# Frederikshavn Municipality

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).
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 |
| 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 |
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| 17 | Erik Sørensen | 2007 | 2009 | Social Democrats |
| 18 | Lars Møller | 2010 | 2013 | Venstre |
| 19 | Birgit Hansen | 2014 | 2024 | Social Democrats |
| 20 | Karsten Thomsen | 2024 | Incumbent | Social Democrats |
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### Former Skagen municipality

| # | 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 |
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### Former Sæby municipality

| # | 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 |
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## 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 | Party | Party | Party | Party | Party | Party | Party | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor |
| Election | A | C | D | F | O | T | U | V | Ø | 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 | | 31 | 64.2% | Lars Møller (V) |
| 2013 | 14 | 1 | | 1 | 4 | | | 10 | 1 | 31 | 72.3% | Birgit Stenbak Hansen (A) |
| 2017 | 18 | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | | 6 | 1 | 29 | 71.5% | Birgit Stenbak Hansen (A) |
| 2021 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 6 | | 29 | 68.1% | Birgit Stenbak Hansen (A) |
| Current | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 6 | | 29 | N/A | Birgit Stenbak Hansen (A) |
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021. |||||||||||||

## Twin towns – sister cities

Frederikshavn is twinned with:
* Borlänge, Sweden
* Bremerhaven, Germany
* Larvik, Norway
* Qeqqata, Greenland
* Qingdao, China
* Tranås, Sweden