Herlev Municipality () is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the northwestern suburbs of Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 12 km<sup>2</sup>, and has a total population of 32,030 (1 January 2026). Its mayor is Marco Damgaard, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The former village Herlev is the largest settlement of the municipal and the site of the municipal council. It is best known for being the site of Herlev Hospital.
Neighboring municipalities are Gladsaxe to the east and northeast, Furesø Municipality to the north, Ballerup to the west, Glostrup to the southwest, Rødovre to the south, and Copenhagen to the southeast.
History
Herlev municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as part of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).
Politics
Municipal council
Herlev's municipal council consists of 19 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="7"| 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:#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
|12
|1
|2
|2
|1
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="4"|19
|67.1%
|rowspan="2"|Kjeld Hansen (A)
|-
|2009
|11
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|2
|4
|1
|1
|63.6%
|-
|2013
|13
|1
|1
|2
|1
|1
|69.6%
|rowspan="2"|Thomas Gyldal Petersen (A)
|-
|2017
|12
|2
|1
|1
|1
|2
|68.7%
|-
|colspan="14"|Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017
|}
Twin towns – sister cities
Herlev is twinned with:
- Eberswalde, Germany
- Gniewkowo, Poland
- Höganäs, Sweden
- Lieto, Finland
- Nesodden, Norway
- Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
- Sermersooq, Greenland
See also
- Herlev Hospital
- Herlev railway station
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map