| Post: | Minister |
| Body: | Children |
| Native Name: | Danish: Børneminister |
| Insignia: | National Coat of arms of Denmark.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 75px |
| Insigniacaption: | State coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark |
| Incumbent: | Mattias Tesfaye |
| Incumbentsince: | 15 December 2022 |
| Department: | Ministry of Education |
| Type: | Minister |
| Reports To: | the Prime minister |
| Seat: | Slotsholmen |
| Appointer: | The Monarch |
| First: | Christine Antorini |
| Succession: | depending on the order in the State Council |
| Deputy: | Permanent Secretary |
The Minister of Children (da|Børneminister), was first established during the first cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt. The ministerial title has alternatively been assigned to the Minister of Education and the Minister of Social Affairs.
| Portrait | Name (born-died) | Term of office | Political party | Government | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| Minister of Children and Education | ||||||||||
| 1 | Christine Antorini | 3 October 2011 | 3 February 2014 | Social Democrats | Thorning-Schmidt I | [1] | ||||
| Minister for Social Affairs, Children and Integration | ||||||||||
| 2 | Annette Vilhelmsen | 9 August 2013 | 3 February 2014 | Green Left | Thorning-Schmidt I | |||||
| Minister for Children Gender Equality, Integration and Social Affairs | ||||||||||
| 3 | Manu Sareen | 3 October 2011 | 28 June 2015 | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II | [2] | ||||
| Minister for Children, Education and Gender Equality | ||||||||||
| 4 | Ellen Trane Nørby | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | Venstre | L. L. Rasmussen II | [3] | ||||
| Minister for Children and Social Affairs | ||||||||||
| 5 | Mai Mercado | 28 November 2016 | 27 June 2019 | Conservatives | L. L. Rasmussen III | [4] | ||||
| Minister of Children and Education | ||||||||||
| 6 | Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil | 27 June 2019 | 15 December 2022 | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I | [5] | ||||
| 7 | Mattias Tesfaye | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | Social Democrats | Frederiksen II | [6] [7] | ||||