Kultus Minister of Denmark

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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 is latin for culture or cult.

In 1916 the office was split up into a 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.

[edit] List of Kultus Ministers

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

• Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811-1887) (22 March 1848 – 15 November 1848)
• Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804-1886) (16 November 1848 – 7 December 1851)
• Peter Georg Bang (1797-1861) (7 December 1851 – 3 June 1852)
• Carl Frederik Simony (1806-1872) (3 June 1852 – 21 April 1853)
• Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778-1860) (21 April 1853 – 12 December 1854)
• Carl Christian Hall ( 1812-1888) (12 December 1854 – 6 May 1859)
• Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811-1887) (6 May 1859 – 2 December 1859)
• Vilhem August Borgen (1801-1884) (2 December 1859 – 24 February 1860)
• Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811-1887) (24 February 1860 – 31 December 1863)
• Christian Thorning Engelstoft (1805-1889) (31 December 1863 – 11 July 1864)
• Eugenius Sophus Ernst Heltzen (1818-1898) (11 July 1864 – 30 March 1865)
• Georg Joachim Quaade (1813-1889) (30 March 1865 – 7 April 1865)
• Cosmus Bræstrup (1789-1870) (7 April 1865 – 6 November 1865)
• Christian Peter Theodor Rosenørn–Teilmann (1817-1879) (6 November 1865 - 4 September 1867)
• Peter Christian Kjerkegaard (1805-1888) (4 September 1867 – 6 March 1868)
• Christian Andreas Fonnesbech (1817-1880) (6 March 1868 – 15 March 1868)
• Aleth Sophus Hansen (1817-1889) (15 March 1868 – 22 September 1869)
• Ernst Emil Rosenørn (1810-1894) (22 September 1869 – 28 May 1870)
• Carl Christian Hall (1812-1888) (28 May 1870 – 14 July 1874)
• Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821-1885) (14 July 1874 – 11 June 1875)
• Johan Christian Henrik Fischer (1814-1885) (11 June 1875 – 24 August 1880)
• Jacob Frederik Scavenius (1833-1915) (24 August 1880 – 6 July 1891)
• Johannes Magnus Valdemar Nellemann (1831-1906) (6 July 1891 – 10 July 1891)
• August Hermann Ferdinand Carl Goos (1835-1917) (10 July 1891 – 7 August 1894)
• Vilhelm Bardenfleth (1850-1933) (7 August 1894 – 23 May 1897)
• Hans Valdemar Sthyr (1838-1905) (23 May 1897 – 27 April 1900)
• Jens Jacobsen Kokholm Bjerre (1847-1901) (27 April 1900 – 24 July 1901)
• Jens Christian Christensen (1856-1930) (24 July 1901 – 14 January 1905)
• Enevold Frederik Adolf Sørensen (1850-1920) (14 January 1905 – 28 October 1909)
• Michael Cosmus Bornemann Nielsen (1847-1930) (28 October 1909 – 5 July 1910)
• Jacob Christian Lindberg Appel (1866-1931) (5 July 1910 – 21 June 1913)
• Søren Keiser-Nielsen (1856-1926) (21 June 1913 – 30 March 1920)

[edit] References

• 50 Ministers of Education - From the Danish Ministry of Education.

Danish ministerial offices

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