Fredensborg Municipality

Municipality of eastern Denmark

Municipality in Hovedstaden, Denmark

Fredensborg Municipality

Fredensborg Kommune (Danish)

Municipality

Coat of arms

Location in Denmark

Coordinates: 55°58′N 12°24′E﻿ / ﻿55.97°N 12.4°E﻿ / 55.97; 12.4
Country| Denmark
Region| Hovedstaden
Established| 1 January 2007
Government

• Mayor| Thomas Lykke Pedersen
Area

• Total| 112.10 km2 (43.28 sq mi)
Population

(1. January 2024)[1]

• Total| 42,009
• Density| 370/km2 (970/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Website| www.fredensborg.dk

Fredensborg Municipality (Danish: Fredensborg Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region). The municipality covers an area of 112.13 km2 and has a total population of 42,009 (as of 1. January 2024). Its mayor, since 2010, is Thomas Lykke Pedersen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The municipality was created on 1 January 2007, in a merger of the former municipalities of Karlebo Kommune and Fredensborg-Humlebæk Kommune.

Fredensborg Palace is the Danish Royal Family’s spring and autumn residence. Queen Ingrid of Denmark and Prince Consort Henrik died there.

## Locations

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Kokkedal | 15,354

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Humlebæk | 9,746
Fredensborg | 8,769
Nivå | 8,011

## Politics

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### Municipal council

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Fredensborg's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election  | Party  | Total
seats  | Turnout  | Elected
mayor

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A | B | C | D | F | I | L | O | V | Ø
2005 | 8  | 2  | 4  |  | 2  |  | 1  | 1  | 9  |  | 27  | 70.7%  | Olav Aaen (V)
2009 | 8  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 67.8%  | Thomas Lykke Pedersen (A)
2013 | 9  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1  |  | 2  | 8  | 1  | 74.6%
2017 | 10  | 3  | 2  |  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 1  | 73.2%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

## Attractions

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The best known attraction in the municipality is the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

## Twin towns – sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark

Fredensborg is twinned with:[2]

* Bad Berleburg, Germany
* Håbo, Sweden
* Ingå, Finland
* Nittedal, Norway
* Paide, Estonia
* Sudbury, England, United Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
2. ^ "Venskabsbyforum". fredensborg.dk (in Danish). Fredensborg Kommune. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-14.

* Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD a.k.a. Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fredensborg Kommune.

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Places adjacent to Fredensborg Municipality

| Gribskov | Helsingør |

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Hillerød |

Fredensborg

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Allerød | Hørsholm |

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Fredensborg Municipality

Towns & villages|

* Fredensborg
* Humlebæk
* Karlebo
* Kokkedal (Hørsholm)
* Mikkelborg (Hørsholm)
* Nivå

Landmarks|

* Fredensborg Palace
* Humlebæk Church
* Krogerup
* Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
* Nivaagaard
* Skipperhuset

Geography & Nature|

* Lake Esrum
* Øresund

Railway stations|

| Coast Line|

* Humlebæk station
* Nivå station
* Kokkedal station

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Lille Nord|

* Fredensborg station
* Grønholt station
* Langerød Station

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Municipalities of Denmark

List

Hovedstaden|

* Albertslund
* Allerød
* Ballerup
* Bornholm
* Brøndby
* Copenhagen
* Dragør
* Egedal
* Fredensborg
* Frederiksberg
* Frederikssund
* Furesø
* Gentofte
* Gladsaxe
* Glostrup
* Gribskov
* Halsnæs
* Helsingør
* Herlev
* Hillerød
* Hvidovre
* Høje-Taastrup
* Hørsholm
* Ishøj
* Lyngby-Taarbæk
* Rudersdal
* Rødovre
* Tårnby
* Vallensbæk

Midtjylland|

* Aarhus
* Favrskov
* Hedensted
* Herning
* Holstebro
* Horsens
* Ikast-Brande
* Lemvig
* Norddjurs
* Odder
* Randers
* Ringkøbing-Skjern
* Samsø
* Silkeborg
* Skanderborg
* Skive
* Struer
* Syddjurs
* Viborg

Nordjylland|

* Aalborg
* Brønderslev
* Frederikshavn
* Hjørring
* Jammerbugt
* Læsø
* Mariagerfjord
* Morsø
* Rebild
* Thisted
* Vesthimmerland

Sjælland|

* Faxe
* Greve
* Guldborgsund
* Holbæk
* Kalundborg
* Køge
* Lejre
* Lolland
* Næstved
* Odsherred
* Ringsted
* Roskilde
* Slagelse
* Solrød
* Sorø
* Stevns
* Vordingborg

Syddanmark|

* Aabenraa
* Assens
* Billund
* Esbjerg
* Faaborg-Midtfyn
* Fanø
* Fredericia
* Haderslev
* Kerteminde
* Kolding
* Langeland
* Middelfart
* Nordfyn
* Nyborg
* Odense
* Svendborg
* Sønderborg
* Tønder
* Varde
* Vejen
* Vejle
* Ærø

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI

National|

* Germany

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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