In the field of education, tasks are well distributed among state, counties and municipalities. The Danish folkeskole is a 9-year primary and lower secondary school system run by the municipalities. In connection with the folkeskole, municipalities must provide a long list of services, such as school libraries, school medical officers, school dentists and school buses. In addition, there are tasks like leisure-time education for adults. In the area of culture, municipalities are obliged to provide public library facilities, where citizens can borrow books free of charge.
Libraries also organise cultural events such as concerts, author readings, and children's theatre.
Finally, municipalities have a number of tasks with regard to urban development and the environment, e.g. refuse collection and waste water treatment, and to a large extent they are also in charge of the supply of water, gas, electricity, natural gas and district heating. As already mentioned, counties are responsible for tasks requiring a fairly large population. However, in the local authorities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg hospitals are managed by the Metropolitan Hospital Corporation established on 1st January 1995. The corporation is headed by a board of directors appointed by the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg and the central government. Counties must ensure that citizens can receive medical attention in a hospital free of charge and that they have free access to consulting a general practitioner or a specialist.