| Sorø Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zealand |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Sorø |
| Leader Party: | C |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gert Jørgensen |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 311.05 |
| Population Total: | 30478 |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Island |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Zealand |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 340 |
Sorø Municipality (Danish: Sorø Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 317km², and has a total population of 30,478 (2024).[1] The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Sorø. Other towns in the municipality are Dianalund, Stenlille, and Ruds Vedby.
On 1 January 2007 Sorø municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Dianalund and Stenlille municipalities to form the new Sorø municipality.
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:[2]
| Locality | Population (2015) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,754 | ||
| 2 | 4,003 | ||
| 3 | 3,461 | ||
| 4 | 2,073 | ||
| 5 | 1,716 | ||
| 6 | 795 | ||
| 7 | 422 | ||
| 8 | 315 | ||
| 9 | 302 | ||
| 10 | 250 |
See main article: Sorø.
The city of Sorø has a population of 7,754 (2015) and is the site of both the municipal council and the county council. It was scheduled to be regional seat for Region Sjælland, one of the five new regions to be implantated in Denmark 1 January 2007.
While by no means the biggest city in Denmark, it has great historical value. It was founded in 1161 by Bishop Absalon, later the founder of Copenhagen, and is the site of Sorø Academy (Danish Sorø Akademi) and Sorø Klosterkirke, the church where Absalon is buried, along with other notable Danes, including royalty. Queen Margaret I of Denmark was buried at this church until moved to Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde.
Sorø's municipal council consists of 25 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 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 72.4% | Ivan Hansen (A) | ||||
| 2009 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 68.2% | ||||||||
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 74.7% | Gert Jørgensen (C) | |||||
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 72.3% | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||