Jytte Hilden (born 12 September 1942) is a Danish chemical engineer and politician (

Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so ...

). She was elected member of the

Folketing The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands ...

from 1979 to 1998, and was appointed

Minister for Culture A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organizat ...

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Poul Oluf Nyrup Rasmussen (, informally Poul Nyrup, born 15 June 1943) is a retired Danish politician. Rasmussen was Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) from ...

's first Cabinet.

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1942 births Living people People from Copenhagen Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians 20th-century Danish politicians 20th-century Danish women politicians Women government ministers of Denmark Danish Culture Ministers Danish Ministers of Higher Education and Science {{Denmark-bio-stub