Jakob Engel-Schmidt

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Danish politician

Jakob Engel-Schmidt
Engel-Schmidt in 2025

Minister for Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2022
Prime Minister	Mette Frederiksen
Preceded by	Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2022
Constituency	North Zealand
In office 3 March 2016 – 5 June 2019
Preceded by	Morten Løkkegaard
Succeeded by	Mads Fuglede
Constituency	Greater Copenhagen
In office 15 August 2013 – 18 June 2015
Preceded by	Gitte Lillelund Bech
Constituency	Greater Copenhagen

Personal details
Born	(1983-10-24) 24 October 1983 (age 42) Birkerød, Denmark
Party	Moderates Venstre (until 2022)

Jakob Engel-Schmidt (born 24 October 1983) is a Danish politician and Member of the Folketing from the Moderates.^[1] Since 15 December 2022 he has been minister for culture in the Frederiksen II Cabinet.^[2]

In the 2009 Danish local elections, he ran unsuccessfully in Rudersdal Municipality.^[3]

He was a Venstre parliamentary candidate in the Lyngby constituency in the 2011 Danish general election and won 2,234 personal votes, but not enough to win a seat. The radio host Jarl Cordua [da] endorsed him, calling him "an excellent liberal candidate".^[4]

On 15 August 2013, he instead entered the Folketing as a substitute for Gitte Lillelund Bech who resigned from parliament.^[5]

In 2022, he left Venstre and joined the Moderates.^[6] On 15 December, he was appointed minister of culture in Mette Frederiksen's second cabinet.^[7]

In 2024 he issued a statement in Berlingske newspaper expressing his belief that Russian athletes should be banned from major international sports evens including e-sports, he said "As long as Russia continues its illegal war of aggression in Ukraine, I do not believe that Russian athletes should be allowed to participate in international sports. This of course also applies to e-sports" ^[8]^[9]

References

↑ Paulsen, Joachim Talbro (15 December 2022). "Jakob Engel-Schmidt forlod Folketinget, fordi en skandale truede – nu er han ny kulturminister". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
↑ W, Christian (15 December 2022). "The Copenhagen Post". Copenhagen Post (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
↑ "V-profil stiller op i Lyngby". 22 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
↑ Cordua, Jarl (14 September 2011). "- Jarls Blog anbefaler Venstres Jakob Engel-Schmidt". Jarls blog (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
↑ "Tidligere minister forlader Folketinget - Politiken.dk". 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "Løkke ansætter Engel-Schmidt til politisk netværk". Altinget.dk (in Danish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
↑ Bohr, Jakob Kjøgx (15 December 2022). "Her er SVM-regeringens ministre - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
↑ Brandstrup, Anders Frost. "Minister for Culture of Denmark: Russian Athletes Shouldn't Compete in Copenhagen | Pley.gg". pley.gg. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
↑ Tidemann, Daniel; Springer, William Alkærsig (18 March 2024). "Kulturministeren langer ud efter Royal Arena: »Et ekstremt dårligt signal at sende«". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 March 2024.

2022–2026

Social Democrats
(Socialdemokratiet)

Aas • Auken • Baaring • Bødskov • Bramsen • Brandenborg • Bruus • Durhuus • Dybvad • Engelbrecht • Fabricius • Frederiksen • Gaardsted* • Gjerskov • Halsboe-Jørgensen • Heunicke • Hummelgaard • Husted • Hækkerup • L. Jensen • M. Jensen • T. Jensen • Joel • Jørgensen • Kjær • Klessen* • Kollerup • Krag • Kronberg • Langhoff • Laustsen • Larsen • Larsson* • Lind • Madsen • Møller • Monberg • Mortensen • Paulin • Pedersen* • Petersen • Prehn • Powers • Reissmann • Roug • Tesfaye • Rosenkrantz-Theil • Skriver • Skriver Jensen • Stoklund • Vad • Vind • Wammen • Wermelin • Wibroe*

Liberal Party (Venstre)

Andersen • Bach^‡ • Bank* • Bjerre • Bonnesen • Dahlin • Danielsen • Elholm • Ellemann • Ellemann-Jensen • Gade • Henriksen • Aastrup Jensen • Jensen • Jørgensen • Juel-Jensen • Lilleholt • Løhde • Matthiesen • Melson • Pedersen • Poulsen • Schmidt • Søgaard-Lidell • Valentin*

Moderates (Moderaterne)

Elmstrøm • Engel-Schmidt • Eriksen • Frandsen • Gotfredsen • Hansen • Have • Kierkgaard • Klarskov • Liltorp • Lund-Nielsen • Rasmussen • Rona* • Rubin • Søe

Socialist People's Party
(Socialistisk Folkeparti)

Agersnap • Andersen • Bech-Nielsen • Andersen • Berthelsen • Bigum • Astrid Carøe • Lorentzen • Dyhr • Karsten Hønge • Lippert • Mark • Munk • Mølbæk • Valentin

Denmark Democrats
(Danmarksdemokraterne)

Adsbøl • Andersen^‡ • Bech • Bøgsted • Dahl • Espersen • Flydtkjær • Fuglede^‡ • Harpsøe • Jessen • Kastbjerg • Munch • Petersen • Skaarup • Skibby • Støjberg

Liberal Alliance
(Liberal Alliance)

Andersen* • Andresen • Bach • Brask • Brown • Dahl • Daugaard • Frølund • Jakobsen • Larsen • Meilvang • Olesen • Ryle • Skalvig • Vanopslagh • Vermund^‡

Conservative People's Party
(Konservative Folkeparti)

Abildgaard • Bertelsen • Bonnesen • Hansen • Jarlov • Jerkel • Juul • Larsen • Mercado • Pape • Raabjerg*

Red–Green Alliance
(Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne)

Dragsted • Gottlieb • Hvelplund • Lund • Mach • Rasmussen • Leila Stockmarr • Søndergaard • Velásquez • Villadsen

Social Liberal Party
(Radikale Venstre)

Lidegaard • Lindgreen • Nawa • Nielsen • Robsøe • Rod • Stampe

The Alternative (Alternativet)

Gejl • Rosenkilde • Olumeko • Brydensholt • Faxe

Danish People's Party
(Dansk Folkeparti)

Ahrendtsen • Kjærsgaard • Kofod • Messerschmidt • Bjørn^‡ • Thiesen^‡ • Zimmermann

Outside group

Andersen^‡ • Christensen^‡ • Fonseca^‡ • Mathiesen^‡ • Scavenius^‡ • Stephensen^‡

From the Faroe Islands

Social Democratic Party (Javnaðarflokkurin)	Skaale
Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)	Falkenberg

From Greenland

Point of Orientation (Naleraq)	Høegh-Dam^‡
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)	Chemnitz

‡ = Elected under a different party
Italic = Left office before end of term
* = Entered office after start of term

Authority control databases	VIAF

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