Copenhagen City Council

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

Copenhagen City Council

Københavns Borgerrepræsentation
Type
Type
History
Founded1840 (1840)
Leadership
Lord Mayor
Lars Weiss, Social Democrats
since 19 October 2020
Structure
Seats55
Political groups
  •   Red–Green Alliance: 11 seats
      Socialist People's Party: 5 seats
      Social Democrats: 15 seats
      The Alternative: 5 seats
      Danish Social Liberal Party: 5 seats
      Danish People's Party: 3 seats
      The Conservative People's Party: 5 seats
      Venstre: 5 seats
      Independent: 1 seat
Elections
Last election
21 November 2017
Meeting place
Copenhagen City Hall, Copenhagen
Website
https://www.kk.dk
Copenhagen City Council chambers.

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

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

The seven committees are:[4]

Composition of the city council (1993–present)
Party 2017[5] 2013[6] 2009[7] 2005[8] 2001[9] 1997 1993
Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes
A Social Democrats 82,819 15 (-1) 76,524 16 (-1) 68,707 17 (-4) 89,639 21 (+5) 82,500 16 (-1) 68,091 17 71,895
B Danish Social Liberal Party 26,725 5 (-1) 30,843 6 (+1) 19,424 5 (-2) 28,255 7 (+2) 26,030 5 (+2) 11,977 3 8126
C The Conservative People's Party 16,792 3 (-) 13,860 3 (-1) 16,163 4 (+1) 14,534 3 (-1) 20,257 4 (-1) 21,843 5 22,142
D Centre Democrats — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 (-1) 3327 1 2788 1 2355
F Socialist People's Party 24,830 5 (-1) 27,547 6 (-7) 50,966 13 (+6) 26,755 7 (-2) 45,613 9 (+1) 32,639 8 42,356
I Liberal Alliance 11,822 2 (-) 10,632 2 (+2) 2024 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 —
L Solidarity Alternative — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 1697 0 (-1) 4237 1 —
O Danish People's Party 15,082 3 (-1) 20,391 4 17,700 4 (+1) 14,018 3 (-1) 23,513 4 (-2) 22,913 6 —
P Common Course — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 2943 0 (-1) 5842 1 —
V Venstre 23,652 5 (-2) 31,442 7 (+1) 21,504 6 (-2) 33,186 8 (-3) 58,942 11 (+5) 23,858 6 32,799
Z Progress Party — 0 — 0 504 0 319 0 761 0 1838 0 11,508
Ø Red–Green Alliance 55,241 11 (-) 53,672 11 (+5) 25,016 6 (-) 22,764 6 (+1) 24,932 5 (-2) 22,407 7 11,765
Å The Alternative 31,553 6 (+6) — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 —

City council chairs
  • 1840–1840 Hans Peter Hansen
  • 1841–1853 Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt (National Liberal Party)
  • 1853–1858 Hans Peter Hansen (again)
  • 1858–1860 Herman Andreas Mollerup
  • 1860–1863 Lars Christian Larsen (National Liberal Party)
  • 1863–1873 Harald Kayser (Højre [1848 party])
  • 1873–1883 Christian Severin Henrichsen (Højre [1881 party])
  • 1883–1885 Harald Kayser (again) (Højre)
  • 1885–1895 Peter Frederik Koch (Højre)
  • 1895–1898 Rasmus Strøm (Højre)
  • 1898–1907 Herman Trier (from 1905: Danish Social Liberal Party)
  • 1907–1909 John Vilhelm Duurloo (independent)
  • 1909–1910 A. F. Lamm (Social Democrats)
  • 1910–1912 Carl Becker (Antisocialistisk Borgerliste)
  • 1912–1913 A. F. Lamm (again)
  • 1913–1917 Christian S. Christiansen (Social Democrats)
  • 1917–1919 Anthon Andersen (Social Democrats)
  • 1919–1924 Thorvald Stauning (Social Democrats)
  • 1924–1925 P.J. Pedersen (Social Democrats)
  • 1925–1926 J. A. Hansen (Social Democrats)
  • 1926–1937 Emanuel Svendsen (Social Democrats)
  • 1937–1938 Julius C. Hansen (Social Democrats)
  • 1938–1942 Karmark Rønsted (Social Democrats)
  • 1942–1946 Alexander Fløtkjær (Social Democrats)
  • 1946–1962 Sigvald Hellberg (Social Democrats)
  • 1962–1970 Henry Stjernqvist (Social Democrats)
  • 1970–1976 Egon Weidekamp (Social Democrats)
  • 1976–1981 Gerda Louw Larsen (Social Democrats)
  • 1982–1986 Knud-Erik Ziirsen (Social Democrats)
  • 1986–1989 Bent Nebelong (The Conservative People's Party)
  • 1990–1993 Martin Günter (Socialist People's Party)
  • 1994–1997 Bodil Jensen (Social Democrats)
  • Since 1998, the incumbent mayor has been the permanent chair of the city council.[10]

See also

References
  1. Social- og Indenrigsministeriet (2019-01-15), Bekendtgørelse af lov om kommunernes styrelse (in Danish), retrieved 2021-12-01
  2. "Borgerrepræsentationen". www.starbas.net (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  3. "Stadens 32 mænd". www.starbas.net (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  4. "Borgmestre i Københavns kommune | Københavns Kommunes hjemmeside". www.kk.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  5. "Kommunalvalg København Kommune". www.kmdvalg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  6. "Kommunalvalg København Kommune". www.kmdvalg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  7. "Kommunalvalg København kommune". www.kmdvalg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  8. "Kommunalvalg København kommune". www.kmdvalg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  9. "Kommunalvalg København kommune". www.kmdvalg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  10. "Formanden". raadhus.kk.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-12-01.
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