Minister for Culture (Denmark)
| Minister of Culture | |
|---|---|
| Kulturminister | |
since 15 December 2022 | |
| Ministry of Culture | |
| Type | Minister |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | the Prime minister |
| Seat | Slotsholmen |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Precursor | Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs |
| Formation | 19 September 1961 |
| First holder | Julius Bomholt |
| Succession | depending on the order in the State Council |
| Deputy | Permanent Secretary |
| Salary | 1.400.192,97 DKK (€187,839), in 2024 |
| Website | Official website |
The Danish minister of culture (Danish: Kulturminister) 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 (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 (as of 2025).