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Ballerup Kommune () is a municipality () in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It is located approximately 15 kilometers from central Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 34.09 km<sup>2</sup>. It is also the name of the municipal seat, Ballerup.
Overview
Other than Ballerup, the towns that make up the municipality are Måløv and Skovlunde.
The municipality has a population of 53,950 as of 1 January 2026, of those are 10,471 between 0-16 years old and 10.503 aged 65 or more.
Neighboring municipalities are Herlev to the east, Furesø and Gladsaxe to the north, Egedal to the west, and Albertslund, Glostrup and Rødovre to the south.
The geography of Ballerup municipality was not affected on 1 January 2007 by the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).
Etymology
The name of Ballerup is a combination of the old danish male name Balli and the suffix Torp. Sources show that the name has been used since the 16th century. Since the beginning of the 14th century, there have been known variations of the name such as "Ballitorp", "Ballistorp", "Baldorp", "Balderupæ", "Balrop", "Baltorp", "Baltarup", "Balderup" and "Ballerop".
The word torp means settlement and is also the origin of the suffixes -trup, -drup and -rup, which are common in Danish place names. The resettlements, that are the foundation to many danish city names, happened during the Viking Age and parts of the Middle Ages, roughly in the years from 850 AD to 1350 AD.
Due to population growth, people moved in groups from the older settlements to newer, uncultuivated areas and thus the resettlement towns emerged. They were often named after their founder, which in the case of Ballerup might mean that the new settlement was founded by a man called Ballis.
Economy
The municipality is home to companies such as GN Store Nord, Orbicon and Leo Pharma and Toms International.
Politics
As of the 2025 Danish local elections, the mayor is Jesper Würtzen of the Social Democrats who has served as mayor since 2012. Ballerup has been a stronghold for the Social Democrats, who have held the mayoral post since its creation in 1933.
Municipal council
Ballerup's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years.
Below is the seat distribution for the municipal councils elected since the 1996 Danish local elections.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="9" | Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats
! rowspan="2"| Turnout
! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|Social Democrats (Denmark)|
|style="background:#843A93;"|Danish Social Liberal Party|
|style="background:#89A920;"|Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|
|style="background:#00434f;"|New Right (Denmark)|
|style="background:#C9096C;" |Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|
|style="background:#43B3AE;" |Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|
| style="background:#F4D44D;" |Danish People's Party|
|style="background:#254C85;"|Venstre (Denmark)|
| style="background:#FF0000;" |Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|
|-
|1997
|12
| rowspan="2" style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|3
| rowspan="6" style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|2
| rowspan="7" style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|3
|5
| rowspan="4" style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
| rowspan="8" |25
|71.0%
| rowspan="4" |Ove E. Dalsgaard (A)
|-
|2001
|16
|2
|2
|1
|4
|87.3%
|-
|2005
|15
|1
|2
|2
|2
|3
|68.5%
|-
|2009
|15
| rowspan="3" style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|2
|4
|2
|2
|64.1%
|-
|2013
|14
|1
| style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|3
|5
|2
|71.0%
| rowspan="4" |Jesper Würtzen (A)
|-
|2017
|16
|1
|1
|2
|3
|2
|70.2%
|-
|2021
|13
|1
|3
|1
|2
|1
|1
|2
|65.9%
|-
|2025
|10
|2
|2
| rowspan="1" style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
|3
|2
|3
|1
|2
|65.0%
|-
| colspan="13" |Data from valg.dk
|}
Twin towns – sister cities
Ballerup is twinned with:
- Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany <!--confirmed by Brandenburg-->
- East Kilbride, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ballerup also cooperates with Ystad in Sweden.