The Kultus Minister of Denmark () 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 ministers Ministers under Frederick VII (1848–1863) Portrait Name(born-died) Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office 1 Ditlev Gothard Monrad 22 March 1848 16 November 1848 National Liberal Moltke I 2 Johan Nicolai Madvig 16 November 1848 7 December 1851 National Liberal Moltke II–III–IV 3 Peter Georg Bang 7 December 1851 3 June 1852 Independent Moltke IVBluhme I 4 3 June 1852 21 April 1853 National Liberal Bluhme I 5 Anders Sandøe Ørsted 21 April 1853 12 December 1854 Independent Ørsted 6 Carl Christian Hall 12 December 1854 6 May 1859 National Liberal BangAndræHall I (1) Ditlev Gothard Monrad 6 May 1859 2 December 1859 National Liberal Hall I 7 2 December 1859 24 February 1860 Society of the Friends of Peasants Rotwitt (1) Ditlev Gothard Monrad 24 February 1860 31 December 1863 National Liberal Hall II
Ministers under Christian IX (1863–1906) Portrait Name(born-died) Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office 8 31 December 1863 11 July 1864 Independent Monrad 9 11 July 1864 30 March 1865 Højre Bluhme II – 30 March 1865 7 April 1865 Independent Bluhme II 10 7 April 1865 6 November 1865 Højre Bluhme II 11 6 November 1865 4 September 1867 Independent Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs 12 Peter Kierkegaard 4 September 1867 6 March 1868 Independent Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs – Christen Andreas Fonnesbech 6 March 1868 15 March 1868 National Landowners Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs 13 15 March 1868 22 September 1869 Independent Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs 14 22 September 1869 28 May 1870 Independent Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs 15 Carl Christian Hall 28 May 1870 14 July 1874 National Liberal Party Holstein-Holsteinborg 16 Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae 14 July 1874 11 June 1875 Independent Fonnesbech 17 11 June 1875 24 August 1880 National Landowners Estrup 18 Jacob Frederik Scavenius 24 August 1880 6 July 1891 Højre Estrup – Johannes Nellemann 6 July 1891 10 July 1891 Højre Estrup 19 Carl Goos 10 July 1891 7 August 1894 Højre Estrup 20 7 August 1894 23 May 1897 Højre Reedtz-Thott 21 23 May 1897 27 April 1900 Højre Hørring 22 27 April 1900 24 July 1901 Højre Sehested 23 Jens Christian Christensen 24 July 1901 14 January 1905 Venstre Reform Party Deuntzer 24 Enevold Sørensen 14 January 1905 28 October 1909 Venstre Reform Party Christensen I–IINeergaard IHolstein-Ledreborg
Ministers under Frederik VIII (1906–1912) Portrait Name(born-died) Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office 25 28 October 1909 5 July 1910 Social Liberal Zahle I 25 5 July 1910 21 June 1913 Venstre Berntsen
Ministers under Christian X (1912–1947) Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Time in office 27 21 June 1913 28 April 1916 Social Liberal Zahle II
References
50 Ministers of Education - From the Danish Ministry of Education.