Minister of Education (Denmark)

Education Minister of Denmark (Danish: Undervisningsminister, pronounced [ˈɔnɐˌviːˀsneŋsmiˌnisdɐ]), or Minister of Education in Denmark, is a Danish minister office currently held by Merete Riisager.

The office was created in 1916 when the post Kultus Minister was split up into the posts of Education Minister and Church Minister. The new Church Minister also took over the responsibility for culture from the Culture Minister, a task later transferred to the Minister for Cultural Affairs in 1961. Upon the accession of the Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet on 3 October 2011 the title was changed from Minister of Education to Minister of Children and Education and on 9 August 2013 the title was changed back to Minister of Education.

List of former Ministers of Education

• Søren Keiser-Nielsen (1856–1926) 21 June 1913 – 30 March 1920
• Thorkild Rovsing (1862–1927) 30 March 1920 – 5 April 1920
• Peder Jørgen Pedersen (1870–1962) 5 April 1920 – 5 May 1920
• Jacob Christian Lindberg Appel (1866–1931) 5 May 1920 – 23 April 1924
• Nina Bang (1866–1928) 23 April 1924 – 14 December 1926
• Jens Byskov (1867–1955) 14 December 1926 – 29 April 1929
• Fr. Borbjerg (1866–1936) 30 April 1929 – 4 November 1935
• Jørgen Jørgensen (1888–1974) 4 November 1935 – 9 November 1942
• A. G. Højbjerg Christensen (1888–1972) 9 November 1942 – 5 May 1945
• A. M. Hansen (1877–1960) 5 May 1945 – 7 November 1945
• Mads Hartling (1885–1960) 7 November 1945 – 13 November 1947
• Hartvig Frisch (1893–1950) 13 November 1947 – 11 February 1950+
• Julius Bomholt (1896–1969) 22 February 1950 – 30 October 1950
• Flemming Hvidbjerg (1897–1959) 30 October 1950 – 30 September 1953
• Julius Bomholt (1896–1969) 30 September 1953 – 28 May 1957
• Jørgen Jørgensen (1888–1974) 28 May 1957 – 7 September 1961
• Kristen Helveg Petersen (1909–1997) 7 September 1961 – 26 September 1964
• K. B. Andersen (1914–1984) 26 September 1964 – 2 February 1968
• Helge Larsen (1915–2000) 2 February (1968 – 11 October 1971
• Knud Heinesen (b. 1932) 11 October 1971 – 27 September 1973
• Ritt Bjerregaard (b. 1941) 27 September 1973 – 19 December 1973
• Tove Nielsen (b. 1941) 19 December 1973 – 13 February 1975
• Ritt Bjerregaard (b. 1941) 13 February 1975 – 5 January 1979
• Dorte Bennedsen (1938–2016) 5 January 1979 – 10 September 1982
• Bertel Haarder (b. 1944) 10 September 1982 – 25 January 1993
• Ole Vig Jensen (1936–2016) 25 January 1993 – 23 March 1998
• Margrethe Vestager (b. 1968) 23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001
• Ulla Tørnæs (b. 1962) 27 November 2001 – 18 February 2005
• Bertel Haarder (b. 1944) 18 February 2005 – 23 February 2010
• Tina Nedergaard (b. 1969) 23 February 2010 – 8 March 2011
• Troels Lund Poulsen (b. 1974) 8 March 2011 – 3 October 2011
• Christine Antorini (b. 1965) 3 October 2011 – 28 June 2015
• Ellen Trane Nørby (b. 1980) 28 June 2015 - 28 November 2016
• Merete Riisager (b. 1976) 28 November 2016 - Present

References

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

External links

• Official website