North Zealand (Folketing constituency)

North Zealand
Nordsjælland
Constituency
for the Folketing
Outline map
Location of North Zealand within Denmark
Municipality
RegionCapital
Population473,671 (2022)[1]
Electorate341,544 (2022)
Area1,449 km2 (2022)[2]
Current constituency
Created2007
Seats10 (2007–present)
Members of the Folketing[3]
List
Created from

North Zealand (Danish: Nordsjælland) 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 Allerød, Egedal, Fredensborg, Frederikssund, Furesø, Gribskov, Halsnæs, Helsingør, Hillerød, Hørsholm and Rudersdal. The constituency currently elects 10 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 341,544 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 Nordsjællands Storkreds" (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Folketing. Retrieved 26 January 2023.