The lord mayor of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Overborgmester) is the
city
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's mayor and the leader of the
Copenhagen City Council
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. Established in 1938, all
lord mayors have since belonged to the
Social Democratic Party
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Current mayors
As of the
municipal
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election
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s of November 19, 2013, Copenhagen has the following
mayor
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s:
* Lord mayor:
Frank Jensen
Frank Jensen (born 28 May 1961) is a former Danish politician of the Danish Social Democrats who served as Lord Mayor of Copenhagen between 1 January 2010 and 19 October 2020. He was Minister for Research 27 September 1994 to 30 December 1996 i ...
(
Social Democratic Party
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* Mayor of Culture:
Franciska Rosenkilde
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(
The Alternative)
* Mayor of Children and Youths:
Pia Allerslev (
Liberal Party
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* Mayor of Health and Care:
Ninna Thomsen (
Socialist Party
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)
* Mayor of Social Affairs:
Jesper Christensen
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Social Democratic Party
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* Mayor of Technics and the Environment:
Ninna Hedeager Olsen (
Red-Green Alliance)
* Mayor of Employment and Integration:
Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard (
Liberal Party
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See also
*
Timeline of Copenhagen
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Prior to 17th century
* 1167 – Absalon's Castle founded.
* 1238 – Franciscan monastery founded.
* 1254 – Copenhagen receives city charter.
* 1294 – Wednes ...
References
List of mayorsfrom the website of the Copenhagen Municipal Libraries. {{in lang, da
Mayors
*Copenhagen
Mayors
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Copenhagen
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Lists of political office-holders in Denmark
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