List of Ministers for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark

This is a list of Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark since the establishment of the Ministry for Ecclesiastical Affairs in 1916.

List of Ministers for Ecclesiastical Affairs (1916-present)

Name	Political party	From	to	Years of living
Thorvald. V. Povlsen	Social Liberal Party	28 April 1916	30 March 1920	1868-1942
H. Edvard Hass	No party	30 March 1920	5 April 1920	1866-1946
C. E. A. Ammentorp	No party	5 April 1920	5 May 1920	1862-1947
I. C. Christensen	Liberal Party	5 May 1920	15 August 1922	1856-1930
J. Christian Lindberg Appel	Liberal Party	15 August 1922	23 April 1924	1866-1931
Niels Peter Lorentsen Dahl	Social Democrats	23 April 1924	14 December 1926	1869-1936
Fritz Charles Bruun-Rasmussen	Liberal Party	14 December 1926	30 April 1929	1870-1964
Niels Peter Lorentsen Dahl	Social Democrats	30 April 1929	4 November 1935	1869-1936
Johannes Hansen	Social Democrats	4 November 1935	8 July 1940	1881-1953
Vilhelm Fibiger	Conservative People's Party	8 July 1940	9 November 1942	1886-1978
Valdemar Holbøll	No party	9 November 1942	29 August 1943	1871-1954
None	German occupation of Denmark	29 August 1943	5 May 1945
Arne K. Sørensen	Dansk Samling	5 May 1945	7 November 1945	1906-1978
Mads Rasmussen Hartling	Liberal Party	7 November 1945	12 November 1945	1885-1960
Carl Martin Hermansen	Liberal Party	12 November 1945	13 November 1947	1897-1976
Frede Nielsen	Social Democrats	13 November 1947	16 September 1950	1891-1954
Bodil Koch	Social Democrats	16 September 1950	30 October 1950	1903-1972
Jens Sønderup	Liberal Party	30 October 1950	13 September 1951	1894-1978
Carl Martin Hermansen	Liberal Party	13 September 1951	30 September 1953	1897-1976
Bodil Koch	Social Democrats	30 September 1953	28 November 1966	1903-1972
Orla Møller	Social Democrats	28 November 1966	2 February 1968	1916-1979
Arne Fog Pedersen	Liberal Party	2 February 1968	11 October 1971	1911-1984
Dorte Bennedsen	Social Democrats	11 October 1971	19 December 1973	b. 1938
Kresten Damsgaard	Liberal Party	19 December 1973	13 February 1975	1903-1992
Jørgen Peder Hansen	Social Democrats	13 February 1975	30 August 1978	1923-1994
Egon Carlo Larsen Jensen	Social Democrats	30 August 1978	26 October 1979	1922-1984
Jørgen Peder Hansen	Social Democrats	26 October 1979	20 January 1981	1923-1994
Tove Lindbo Larsen	Social Democrats	20 January 1981	10 September 1982	b. 1928
Elsebeth Koch-Petersen	Liberal Party	10 September 1982	23 July 1984	b. 1949
Mette Madsen	Liberal Party	23 July 1984	3 June 1988	b. 1924
Torben Rechendorff	Conservative People's Party	3 June 1988	25 January 1993	b. 1937
Arne O. Andersen	Centre Democrats	25 January 1993	27 September 1994	b. 1939
Birte Weiss	Social Democrats	27 September 1994	30 December 1996	b. 1941
Ole Vig Jensen	Social Liberal Party	30 December 1996	23 March 1998	b. 1936
Margrethe Vestager	Social Liberal Party	23 March 1998	21 December 2000	b. 1968
Johannes Lebech	Social Liberal Party	21 December 2000	27 November 2001	b. 1948
Tove Fergo	Liberal Party	27 November 2001	18 February 2005	1946-2015
Bertel Haarder	Liberal Party	18 February 2005	23 November 2007	b. 1944
Birthe Rønn Hornbech	Liberal Party	23 November 2007	8 March 2011	b. 1943
Per Stig Møller	Conservative People's Party	8 March 2011	3 October 2011	b. 1942
Manu Sareen	Danish Social Liberal Party	3 October 2011	3 February 2014	b. 1967
Marianne Jelved	Danish Social Liberal Party	3 February 2014	28 June 2015	b. 1943
Bertel Haarder	Liberal Party	28 June 2015	Incumbent	b. 1944

References

• Tidligere kirkeministre. Ministry for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark (Danish). Retrieved on 2007-11-25.