Frederiksberg Municipality
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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 Template:Convert according to the Municipal Key Figures[1] and has a population of 105,840 (1. January 2025)[2] 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
Municipal council
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Start | End | Title/Education | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1842 | 1843 | Etatsråd | Povel Povelsen | Society of the Friends of Peasants |
| 1847 | 1851 | Assessor | Harald Raasløff | |
| 1858 | 1861 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Ernst Emil Rosenørn | Højre (1848-1866) |
| 1861 | 1862 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | N.F. Jespersen | Died |
| 1862 | 1872 | Etatsråd | R.C. Stæger | |
| 1872 | 1891 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | N.F. Schlegel | Højre (1881). Died |
| 1891 | 1896 | Lawyer (Supreme Court) | Frederik Asmussen | Højre |
| 1896 | 1908 | Dr.med. | E.M. Jacoby | |
| 1908 | 1909 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Niels Petersen | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| 1909 | 1936 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Marius Godskesen | Højre; from 1915: Conservative |
| 1936 | 1948 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Vilhelm Fischer | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 1948 | 1950 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Aksel Møller | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 1950 | 1954 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Arne Stæhr Johansen | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 1954 | 1958 | Aksel Møller | Died | |
| 1958 | 1978 | Arne Stæhr Johansen | ||
| 1978 | 2001 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | John Winter | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 2001 | 2009 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Mads Lebech | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 2009 | 2019 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | 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
- Frederiksberg Campus (University of Copenhagen)
- Frederiksberg Gardens
- Frederiksberg Hospital
- Frederiksberg Palace
- Frederiksberg Town Hall
- Copenhagen Business School
- Copenhagen Zoo
- Royal Danish Military Academy
- Church of the Deaf
- Listed buildings in Frederiksberg Municipality
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Bærum, Norway
- Template:Flagicon Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
- Template:Flagicon Hämeenlinna, Finland
- Template:Flagicon Qeqertarsuatsiaat, Greenland
- Template:Flagicon Tartu, Estonia
- Template:Flagicon Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Template:Flagicon Uppsala, Sweden
Notable residents
- Claes Bang, actor (Taxa, Dracula)[4]
- Anna Karina, French-naturalized Danish actress, director, model, writer and singer (born in Frederiksberg)
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
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See also
References
- 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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