Frederikshavn Municipality
Frederikshavn Municipality Frederikshavn Kommune (Danish) | |
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Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 57°26′28″N 10°32′23″E / 57.4411°N 10.5397°E / 57.4411; 10.5397 | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Region Nordjylland |
City charter | 1818 |
Current municipality | 1 January 2007 |
Seat | Frederikshavn |
Government | |
• Mayor | Birgit Hansen |
Area | |
• Total | 648.6 km2 (250.4 sq mi) |
Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 58,376 |
• Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC2 (CEST) |
Website | frederikshavn![]() |
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.
Towns
The following is a list of settlements within the municipality by population.
Frederikshavn | 23,000 |
Sæby | 8,700 |
Skagen | 8,200 |
Strandby | 2,400 |
Ålbæk | 1,500 |
Østervrå | 1,300 |
Elling | 1,200 |
Kilden | 900 |
Gærum | 650 |
Dybvad | 640 |
Ravnshøj | 640 |
Jerup | 620 |
Voerså | 570 |
Hørby | 440 |
Kvissel | 430 |
Halbjerg | 340 |
Thorshøj | 280 |
Syvsten | 270 |
Mayor
For a list of mayors in Skagen and Sæby before the 2007 merger, see below.
Frederikshavn
# | Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party |
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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] |
Former Skagen municipality
# | Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party |
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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] |
Former Sæby municipality
# | Name | Took office | Left office | Political Party |
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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] |
Politics
Municipal council
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 | |||||||||
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A | C | D | F | O | T | U | V | Ø | |||||
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. |
Twin towns – sister cities
Frederikshavn is twinned with:[6]
Borlänge, Sweden
Bremerhaven, Germany
Larvik, Norway
Qeqqata, Greenland
Qingdao, China
Tranås, Sweden
See also
References
- ^ a b BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "Kongeligt udnævnte Borgmestre". stadsarkiv.frederikshavn.dk (in Danish). Frederikshavn Stadsarkiv. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Borgmestre Frederikshavn Kommune". stadsarkiv.frederikshavn.dk (in Danish). Frederikshavn Stadsarkiv. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Borgmestre i Skagen". stadsarkiv.frederikshavn.dk (in Danish). Frederikshavn Stadsarkiv. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Borgmestre i Sæby". stadsarkiv.frederikshavn.dk (in Danish). Frederikshavn Stadsarkiv. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Venskabsbyer". frederikshavn.dk (in Danish). Frederikshavn Kommune. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
External links
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- Official website
(in Danish)
- Region Nordjylland site
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