A. F. Rasmussen I–II–III 16 Carina Christensen 10 September 2008 23 February 2010 Conservative People's Party A. F. Rasmussen IIIL. L. Rasmussen I 17 Per Stig Møller 23 February 2010 3 October 2011 Conservative People's Party L. L. Rasmussen I 18 Uffe Elbæk 3 October 2011 6 December 2012 Social Liberal Thorning-Schmidt I 19 Marianne Jelved 6 December 2012 28 June 2015 Social Liberal Thorning-Schmidt I–II 20 Bertel Haarder 28 June 2015 28 November 2016 Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II 21 Mette Bock 28 November 2016 27 June 2019 Liberal Alliance L. L. Rasmussen III 22 Joy Mogensen 27 June 2019 16 August 2021 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 23 Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen 16 August 2021 15 December 2022 Social Democrats Frederiksen I 24 Jakob Engel-Schmidt 15 December 2022 3 June 2026 Moderates Frederiksen II 25 Zenia Stampe 3 June 2026 Incumbent Social Liberal Frederiksen III

References

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