List of lord mayors of Copenhagen

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Lord mayor of Copenhagen
Københavns Overborgmester
Incumbent Lars Weiss Acting  since 29 August 2024
Member of	Copenhagen City Council
Seat	Copenhagen City Hall
Appointer	Direct election
Term length	4 years renewable
Precursor	Copenhagen Upper Presidium [da]
Formation	1938
First holder	Viggo Christensen
Website	Official website

The lord mayor of Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Overborgmester) is the city's mayor and the leader of the Copenhagen City Council. Established in 1938, all lord mayors have since belonged to the Social Democratic Party.

No.	Portrait	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Political party		Elected	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Christensen, ViggoViggo Christensen (1880–1967)	1 April 1938	25 April 1946	8 years, 24 days		Social Democrats	1937 1943	[1]
2		Sørensen, HansHans Peter Sørensen (1886–1962)	25 April 1946	31 May 1956	10 years, 60 days		Social Democrats	1946 1950 1954	[1]
3		Munk, SigvardSigvard Munk (1891–1983)	1 June 1956	26 April 1962	5 years, 329 days		Social Democrats	1958	[1]
4		Hansen, UrbanUrban Hansen (1908–1986)	26 April 1962	31 March 1976	13 years, 340 days		Social Democrats	1962 1966 1970 1974	[1]
5		Weidekamp, EgonEgon Weidekamp (1921–2000)	1 April 1976	14 February 1989	12 years, 319 days		Social Democrats	1978 1981 1985	[1]
6		Mikkelsen, JensJens Kramer Mikkelsen (born 1951)	15 February 1989	24 October 2004	15 years, 252 days		Social Democrats	1989 1993 1997 2001	[1]
–		Hedemann, HellenHellen Hedemann (born 1953) Acting	25 October 2004	26 October 2004	2 days		SF	–	–
7		Engberg, LarsLars Engberg (1943–2017)	26 October 2004	31 December 2005	1 year, 66 days		Social Democrats	–	[1]
8		Bjerregaard, RittRitt Bjerregaard (1941–2023)	1 January 2006	31 December 2009	3 years, 364 days		Social Democrats	2005	[1]
9		Jensen, FrankFrank Jensen (born 1961)	1 January 2010	19 October 2020	10 years, 292 days		Social Democrats	2009 2013 2017	[1][2]
–		Weiss, LarsLars Weiss (born 1971) Acting	19 October 2020	1 January 2022	1 year, 74 days		Social Democrats	–	[2]
10		Weiss, LarsSophie Hæstorp Andersen (born 1974)	1 January 2022	29 August 2024	2 years, 241 days		Social Democrats	2021	[3]
–		Weiss, LarsLars Weiss (born 1971) Acting	29 August 2024	Incumbent	89 days		Social Democrats	–	[4]

As of the municipal elections of November 2021, Copenhagen has the following mayors:^[5]

• Lord mayor: Sophie Hæstorp Andersen (Social Democratic Party)
• Mayor of Culture: Mia Nyegaard (Danish Social Liberal Party)
• Mayor of Children and Youths: Jakob Næsager (Conservative People's Party (Denmark))
• Mayor of Health and Care: Sisse Marie Welling (Green Left)
• Mayor of Social Affairs: Karina Vestergård Madsen (Red-Green Alliance)
• Mayor of Technics and the Environment: Line Barfod (Red-Green Alliance)
• Mayor of Employment and Integration: Jens-Kristian Lütken (Liberal Party)

• Timeline of Copenhagen

• List of mayors from the website of the Copenhagen Municipal Libraries. (in Danish)