Gladsaxe Municipality

Gladsaxe Municipality Gladsaxe Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Gladsaxe Church in Gladsaxe
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°44′00″N 12°29′00″E / 55.7333°N 12.4833°E / 55.7333; 12.4833
Country	Denmark
Region	Hovedstaden
Established	1 April 1909
Seat	Gladsaxe
Government
• Mayor	Trine Græse (S)
Area
• Total	25 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population  (1. January 2024)[1]
• Total	70,600
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code	159
Website	www.gladsaxe.dk

Gladsaxe Municipality (Danish: Gladsaxe Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 25 km² (10 sq mi), and has a total population of 70,600 (2024). Its mayor is Trine Græse, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The site of its municipal council is the town of Buddinge. Other towns in the municipality are Gladsaxe, Bagsværd, Mørkhøj and Søborg —but town limits are not distinguishable because the towns have grown together in an urban sprawl. Mørkhøj, Værebro in Bagsværd and Høje-Gladsaxe are larger housing projects and home to many immigrants and being typical for many concrete highrise suburbs in Copenhagen. Picture of Gladsaxe Heights:[1]^{[permanent dead link‍]}

At Gladsaxe, there is a 206.5-metre-tall (677 ft) guyed TV mast, which was built in 1955. It was the first TV transmission site in Denmark.

Since 2014, Gladsaxe has been home to Copenhagen gem and mineral show, the largest gem and mineral show in Scandinavia. The show is an annual two-day event that attracts exhibitors from all around the world and an audience of thousands from Denmark and Sweden.

Gladsaxe municipality was not merged with other municipalities by 1 January 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).