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 an enclave surrounded by Copenhagen Municipality. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers a total area (land and water) of according to the Municipal Key FiguresDe Kommunale Nøgletal and has a population of 106,150 (1 January 2026) 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 the 2026-2029 term of office Frederiksberg's municipal council has increased its council to 31 members, elected every four years.

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

Election Party Totalseats Turnout Electedmayor200552132122564.7%Mads Lebech (C)2009611241164.2%Jørgen Glenthøj (C)201342102112370.3%201743111113171.2%2021 531311673.4%Michael Vindfeldt (A)2025 7311212573.2%Data from Valg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 2017 2021 and 2025

Mayors StartEndTitle/EducationNameParty1842 1843 Etatsråd Povel Povelsen Society of the Friends of Peasants1847 1851 Assessor Harald Raasløff 1858 1861 Ernst Emil Rosenørn Højre (1848-1866)1861 1862 N.F. Jespersen Died 1862 1872 Etatsråd R.C. Stæger 1872 1891 N.F. Schlegel Højre (1881). Died1891 1896 Lawyer (Supreme Court) Frederik Asmussen Højre1896 1908 Dr.med. E.M. Jacoby 1908 1909 Niels Petersen Danish Social Liberal Party1909 1936 Marius Godskesen Højre; from 1915: Conservative1936 1948 Vilhelm Fischer Conservative People's Party (Denmark)1948 1950 Aksel Møller Conservative People's Party (Denmark)1950 1954 Arne Stæhr Johansen Conservative People's Party (Denmark)1954 1958 Aksel Møller Died1958 1978 Arne Stæhr Johansen 1978 2001 John Winter Conservative People's Party (Denmark)2001 2009 Mads Lebech Conservative People's Party (Denmark)2009 2019 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) Anna Karina, French-naturalized Danish actress, director, model, writer and singer (born in Frederiksberg) Gallery

Frederiksberg Municipality

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