Frederiksberg Municipality

Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. Part of Copenhagen, it is surrounded by Copenhagen Municipality. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers a total area (land and water) of 8.71 km2 (3.36 square miles; 871 hectares) according to the Municipal Key Figures[2] and has a population of 104,305 (1 January 2020) making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most populous, and the most densely populated. Its mayor is Simon Aggesen from the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti).

Not to be confused with Frederiksborg County.
Frederiksberg Municipality

Frederiksberg Kommune
Municipalities of Denmark
CountryDenmark
RegionRegion Hovedstaden
SeatFrederiksberg
Government
 • MayorSimon Aggesen
Area
 • Total8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2020[1])
 • Total104,305
 • Density12,000/km2 (31,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC2 (CEST)
Websitewww.frederiksberg.dk/OmKommunen/English.aspx
Locator map in Copenhagen
Frederiksberg Palace

The city of Frederiksberg is the only town in the municipality, and is therefore the site of its municipal council.

Frederiksberg is located as an enclave within the municipality of Copenhagen, the national capital. The municipality was originally situated west of Copenhagen, but after a number of smaller municipalities were merged with Copenhagen in 1901, it became completely surrounded by Copenhagen.

Frederiksberg was one of the three last Danish municipalities not belonging to a County—the others being Copenhagen and Bornholm. On 1 January 2007, the municipality lost its county privileges and became part of Region Hovedstaden (i.e. the Copenhagen Capital Region).

Frederiksberg municipality was not merged with other municipalities as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Politics

Municipal council

Frederiksberg's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election Party Total
seats		 Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C F I O V Ø Å
2005 5 2 13 2 1 2 25 64.7% Mads Lebech (C)
2009 6 1 12 4 1 1 64.2% Jørgen Glenthøj (C)
2013 4 2 10 2 1 1 2 3 70.3%
2017 4 3 11 1 1 1 3 1 71.2%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Main sights

Mayors
  • Marius Godskesen (1919–1936)
  • Vilhelm Fischer (1936–1948)
  • Aksel Møller (1948–1950, 1954–1958)
  • Arne Stæhr Johansen (1950–1954, 1958–1978)
  • John Winther (1978–2000)
  • Mads Lebech (2001–2009)
  • Jørgen Glenthøj (2009–2019)
  • Simon Aggesen (2019-)

Twin towns
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark

Frederiksberg Municipality is twinned with:[3]

See also
  • Frederiksberg station

Notes and references
  1. FOLK1: Population 1 January database from Statistics Denmark (in Danish)
  2. De Kommunale Nøgletal
  3. "Frederiksberg Municipality - Twin Towns" (in Danish). ©2007 -2009 Frederiksberg Municipality. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2009-09-09. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. "Co-operation with twin and partner cities". ©2007 City of Tartu. Retrieved 2009-01-04.

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