Fredensborg Municipality
Fredensborg Municipality
Fredensborg Kommune (Danish) | |
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| {{#property:P242}} Location in Denmark | |
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| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Hovedstaden |
| Established | {{#property:P571}} |
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| • Mayor | {{#property:P6}} |
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| Population (1. January 2025)[1] | |
• Total | 42,186 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | {{#property:P281}} |
| Area code | {{#property:P473}} |
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 42,186 (as of 1. January 2025). 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, switching the political powers from the conservative party to the Social Democrats.
Fredensborg Palace is the Danish Royal Family’s spring and autumn residence. Queen Ingrid of Denmark and Prince Consort Henrik died there.
Locations
[edit | edit source]| Kokkedal | 15,354 |
| Humlebæk | 9,746 |
| Fredensborg | 8,769 |
| Nivå | 8,011 |
Politics
[edit | edit source]Municipal council
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]The best known attraction in the municipality is the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit | edit source]Fredensborg is twinned with:[2]
Bad Berleburg, Germany
Håbo, Sweden
Ingå, Finland
Nittedal, Norway
Paide, Estonia
Sudbury, England, United Kingdom
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
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- 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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