Fredensborg Municipality
Fredensborg Municipality
Fredensborg Kommune (Danish) | |
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Location in Denmark | |
Coordinates: 55°58′N 12°24′E / 55.97°N 12.4°E | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Hovedstaden |
Established | 1 January 2007 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Thomas Lykke Pedersen |
Area | |
• Total | 112.10 km2 (43.28 sq mi) |
Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 42,009 |
• Density | 370/km2 (970/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www |
Fredensborg Municipality (Danish: Fredensborg Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region). The municipality covers an area of 112.13 km2 and has a total population of 42,009 (as of 1. January 2024). Its mayor, since 2010, is Thomas Lykke Pedersen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
The municipality was created on 1 January 2007, in a merger of the former municipalities of Karlebo Kommune and Fredensborg-Humlebæk Kommune.
Fredensborg Palace is the Danish Royal Family’s spring and autumn residence. Queen Ingrid of Denmark and Prince Consort Henrik died there.
Locations
[edit]Kokkedal | 15,354 |
Humlebæk | 9,746 |
Fredensborg | 8,769 |
Nivå | 8,011 |
Politics
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]Fredensborg's municipal council consists of 27 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 | D | F | I | L | O | V | Ø | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 70.7% | Olav Aaen (V) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 67.8% | Thomas Lykke Pedersen (A) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 74.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 73.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 |
Attractions
[edit]The best known attraction in the municipality is the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Fredensborg is twinned with:[2]
Bad Berleburg, Germany
Håbo, Sweden
Ingå, Finland
Nittedal, Norway
Paide, Estonia
Sudbury, England, United Kingdom
References
[edit]- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "Venskabsbyforum". fredensborg.dk (in Danish). Fredensborg Kommune. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD a.k.a. Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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