| Gentofte Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hovedstade |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Charlottenlund |
| Leader Party: | C |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Michael Fenger |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 25.54 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 75033 |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 157 |
Gentofte Municipality (Danish: Gentofte Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the Capital Region of Denmark (Region Hovedstaden) on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It covers an area of 25.54km², and has a total population of 75,033 (1. January 2024). Since 17 May 2021, its mayor has been Michael Fenger, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti).
Gentofte is the most wealthy municipality in Denmark and consists of several fashionable Copenhagen suburbs such as Hellerup and Charlottenlund.
The municipality is an amalgamation of three formerly independent towns, and several other local settlements, all close to one another. The site of its municipal council is in Charlottenlund. The three original towns were Gentofte, Vangede and Ordrup. It later included Tuborg, Skovshoved, Dyssegård, Hellerup, Jægersborg, and Klampenborg.
Neighboring municipalities are Lyngby-Taarbæk to the north, Gladsaxe to the west, and Copenhagen to the south. The Øresund, the strait that separates Zealand from Sweden, is to the east.
Gentofte municipality was not merged with other municipalities in the 1 January 2007 nationwide Kommunalreformen.
Lars Ulrich, drummer and co-founder of the American heavy metal band Metallica, was born in Gentofte.
Gentofte's municipal council consists of 19 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 68.8% | Hans Toft (C) | |||||
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 66.3% | |||||||
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 72.4% | |||||||
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 71.6% | |||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||
Gentofte Municipality is home to four public upper secondary schools: Øregård and Gammel Hellerup in Hellerup, Aurehøj in Gentofte and Ordrup Gymnasium in Ordrup. Gentofte Municipality is also home to the private Rygaards International School and Copenhagen International School, although the latter are going to relocate to new premises that are under construction in the Nordhavn district of Copenhagen. Gentofte Studenterkursus offers a two-year programme.
The most important parks are Charlottenlund Beach Park, Hellerup Beach Park, Bernstorff Park.
Natural habitats are found at Gentofte Sø, a huge lake with many birds on it, Ermelunden in Jægersborg and Gammelmose in Vangede, Øregård Park (or Øregård Museum's Garden) with a lake, benches and also a playground. A small section of Jægersborg Dyrehave also extends into the municipality, while the rest, including the Dyrehavsbakken fun fair, is in Lyngby-Taarbæk.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark. Gentofte is twinned with:[2]
Halmstad, Sweden
Hanko, Finland
Sermersooq, Greenland
Stord, Norway