Greater Copenhagen (Folketing constituency)

Not to be confused with Copenhagen (Folketing constituency) or Copenhagen County (Folketing constituency).

Greater Copenhagen
Københavns Omegn
Constituency
for the Folketing
Outline map
Location of Greater Copenhagen within Denmark
Municipality
List
RegionCapital
Population560,585 (2022)[1]
Electorate371,085 (2022)
Area342 km2 (2022)[2]
Current constituency
Created2007
Seats
List
  • 11 (2015–present)
  • 12 (2011–2015
  • 11 (2007–2011)
Members of the Folketing[3]
List
Created fromCopenhagen County

Greater Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Omegn) 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 Albertslund, Ballerup, Brøndby, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, Herlev, Høje-Taastrup, Hvidovre, Ishøj, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rødovre and Vallensbæk. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 371,085 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 Københavns Omegns Storkreds" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Folketing. Retrieved 25 January 2023.