Frederikssund Kommune () is a municipality () on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) 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&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and has a population of 47,450 (1 January 2026). 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 (Capital Region).

The seat of its municipal council is the town of Frederikssund with a population of 15,283 (1 January 2009). 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.

Locations

The ten largest locations in the municipality are:

{| class="wikitable"

! Nr (#) !! City !! Population (2011)

|-

| 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.

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"| Election

! colspan="8"| 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:#8B8989;"|

|style="background:#C9096C;"|Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|

|style="background:#F4D44D;"|Danish People's Party|

|style="background:#254C85;"|Venstre (Denmark)|

|style="background:#FF0000;"|Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|

|-

|2005

|13

|1

|3

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|

|1

|1

|8

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|

|27

|72.2%

|rowspan="2"|Ole Find Jensen (A)

|-

|2009

|10

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|

|3

|3

|2

|5

|rowspan="3"|23

|67.1%

|-

|2013

|8

|1

|1

|1

|3

|8

|1

|73.4%

|rowspan="2"|John S. Andersen (V)

|-

|2017

|8

|1

|1

|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|

|1

|2

|9

|1

|72.6%

|-

|colspan="14"|Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

|}

Recent developments

The new harbour square 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:

  • Aurskog-Høland, Norway
  • Catoira, Spain
  • Kowary, Poland
  • Kumla, Sweden

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  • Ramsgate, England, United Kingdom
  • Sipoo, Finland
  • Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Minolta-65-02 filtered.jpg|Frederikssund's main pedestrian street

Jægerspris slot.jpg|Jægerspris Castle

Danish sailboats.jpg|Kulhuse

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See also

  • Frederikssund railway station

References

  • Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
  • Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
  • Road map from Google maps
  • The new Frederikssund municipality's official website (Danish only)
  • Frederikssund / Hornsherred Tourist Bureau
  • Frederikssund Gymnasium
  • Center Bowl
  • Frederikssund Golf Club
  • Photos
  • The local public library (in Danish)
  • Frederikssund marina (in Danish)