# Frederiksberg Municipality

Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. Part of the Capital Region of Denmark and the city of Copenhagen, it is surrounded by Copenhagen Municipality. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers a total area (land and water) of 8.71 km$^2$ (3.36 square miles; 871 hectares) according to the Municipal Key Figures and has a population of 104,899 (1. January 2024) making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the seventh most populous, and the most densely populated. Its mayor is Michael Vindfeldt from the Social Democrats serving from 1 January 2022.
The city of Frederiksberg is the only town in the municipality, and is therefore the site of its municipal council.
Frederiksberg is located as an enclave within the municipality of Copenhagen, the national capital. The municipality was originally situated west of Copenhagen, but after a number of smaller municipalities were merged with Copenhagen in 1901, it became surrounded by Copenhagen.
Frederiksberg was one of the three last Danish municipalities not belonging to a County—the others being Copenhagen and Bornholm. On 1 January 2007, the municipality lost its county privileges and became part of Region Hovedstaden (i.e. the Copenhagen Capital Region).
Frederiksberg municipality was not merged with other municipalities as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

## Politics
### Municipal council

As of 2022 Frederiksberg'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 | B | C | F | I | O | V | Ø | Å | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor |
| 2005 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 2 | | | 1 | 2 | | 25 | 64.7% | Mads Lebech (C) |
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4 | | | 1 | 1 | | 25 | 64.2% | Jørgen Glenthøj (C) |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 25 | 70.3% | Jørgen Glenthøj (C) |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 71.2% | Jørgen Glenthøj (C) |
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 |||||||||||||

### Mayors

| Start | End | Title/Education | Name | Party |
| 1842 | 1843 | Etatsråd | Povel Povelsen | Society of the Friends of Peasants |
| 1847 | 1851 | Assessor | Harald Raasløff | |
| 1858 | 1861 | Godsejer | Ernst Emil Rosenørn | Højre (1848-1866) |
| 1861 | 1862 | Justitsråd | N.F. Jespersen | Died |
| 1862 | 1872 | Etatsråd | R.C. Stæger | |
| 1872 | 1891 | Justitiarius | N.F. Schlegel | Højre (1881). Died |
| 1891 | 1896 | Lawyer (Supreme Court) | Frederik Asmussen | Højre |
| 1896 | 1908 | Dr.med. | E.M. Jacoby | |
| 1908 | 1909 | Overretssagfører | Niels Petersen | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| 1909 | 1936 | Overretssagfører | Marius Godskesen | Højre; from 1915: Conservative |
| 1936 | 1948 | Direktør | Vilhelm Fischer | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 1948 | 1950 | Statsrevisor | Aksel Møller | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 1950 | 1954 | Branddirektør | Arne Stæhr Johansen | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 1954 | 1958 | | Aksel Møller | Died |
| 1958 | 1978 | | Arne Stæhr Johansen | |
| 1978 | 2001 | Vicedirektør | John Winter | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 2001 | 2009 | Chefjurist | Mads Lebech | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 2009 | 2019 | Seniorproduktchef | Jørgen Glenthøj | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 2019 | 2021 | Lawyer | Simon Aggesen | Conservative People's Party (Denmark) |
| 2022 | | Lawyer | Michael Vindfeldt | Social Democrats |

## Main sights

* Frederiksberg Campus (University of Copenhagen)
* Frederiksberg Gardens
* Frederiksberg Hospital
* Frederiksberg Palace
* Frederiksberg Town Hall
* Copenhagen Business School
* Copenhagen Zoo
* Royal Danish Military Academy
* Church of the Deaf
* Listed buildings in Frederiksberg Municipality

## Twin towns – sister cities

Frederiksberg is twinned with:
* Bærum, Norway
* Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
* Hämeenlinna, Finland
* Qeqertarsuatsiaat, Greenland
* Tartu, Estonia
* Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
* Uppsala, Sweden

## Notable residents

* Claes Bang, actor (Taxa, Dracula)

## Gallery

* Frederiksberg Palace
* Frederiksberg Town Hall
* A café on Værnedamsvej
* The grounds of the former porcelain factory now house residential units
* The Alhambra museum