Frederiksberg Municipality
Frederiksberg Municipality
Frederiksberg Kommune (Danish) | |
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| Coordinates: 55°40′40″N 12°32′00″E / 55.6778°N 12.5333°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Hovedstaden |
| Seat | Frederiksberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michael Vindfeldt |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 104,899 |
| • Density | 12,000/km2 (31,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. Part of the Capital Region of Denmark and the city 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 104,899 (1. January 2024)[1] making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the seventh most populous, and the most densely populated. Its mayor is Michael Vindfeldt from the Social Democrats serving from 1 January 2022.
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 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
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]As of 2022 Frederiksberg's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
Mayors
[edit]| Start | End | Title/Education | Name | Party |
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| 1842 | 1843 | Etatsråd | Povel Povelsen | Society of the Friends of Peasants |
| 1847 | 1851 | Assessor | Harald Raasløff | |
| 1858 | 1861 | Godsejer | Ernst Emil Rosenørn | Højre (1848-1866) |
| 1861 | 1862 | Justitsråd | N.F. Jespersen | Died |
| 1862 | 1872 | Etatsråd | R.C. Stæger | |
| 1872 | 1891 | Justitiarius | N.F. Schlegel | Højre (1881). Died |
| 1891 | 1896 | Lawyer (Supreme Court) | Frederik Asmussen | Højre |
| 1896 | 1908 | Dr.med. | E.M. Jacoby | |
| 1908 | 1909 | Overretssagfører | Niels Petersen | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| 1909 | 1936 | Overretssagfører | Marius Godskesen | Højre; from 1915: Conservative |
| 1936 | 1948 | Direktør | Vilhelm Fischer | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 1948 | 1950 | Statsrevisor | Aksel Møller | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 1950 | 1954 | Branddirektør | Arne Stæhr Johansen | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 1954 | 1958 | Aksel Møller | Died | |
| 1958 | 1978 | Arne Stæhr Johansen | ||
| 1978 | 2001 | Vicedirektør | John Winter | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 2001 | 2009 | Chefjurist | Mads Lebech | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 2009 | 2019 | Seniorproduktchef | Jørgen Glenthøj | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 2019 | 2021 | Lawyer | Simon Aggesen | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 2022 | Lawyer | Michael Vindfeldt | Social Democrats |
Main sights
[edit]Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Frederiksberg is twinned with:[3]
Bærum, Norway
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Hämeenlinna, Finland
Qeqertarsuatsiaat, Greenland
Tartu, Estonia
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Uppsala, Sweden
Notable residents
[edit]- Claes Bang, actor (Taxa, Dracula)[4]
Gallery
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A café on Værnedamsvej
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The grounds of the former porcelain factory now house residential units
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The Alhambra museum
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ De Kommunale Nøgletal
- ^ "Foreningen NORDEN Frederiksberg". foreningennordenfrederiksberg.dk (in Danish). Frederiksberg Kommune. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ "Claes Bang flytter sammen med kæresten". Billed-Bladet (in Danish). 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
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External links
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