Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (Denmark)

Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
Kirkeminister
State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Incumbent
Morten Dahlin
since 23 November 2023
Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs
TypeMinister
Member of
Reports tothe Prime minister
SeatSlotsholmen
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
PrecursorKultus Minister
Formation28 April 1916 (1916-04-28)
First holderThorvald Povlsen
Successiondepending on the order in the State Council
DeputyPermanent Secretary
Salary1.400.192,97 DKK
(€187,839), in 2024[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark (Danish: Kirkeminister, lit. 'Minister of the Church') is a Danish political minister office. The main responsibility of the minister is the Church of Denmark. The minister is politically appointed without any requirements being a member of the state church.[2]

The office was created in 1916 when the post Kultus Minister was split up into the posts of Minister of Education and Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs. The new Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs also took over the responsibility for culture from the Kultus Minister. In 1961 responsibility of culture was transferred to the Minister of Cultural Affairs.

Since 23 November 2023, Morten Dahlin from Venstre, holds the post in the second Frederiksen cabinet.

List of ministers

No. Portrait Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Political party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Thorvald Povlsen
(1870–1948) 		28 April 1916 30 March 1920 3 years, 337 days Social Liberal Zahle II [3]
2 H. Edvard Hass
(1866–1946) 		30 March 1920 5 April 1920 6 days Independent Liebe [4]
3 Emil Ammentorp
(1862–1947) 		5 April 1920 5 May 1920 30 days Independent Friis [5]
4 Jens Christian Christensen
(1856–1930) 		5 May 1920 15 August 1922 2 years, 102 days Venstre Neergaard II [6]
5 Jacob Appel
(1866–1931) 		15 August 1922 23 April 1924 1 year, 252 days Venstre Neergaard II–III [6][7]
6 Niels Peter Lorentsen Dahl
(1869–1936) 		23 April 1924 14 December 1926 2 years, 235 days Social Democrats Stauning I [8]
7 Fritz Bruun-Rasmussen
(1870–1964) 		14 December 1926 30 April 1929 2 years, 137 days Venstre Madsen-Mygdal [9]
(6) Niels Peter Lorentsen Dahl
(1869–1936) 		30 April 1929 4 November 1935 6 years, 188 days Social Democrats Stauning II [10]
8 Johannes Hansen
(1881–1953) 		4 November 1935 8 July 1940 4 years, 247 days Social Democrats Stauning III–IV–V [11][12]
[13]
9 Vilhelm Fibiger
(1886–1978) 		8 July 1940 9 November 1942 2 years, 124 days Conservative People's Party Stauning VI
Buhl I 		[14][15]
10 Valdemar Holbøll
(1871–1954) 		9 November 1942 29 August 1943 293 days Independent Scavenius [16]
No Danish government in between August 29, 1943 (1943-08-29) and May 5, 1945 (1945-05-05). Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.[a]
11 Arne Sørensen
(1906–1978) 		5 May 1945 7 November 1945 186 days Danish Unity Buhl II [17]
– Mads Rasmussen Hartling
(1885–1960)
acting 		7 November 1945 12 November 1945 5 days Venstre Kristensen [18]
12 Carl Martin Hermansen
(1897–1976) 		12 November 1945 13 November 1947 2 years, 1 day Venstre Kristensen [18]
13 Frede Nielsen
(1891–1954) 		13 November 1947 16 September 1950 2 years, 307 days Social Democrats Hedtoft I [19]
14 Bodil Koch
(1903–1972) 		16 September 1950 30 October 1950 44 days Social Democrats Hedtoft II [20]
15 Jens Sønderup
(1897–1976) 		30 October 1950 13 September 1951 318 days Venstre Eriksen [21]
(12) Carl Martin Hermansen
(1897–1976) 		13 September 1951 30 September 1953 2 years, 17 days Venstre Eriksen [21]
(14) Bodil Koch
(1903–1972) 		30 September 1953 28 November 1966 13 years, 59 days Social Democrats Hedtoft III
Hansen I–II
Kampmann I–II
Krag I–II 		[22][23]
[24][25]
[26][27]
[28]
16 Orla Møller
