The Minister for Culture of Denmark ( da, Kulturminister) is the Danish

political minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, � ...

office responsible for culture, head of the

Ministry of Culture of Denmark The Ministry of Culture Denmark (Danish: ''Kulturministeriet'') is a ministry of the Danish Government, with responsibility for culture, sport and media. History The Ministry is located at Gammel Strand on Nybrogade opposite Slotsholmen. Origina ...

. 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 In Christianity, a minister is a person authorised by a church or other religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidan ...

. 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 ().

List of Ministers for Culture

References

List of Culture Ministers
nbsp;– From the Danish Ministry of Culture. {{DEFAULTSORT:Culture Minister Of Denmark Lists of government ministers of Denmark Government ministerial offices of Denmark