Frederikssund Municipality

Frederikssund Kommune is a municipality on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. On 1 January 2007, the municipality was enlarged to include the old Jægerspris, Slangerup, and Skibby municipalities. It now covers an area of 250 km² and has a population of 47,052. As of 1 January 2014 its mayor is John Schmidt Andersen, a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre political party. Frederikssund municipality belongs to Region Hovedstaden.
The seat of its municipal council is the town of Frederikssund with a population of 15,283. The town is connected to the Hornsherred peninsula by the Kronprins Frederik bridge. The former municipalities of Jægerspris and Skibby are located on this peninsula.

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Locations

The ten largest locations in the municipality are:

Nr	City	Population
1	Frederikssund	15,468
2	Slangerup	6,822
3	Jægerspris	4,065
4	Skibby	3,185
5	Græse Bakkeby	2,368
6	Kulhuse	912
7	Skuldelev	905
8	Gerlev	783
9	Store Rørbæk	570
10	Over Dråby Strand	442

Politics

Municipal council

Frederikssund's municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Recent developments

The provides the finishing touches to the harbour developments which began in the 1990s. There are also ambitious plans to build a new residential development to the south of Frederikssund in Vinge north of Store Rørbæk. Vinge Station on the C line of the S-train was opened 14 December 2020.

Twin towns – sister cities

Frederikssund is twinned with: