This is a list of ministers of ecclesiastical affairs of Denmark since the establishment of the Ministry for Ecclesiastical Affairs in 1916.
No. | Portrait | Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet | |
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1 | Thorvald Povlsen (1868–1942) |
28 April 1916 | 30 March 1920 | 3 years, 337 days | Social Liberals | Zahle II Cabinet | ||
2 | H. Edvard Hass (1866–1946) |
30 March 1920 | 5 April 1920 | 6 days | Independent | Liebe Cabinet | ||
3 | Emil Ammentorp (1862–1947) |
5 April 1920 | 5 May 1920 | 30 days | Independent | Friis Cabinet | ||
4 | Jens Christian Christensen (1856–1930) |
5 May 1920 | 15 August 1922 | 2 years, 102 days | Venstre | Neergaard II Cabinet | ||
5 | Jacob Appel (1866–1931) |
15 August 1922 | 23 April 1924 | 1 year, 252 days | Venstre | Neergaard II Cabinet– III | ||
6 | Niels Peter Lorentsen Dahl (1869–1936) |
23 April 1924 | 14 December 1926 | 2 years, 235 days | Social Democrats | Stauning I Cabinet | ||
7 | Fritz Bruun-Rasmussen (1870–1964) |
14 December 1926 | 30 April 1929 | 2 years, 137 days | Venstre | Madsen-Mygdal Cabinet | ||
(6) | Niels Peter Lorentsen Dahl (1869–1936) |
30 April 1929 | 4 November 1935 | 6 years, 188 days | Social Democrats | Stauning II Cabinet | ||
8 | Johannes Hansen (1881–1953) |
4 November 1935 | 8 July 1940 | 4 years, 247 days | Social Democrats | Stauning III Cabinet– IV– V | ||
9 | Vilhelm Fibiger (1886–1978) |
8 July 1940 | 9 November 1942 | 2 years, 124 days | Conservatives |
Stauning VI Cabinet Buhl I Cabinet | ||
10 | Valdemar Holbøll (1871–1954) |
9 November 1942 | 29 August 1943 [a] | 293 days | Independent | Scavenius Cabinet | ||
No Danish government in between 29 August 1943[a] | and 5 May 1945 . Office is assumed by the permanent secretary.||||||||
11 | Arne Sørensen (1906–1978) |
5 May 1945 | 7 November 1945 | 186 days | Danish Unity | Buhl II Cabinet | ||
– | Mads Rasmussen Hartling (1885–1960) Acting |
7 November 1945 | 12 November 1945 | 5 days | Venstre | Kristensen Cabinet | ||
12 | Carl Martin Hermansen (1897–1976) |
12 November 1945 | 13 November 1947 | 2 years, 1 day | Venstre | Kristensen Cabinet | ||
13 | Frede Nielsen (1891–1954) |
13 November 1947 | 16 September 1950 | 2 years, 307 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I Cabinet | ||
14 | Bodil Koch (1903–1972) |
16 September 1950 | 30 October 1950 | 44 days | Social Democrats | Hedtoft I Cabinet | ||
15 | Jens Sønderup (1897–1976) |
30 October 1950 | 13 September 1951 | 318 days | Venstre | Eriksen Cabinet | ||
(12) | Carl Martin Hermansen (1897–1976) |
13 September 1951 | 30 September 1953 | 2 years, 17 days | Venstre | Eriksen Cabinet | ||
(14) | Bodil Koch (1903–1972) |
30 September 1953 | 28 November 1966 | 13 years, 59 days | Social Democrats |
Hedtoft II Cabinet Hansen I Cabinet– II Kampmann I Cabinet– II Krag I Cabinet | ||
16 | Orla Møller (1916–1979) |
28 November 1966 | 2 February 1968 | 1 year, 66 days | Social Democrats | Krag II Cabinet | ||
17 | Arne Fog Pedersen (1911–1984) |
2 February 1968 | 11 October 1971 | 3 years, 251 days | Venstre | Baunsgaard Cabinet | ||
18 | Dorte Bennedsen (1938–2016) |
11 October 1971 | 19 December 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | Social Democrats |
Krag III Cabinet Jørgensen I Cabinet | ||
19 | Kresten Damsgaard (1903–1992) |
19 December 1973 | 13 February 1975 | 1 year, 56 days | Venstre | Hartling Cabinet | ||
20 | Jørgen Peder Hansen (1923–1994) |
13 February 1975 | 30 August 1978 | 3 years, 198 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen II Cabinet | ||
21 | Egon Jensen (1922–1985) |
30 August 1978 | 26 October 1979 | 1 year, 57 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen III Cabinet | ||
(20) | Jørgen Peder Hansen (1923–1994) |
26 October 1979 | 20 January 1981 | 1 year, 86 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet | ||
22 | Tove Lindbo Larsen (1928–2018) |
20 January 1981 | 10 September 1982 | 1 year, 233 days | Social Democrats | Jørgensen IV Cabinet– V | ||
23 | Elsebeth Kock-Petersen (born 1949) |
10 September 1982 | 23 July 1984 | 1 year, 317 days | Venstre | Schlüter I Cabinet | ||
24 | Mette Madsen (1924–2015) |
23 July 1984 | 3 June 1988 | 3 years, 316 days | Venstre | Schlüter I Cabinet– II | ||
25 | Torben Rechendorff (1937–2022) |
3 June 1988 | 25 January 1993 | 4 years, 236 days | Conservatives | Schlüter III Cabinet– IV | ||
26 | Arne O. Andersen (born 1939) |
25 January 1993 | 27 September 1994 | 1 year, 245 days | Centre Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet | ||
27 | Birte Weiss (born 1941) |
27 September 1994 | 30 December 1996 | 2 years, 94 days | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet | ||
28 | Ole Vig Jensen (1936–2016) |
30 December 1996 | 23 March 1998 | 1 year, 83 days | Social Liberals | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet | ||
29 | Margrethe Vestager (born 1968) |
23 March 1998 | 21 December 2000 | 2 years, 273 days | Social Liberals | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | ||
30 | Johannes Lebech (born 1967) |
21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | Social Liberals | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet | ||
31 |
Tove Fergo (1946–2015) | 27 November 2001 | 18 February 2005 | 3 years, 83 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet | ||
32 |
Bertel Haarder (born 1944) | 18 February 2005 | 23 November 2007 | 2 years, 278 days | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet | ||
33 |
Birthe Rønn Hornbech (born 1943) | 23 November 2007 | 8 March 2011 | 3 years, 105 days | Venstre |
Anders Fogh Rasmussen III Cabinet Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | ||
34 |
Per Stig Møller (born 1942) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | Conservatives | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet | ||
35 |
Manu Sareen (born 1967) | 3 October 2011 | 6 December 2012 | 1 year, 64 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet | ||
36 |
Marianne Jelved (born 1943) | 6 December 2012 | 28 June 2015 | 2 years, 204 days | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet– II | ||
(32) |
Bertel Haarder (born 1944) | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet | ||
37 |
Mette Bock (born 1957) | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | 2 years, 211 days | Liberal Alliance | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet | ||
38 | Joy Mogensen (born 1980) |
27 June 2019 | 16 August 2021 | 2 years, 50 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | ||
39 |
Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (born 1983) | 16 August 2021 | 15 December 2022 | 1 year, 121 days | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet | ||
40 |
Louise Schack Elholm (born 1977) | 15 December 2022 | 23 November 2023 | 343 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II Cabinet | ||
41 |
Morten Dahlin (born 1989) | 23 November 2023 | 160 days | Venstre | Frederiksen II Cabinet |