North Jutland (Folketing constituency)

North Jutland
Nordjylland
Constituency
for the Folketing
Outline map
Location of North Jutland within Denmark
Municipality
RegionNorth Jutland
Population594,925 (2022)[1]
Electorate447,556 (2022)
Area7,884 km2 (2022)[2]
Current constituency
Created2007
Seats15 (2007–present)
Members of the Folketing[3]
List
Created from

North Jutland (Danish: Nordjylland) 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 Aalborg, Brønderslev, Frederikshavn, Hjørring, Jammerbugt, Læsø, Mariagerfjord, Morsø, Rebild, Thisted and Vesthimmerland. The constituency currently elects 15 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 447,556 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 Nordjyllands Storkreds" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Folketing. Retrieved 7 February 2023.