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Copenhagen City Council


Københavns Borgerrepræsentation
Type
Type
History
Founded1840 (1840)
Leadership

Lord Mayor

Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, Social Democrats
since 1 January 2022

Structure
Seats55
Seat allotment (last updated 12 May 2020)

Political groups

Elections

Last election

16 November 2021
Meeting place
Copenhagen City Hall, Copenhagen
Website
https://www.kk.dk
Copenhagen City Council chambers.

The Copenhagen City Council (Danish: Københavns Borgerrepræsentation) is the municipal governmentofCopenhagen, Denmark, and has its seat at Copenhagen City Hall.

The city council is Copenhagen's highest political authority and sets the framework for the committees' tasks. The City of Copenhagen's government consists of an economic committee and six standing committees, each working in its own field.

The city council has 55 members (abbreviated MBs), and is chaired by the lord mayor (overborgmester),[1] who chairs the Economic Affairs Committee. The chairpersons of the six standing committees have the title of mayor (borgermester). The lord mayor, together with the six mayors and six members of the city council, make up the Economic Affairs Committee.[2] Unlike other Danish municipalities, the City of Copenhagen does not have deputy mayors, but a first and second vice-chair of the city council.

History

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The forerunner of the Copenhagen City Council, the Council of 32 Men (Danish: Stadens 32 mænd), was established in 1660. The assembly primarily consisted of high-ranking citizens. In 1840, the city council was established by royal decree, consisting of 36 democratically elected members. This number was increased to 42 members in 1903. Later, in 1913, the city council was expanded to 55 members.[3]

Committees

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The seven committees are:[4]

Composition of the city council

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Below are the municipal councils elected since 1909.

Election Party Total
seats
Elected
mayor
A B C D D E F G I K K N O P V Y Z Ø Å L
1909 20 5 16 1 42
1912 21 4 16 1
1913 27 5 22 1 55
1917 30 6 17 2
1921 33 4 16 2
1925 31 6 17 1
1929 35 4 16
1933 35 4 15 1
1937 37 5 11 2 Viggo Christensen (A)
1943 32 6 15 1 1
1946 27 3 11 11 2 1 Hans Peter Sørensen (A)
1950 28 3 12 6 6
1954 32 2 13 1 6 1
1958 29 3 14 1 5 3 Sigvard Munk (A)
1962 27 2 15 9 1 1 Urban Hansen (A)
1966 23 2 15 13 1 1
1970 31 5 11 5 1 1 1
1974 22 3 6 1 1 7 7 1 1 2 3 1
1978 26 1 8 1 1 3 5 1 5 3 1 Egon Weidekamp (A)
1981 22 3 8 1 7 2 2 8 2
1985 18 1 9 1 15 2 1 1 7
1989 20 1 6 2 13 2 1 2 2 4 2 Jens Kramer Mikkelsen (A)
1993 18 3 6 10 1 1 8 3 4 1
1997 17 3 5 1 8 6 1 6 7 1
2001 16 5 4 1 9 4 11 5
2005 21 7 3 7 3 8 6 Ritt Bjerregaard (A)
2009 17 5 4 13 4 6 6 Frank Jensen (A)
2013 16 6 3 6 2 4 7 11
2017 15 5 3 5 2 3 5 11 6
2021 10 6 8 1 6 1 1 5 15 2 Sophie Hæstorp Andersen (A)
Election A B C D D E F G I K K N O P V Y Z Ø Å L Total
seats
Elected
mayor
Party
Data from Kmdvalg.dk, Dst.dk and Sa.dk

City council chairs

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  • 1841–1853 Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt (National Liberal Party)
  • 1853–1858 Hans Peter Hansen (again)
  • 1858–1860 Herman Andreas Mollerup [da]
  • 1860–1863 Lars Christian Larsen [da] (National Liberal Party)
  • 1863–1873 Harald Kayser [da] (Højre [1848 party])
  • 1873–1883 Christian Severin Henrichsen [da] (Højre [1881 party])
  • 1883–1885 Harald Kayser [da] (again) (Højre)
  • 1885–1895 Peter Frederik Koch (Højre)
  • 1895–1898 Rasmus Strøm [da] (Højre)
  • 1898–1907 Herman Trier (from 1905: Danish Social Liberal Party)
  • 1907–1909 John Vilhelm Duurloo [da] (independent)
  • 1909–1910 A. F. Lamm [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1910–1912 Carl Becker [da] (Antisocialistisk Borgerliste)
  • 1912–1913 A. F. Lamm [da] (again)
  • 1913–1917 Christian S. Christiansen [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1917–1919 Anthon Andersen (Social Democrats)
  • 1919–1924 Thorvald Stauning (Social Democrats)
  • 1924–1925 P.J. Pedersen [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1925–1926 J. A. Hansen [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1926–1937 Emanuel Svendsen [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1937–1938 Julius C. Hansen (Social Democrats)
  • 1938–1942 Karmark Rønsted [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1942–1946 Alexander Fløtkjær [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1946–1962 Sigvald Hellberg [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1962–1970 Henry Stjernqvist [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1970–1976 Egon Weidekamp (Social Democrats)
  • 1976–1981 Gerda Louw Larsen [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1982–1986 Knud-Erik Ziirsen [da] (Social Democrats)
  • 1986–1989 Bent Nebelong [da] (The Conservative People's Party)
  • 1990–1993 Martin Günter [da] (Socialist People's Party)
  • 1994–1997 Bodil Jensen [da] (Social Democrats)
  • Since 1998, the incumbent mayor has been the permanent chair of the city council.[5]
  • See also

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    References

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    1. ^ Social- og Indenrigsministeriet (2019-01-15), Bekendtgørelse af lov om kommunernes styrelse (in Danish), retrieved 2021-12-01
  • ^ "Borgerrepræsentationen". www.starbas.net (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  • ^ "Stadens 32 mænd". www.starbas.net (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  • ^ "Borgmestre i Københavns kommune". Københavns Kommune (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  • ^ "Formanden". raadhus.kk.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
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