Kultus Minister (Denmark)

Kultus Minister
Kultusminister
Longest serving
Jacob Scavenius

24 August 1880 – 6 July 1891
Member ofthe cabinet
AppointerPrime Minister
Formation22 March 1848 (1848-03-22)
First holderDitlev Gothard Monrad
Final holderSøren Keiser-Nielsen [da]
Abolished28 April 1916 (1916-04-28)

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 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.