| Frederikshavn Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Frederikshavn-logo.png |
| Blank Emblem Type: | wordmark |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Region Nordjylland |
| Leader Title1: | Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Birgit Hansen |
| Seat: | Frederikshavn |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Established Title: | City charter |
| Established Date: | 1818 |
| Established Title1: | Current municipality |
| Established Date1: | 1 January 2007 |
| Area Total Km2: | 648.6 |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 58376 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | 1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | 2 |
Frederikshavn Municipality (Danish: Frederikshavn Kommune) is the northernmost Danish municipality, located in Region Nordjylland.
As a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), it is a merger between the previous municipalities of Frederikshavn, Skagen and Sæby. The new municipality has an area of 642 km² and a total population of 58,376 (2024).[1]
The first mayor of the new municipality was Erik Sørensen (Social Democrats). Since 2014 it has been Birgit Hansen which governs by a broad coalition with the rest of all the parties.
The following is a list of settlements within the municipality by population.
| 23,000 | ||
| 8,700 | ||
| 8,200 | ||
| 2,400 | ||
| 1,500 | ||
| 1,300 |
| 1,200 | ||
| 900 | ||
| 650 | ||
| 640 | ||
| 640 | ||
| 620 |
| 570 | ||
| 440 | ||
| 430 | ||
| 340 | ||
| 280 | ||
| 270 |
For a list of mayors in Skagen and Sæby before the 2007 merger, see below.
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F. E. E. Erichsen | 1870 | 1882 | By royal decree |
| 2 | Niels Tvede | 1882 | 1899 | By royal decree |
| 3 | C. A. Ramsing | 1900 | 1913 | By royal decree |
| 4 | P. E. Holsøe | 1913 | 1919 | By royal decree |
| 5 | Christen Elius Andersen | 1919 | 1920 | Conservatives |
| 6 | Johan Gustav Hassing | 1920 | 1933 | Conservatives |
| 7 | Frithjof Houmøller | 1933 | 1936 | Conservatives |
| 8 | Harald Victor Alster | 1936 | 1937 | Conservatives |
| 9 | Lars Christian Fisker | 1937 | 1950 | Social Democrats |
| 10 | Westy Beckett | 1950 | 1954 | Conservatives |
| 11 | Lars Christian Fisker | 1954 | 1960 | Social Democrats |
| 12 | Harald Jensen | 1960 | 1965 | Social Democrats |
| 13 | Christian Pedersen | 1965 | 1970 | Social Democrats |
| 14 | Villy Christensen | 1970 | 1985 | Social Democrats |
| 15 | Ove Christensen | 1986 | 1993 | Social Democrats |
| 16 | Jens Christian Larsen | 1994 | 1997 | Venstre |
| 17 | Erik Sørensen | 1998 | 2006 | Social Democrats |
| Merger | ||||
| 17 | Erik Sørensen | 2007 | 2009 | Social Democrats |
| 18 | Lars Møller | 2010 | 2013 | Venstre |
| 19 | Birgit Hansen | 2014 | Incumbent | Social Democrats |
| Source:[2] [3] |
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iver Christensen | 1919 | 1924 | |
| 2 | Jakob Peder Jacobsen | 1924 | 1925 | Indre Mission |
| 3 | Søren Møller | 1924 | 1942 | |
| 4 | Thomas Andreasen Geisnæs | 1942 | 1946 | |
| 5 | Holger Hansen | 1946 | 1950 | |
| 6 | A. M. Nielsen | 1950 | 1958 | |
| 7 | Carl Berg | 1958 | 1968 | |
| 8 | Poul Møller | 1968 | 1972 | |
| 9 | Carl Winther | 1972 | 1974 | |
| 10 | H. Nibe Hansen | 1972 | 1974 | |
| 11 | Erik Thomsen | 1986 | 1989 | |
| 12 | H. Nibe Hansen | 1990 | 1971 | |
| 13 | Inger Støtt | 1992 | 1993 | Venstre |
| 14 | Kurt Kirkedal Jensen | 1994 | 2001 | Social Democrats |
| 18 | Hans Rex Christensen | 2002 | 2006 | Venstre |
| Source:[4] |
| Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. Dicksen | 1919 | 1921 | |
| 2 | N. P. Nielsen | 1921 | 1929 | |
| 3 | P. Lund | 1929 | 1933 | |
| 4 | Louis Nielsen | 1933 | 1934 | Social Democrats |
| 5 | N. P. Nielsen | 1934 | 1943 | |
| 6 | Christian Kjærsgaard | 1943 | 1943 | |
| 7 | Aage Neergaard | 1943 | 1946 | Venstre |
| 8 | Christian Kjærsgaard | 1946 | 1950 | Venstre |
| 9 | Erling Mehlsen | 1950 | 1958 | Conservatives |
| 10 | Aage Neergaard | 1958 | 1960 | Venstre |
| 11 | Laurids Christensen | 1960 | 1966 | Social Democrats |
| 12 | Erling Mehlsen | 1966 | 1970 | Conservatives |
| 13 | Ingemann Christensen | 1970 | 1974 | Venstre |
| 14 | Frede Fredborg Christensen | 1974 | 1989 | Venstre |
| 15 | Hans Krarup Olesen | 1990 | 1993 | |
| 16 | Leif Bak | 1994 | 1997 | Social Democrats |
| 17 | Folmer Hansen | 1998 | 2006 | Venstre |
| Source:[5] |
Frederikshavn'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 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 66.8% | Erik Sørensen (A) | ||||
| 2009 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 64.2% | Lars Møller (V) | |||||||
| 2013 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 72.3% | Birgit Stenbak Hansen (A) | ||||||
| 2017 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 71.5% | ||||||
| 2021 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 68.1% | |||||||
| Current | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | N/A | |||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021. | ||||||||||||||
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark. Frederikshavn is twinned with:[6]
Borlänge, Sweden
Larvik, Norway
Qeqqata, Greenland
Qingdao, China Tranås, Sweden