# Kultus Minister (Denmark)

The Kultus Minister of Denmark (Danish: Kultusminister) was a Danish minister office. The responsibilities of the minister was the church, culture and education. The word kultus comes from cultus, Latin for adoration from which the words culture and cult are derived.
In 1916, the office was split up into an Education Minister and a Church Minister. The new Church Minister had responsibility for culture, a task transferred to the Minister for Cultural Affairs in 1961.

## List of Kultus Ministers

    There may or may not have been Kultus Ministers before Denmark became a constitutional monarchy in 1848

### Kultus ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863)

| No. | Kultus minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
| 1 | Monrad, Ditlev GothardDitlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) | 22 March 1848 | 15 November 1848 | 238 days | National Liberal | Moltke I |
| 2 | Madvig, Johan NicolaiJohan Nicolai Madvig (1804–1886) | 16 November 1848 | 7 December 1851 | 3 years, 22 days | National Liberal | Moltke II Moltke III Moltke IV |
| 3 | Bang, Peter GeorgPeter Georg Bang (1797–1861) | 7 December 1851 | 3 June 1852 | 179 days | Independent | Moltke IV Bluhme I |
| 4 | Simony, Carl FrederikCarl Frederik Simony [da] (1806–1872) | 3 June 1852 | 21 April 1853 | 322 days | National Liberal | Bluhme I |
| 5 | Ørsted, Anders SandøeAnders Sandøe Ørsted (1778–1860) | 21 April 1853 | 12 December 1854 | 1 year, 235 days | Independent | Ørsted |
| 6 | Hall, Carl ChristianCarl Christian Hall (1812–1888) | 12 December 1854 | 6 May 1859 | 4 years, 145 days | National Liberal | Bang Andræ Hall I |
| (1) | Monrad, Ditlev GothardDitlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) | 6 May 1859 | 2 December 1859 | 210 days | National Liberal | Hall I |
| 7 | Borgen, Vilhelm AugustVilhelm August Borgen [da] (1801–1884) | 2 December 1859 | 24 February 1860 | 84 days | Bondevennerne | Rotwitt |
| (1) | Monrad, Ditlev GothardDitlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) | 24 February 1860 | 31 December 1863 | 3 years, 310 days | National Liberal | Hall II |

### Kultus ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906)

| No. | Kultus minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
| 8 | Engelstoft, Christian ThorningChristian Thorning Engelstoft [da] (1805–1889) | 31 December 1863 | 11 July 1864 | 193 days | Nonpartisan | Monrad |
| 9 | Heltzen, Eugenius Sophus ErnstEugenius Sophus Ernst Heltzen [da] (1818–1898) | 11 July 1864 | 30 March 1865 | 262 days | Højre | Bluhme II |
| - | Quaade, GeorgeGeorge Quaade [da] (1813–1889) Acting | 30 March 1865 | 7 April 1865 | 8 days | Nonpartisan | Bluhme II |
| 10 | Bræstrup, CosmusCosmus Bræstrup [da] (1789–1870) | 7 April 1865 | 6 November 1865 | 213 days | Højre | Bluhme II |
| 11 | Rosenørn-Teilmann, Christian Peter TheodorChristian Peter Theodor Rosenørn-Teilmann [da] (1817–1879) | 6 November 1865 | 4 September 1867 | 1 year, 302 days | Nonpartisan | Frijs |
| 12 | Rosenørn-Teilmann, Christian Peter TheodorPeter Christian Kjerkegaard (1805–1888) | 4 September 1867 | 6 March 1868 | 184 days | Nonpartisan | Frijs |
| - | Fonnesbech, Christen AndreasChristen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817–1880) Acting | 6 March 1868 | 15 March 1868 | 9 days | National Landowners | Frijs |
| 13 | Hansen, Aleth SophusAleth Sophus Hansen [da] (1817–1889) | 15 March 1868 | 22 September 1869 | 1 year, 191 days | Nonpartisan | Frijs |
| 14 | Rosenørn, Ernst EmilErnst Emil Rosenørn [da] (1810–1894) | 22 September 1869 | 28 May 1870 | 248 days | Nonpartisan | Frijs |
| 15 | Hall, Carl ChristianCarl Christian Hall (1812–1888) | 28 May 1870 | 14 July 1874 | 4 years, 47 days | National Liberal | Holstein-Holsteinborg |
| 16 | Worsaae, Jens Jacob AsmussenJens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821–1885) | 14 July 1874 | 11 June 1875 | 332 days | Nonpartisan | Fonnesbech |
| 17 | Fischer, Johan Christian HenrikJohan Christian Henrik Fischer [da] (1814–1885) | 11 June 1875 | 24 August 1880 | 5 years, 74 days | Højre | Estrup |
| 18 | Scavenius, Jacob FrederikJacob Frederik Scavenius (1833–1915) | 24 August 1880 | 6 July 1891 | 10 years, 316 days | Højre | Estrup |
| - | Nellemann, JohannesJohannes Nellemann (1831–1906) Acting | 6 July 1891 | 10 July 1891 | 4 days | Højre | Estrup |
| 19 | Goos, August Hermann Ferdinand CarlAugust Hermann Ferdinand Carl Goos (1835–1917) | 10 July 1891 | 7 August 1894 | 3 years, 28 days | Højre | Estrup |
| 20 | Bardenfleth, VilhelmVilhelm Bardenfleth [da] (1850–1933) | 7 August 1894 | 23 May 1897 | 2 years, 289 days | Højre | Reedtz-Thott |
| 21 | Sthyr, Hans ValdemarHans Valdemar Sthyr [da] (1838–1905) | 23 May 1897 | 27 April 1900 | 2 years, 339 days | Højre | Hørring |
| 22 | Bjerre, Jens Jacobsen KokholmJens Jacobsen Kokholm Bjerre [da] (1847–1901) | 27 April 1900 | 24 July 1901 | 1 year, 88 days | Højre | Sehested |
| 23 | Christensen, Jens ChristianJens Christian Christensen (1856–1930) | 24 July 1901 | 14 January 1905 | 3 years, 174 days | Venstre Reform | Deuntzer |
| 24 | Sørensen, Enevold Frederik AdolfEnevold Frederik Adolf Sørensen (1850–1920) | 14 January 1905 | 28 October 1909 | 4 years, 287 days | Venstre Reform | Christensen I Cabinet–II |

### Kultus ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912)

| No. | Portrait | Kultus minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
| 25 | | Nielsen, Michael Cosmus BornemannMichael Cosmus Bornemann Nielsen [da] (1847–1930) | 28 October 1909 | 5 July 1910 | 250 days | Social Liberals | Zahle I |
| 26 | | Appel, JacobJakob Lindberg Appel [da] (1866–1931) | 5 July 1910 | 21 June 1913 | 2 years, 351 days | Venstre | Berntsen |

### Kultus ministers under Christian X (1912–1947)

| No. | Portrait | Kultus minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
| 27 | | Keiser-Nielsen, SørenSøren Keiser-Nielsen [da] (1856–1926) | 21 June 1913 | 28 April 1916 | 2 years, 312 days | Social Liberals | Zahle II |