| Frederiksberg Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hovedstaden |
| Leader Title1: | Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Michael Vindfeldt |
| Seat: | Frederiksberg |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.7 |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 104899 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | 1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | 2 |
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 8.71NaN according to the Municipal Key Figures[2] and has a population of 104,899 (1. January 2024)[1] 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).
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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Start | End | Title/Education | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1842 | 1843 | Society of the Friends of Peasants | |||
| 1847 | 1851 | Assessor | |||
| 1858 | 1861 | Danish: Godsejer | Højre (1848-1866) | ||
| 1861 | 1862 | Danish: Justitsråd | Died | ||
| 1862 | 1872 | ||||
| 1872 | 1891 | Danish: Justitiarius | Højre (1881). Died | ||
| 1891 | 1896 | Lawyer (Supreme Court) | Højre | ||
| 1896 | 1908 | Dr.med. | |||
| 1908 | 1909 | Danish: Overretssagfører | Danish Social Liberal Party | ||
| 1909 | 1936 | Danish: Overretssagfører | Højre; from 1915: Conservative | ||
| 1936 | 1948 | Danish: Direktør | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | ||
| 1948 | 1950 | Danish: Statsrevisor | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | ||
| 1950 | 1954 | Danish: Branddirektør | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | ||
| 1954 | 1958 | Aksel Møller | Died | ||
| 1958 | 1978 | Arne Stæhr Johansen | |||
| 1978 | 2001 | Danish: Vicedirektør | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | ||
| 2001 | 2009 | Danish: Chefjurist | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | ||
| 2009 | 2019 | Danish: Seniorproduktchef | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | ||
| 2019 | 2021 | Lawyer | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) | ||
| 2022 | Lawyer | Social Democrats |
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark. Frederiksberg is twinned with:[3]
Bærum, Norway
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Hämeenlinna, Finland
Qeqertarsuatsiaat, Greenland
Tartu, Estonia
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Uppsala, Sweden