(1916–1979) 		28 November 1966 2 February 1968 1 year, 66 days Social Democrats Krag II [28]
17 Arne Fog Pedersen
(1911–1984) 		2 February 1968 11 October 1971 3 years, 251 days Venstre Baunsgaard [29]
18 Dorte Bennedsen
(1938–2016) 		11 October 1971 19 December 1973 1 year, 351 days Social Democrats Krag III
Jørgensen I 		[30][31]
19 Kresten Damsgaard
(1903–1992) 		19 December 1973 29 January 1975 1 year, 41 days Venstre Hartling [32]
20 Jørgen Peder Hansen
(1923–1994) 		13 February 1975 30 August 1978 3 years, 198 days Social Democrats Jørgensen II [33]
21 Egon Jensen
(1922–1985) 		30 August 1978 26 October 1979 1 year, 57 days Social Democrats Jørgensen III [34]
(20) Jørgen Peder Hansen
(1923–1994) 		26 October 1979 20 January 1981 1 year, 86 days Social Democrats Jørgensen IV [35]
22 Tove Lindbo Larsen
(1928–2018) 		20 January 1981 10 September 1982 1 year, 233 days Social Democrats Jørgensen IV–V [35][36]
23 Elsebeth Kock-Petersen
(born 1949) 		10 September 1982 23 July 1984 1 year, 317 days Venstre Schlüter I [37]
24 Mette Madsen
(1924–2015) 		23 July 1984 3 June 1988 3 years, 316 days Venstre Schlüter I–II [37][38]
25 Torben Rechendorff
(1937–2022) 		3 June 1988 25 January 1993 4 years, 236 days Conservative People's Party Schlüter III–IV [39][40]
26 Arne O. Andersen
(born 1939) 		25 January 1993 27 September 1994 1 year, 245 days Centre Democrats P. N. Rasmussen I [41]
27 Birte Weiss
(1941–2026) 		27 September 1994 30 December 1996 2 years, 94 days Social Democrats P. N. Rasmussen II [42]
28 Ole Vig Jensen
(1936–2016) 		30 December 1996 23 March 1998 1 year, 83 days Social Liberal P. N. Rasmussen III [43]
29 Margrethe Vestager
(born 1968) 		23 March 1998 21 December 2000 2 years, 273 days Social Liberal P. N. Rasmussen IV [44]
30 Johannes Lebech
(born 1967) 		21 December 2000 27 November 2001 341 days Social Liberal P. N. Rasmussen IV [44]
31 Tove Fergo
(1946–2015) 		27 November 2001 18 February 2005 3 years, 83 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen I [45]
32 Bertel Haarder
(born 1944) 		18 February 2005 23 November 2007 2 years, 278 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen II [46]
33 Birthe Rønn Hornbech
(born 1943) 		23 November 2007 8 March 2011 3 years, 105 days Venstre A. F. Rasmussen III
L. L. Rasmussen I 		[47][48]
34 Per Stig Møller
(born 1942) 		23 February 2010 3 October 2011 1 year, 222 days Conservative People's Party L. L. Rasmussen I [48]
35 Manu Sareen
(born 1967) 		3 October 2011 6 December 2012 1 year, 64 days Social Liberal Thorning-Schmidt I [49]
36 Marianne Jelved
(born 1943) 		6 December 2012 28 June 2015 2 years, 204 days Social Liberal Thorning-Schmidt I–II [49][50]
(32) Bertel Haarder
(born 1944) 		28 June 2015 28 November 2016 1 year, 153 days Venstre L. L. Rasmussen II [51]
37 Mette Bock
(born 1957) 		28 November 2016 27 June 2019 2 years, 211 days Liberal Alliance L. L. Rasmussen III [52]
38 Joy Mogensen
(born 1980) 		27 June 2019 16 August 2021 2 years, 50 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [53]
39 Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
(born 1983) 		16 August 2021 15 December 2022 1 year, 121 days Social Democrats Frederiksen I [53]
40 Louise Schack Elholm
(born 1977) 		15 December 2022 23 November 2023 343 days Venstre Frederiksen II [54]
41 Mette Madsen
(born 1989) 		23 November 2023 Incumbent 2 years, 119 days Venstre Frederiksen II [54]

Notes

  1. ^ On 29 August 1943, the Danish government resigned, refusing to grant further concessions to Nazi Germany. All government operations were assumed by the permanent secretaries of the individual departments, and this arrangement lasted until the Liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945. Since King Christian X never accepted the resignation of the government, it existed de jure until a new cabinet was formed on 5 May 1945.

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