Funen (Folketing constituency)

Funen
Fyn
Constituency
for the Folketing
Outline map
Location of Funen within Denmark
Municipality
RegionSouthern Denmark
Population505,115 (2022)[1]
Electorate378,832 (2022)
Area3,481 km2 (2022)[2]
Current constituency
Created2007
Seats12 (2007–present)
Members of the Folketing[3]
List
Created fromFunen County

Funen (Danish: Fyn) is one of the 12 multi-member constituencies of the Folketing, the national legislature of Denmark. The constituency was established in 2007 following the public administration structural reform. It consists of the municipalities of Ærø, Assens, Faaborg-Midtfyn, Kerteminde, Langeland, Middelfart, Nordfyn, Nyborg, Odense and Svendborg. The constituency currently elects 12 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 378,832 registered electors.

  1. ^ "FOLK1A: Population at the first day of the quarter by region, sex, age and marital status". Copenhagen, Denmark: Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. ^ "ARE207: Area 1. January by region". Copenhagen, Denmark: Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Find et medlem: Du har søgt på storkreds Fyns Storkreds" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Folketing. Retrieved 31 January 2023.