Løkken-Vrå was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in the

North Jutland County North Jutland County () is a former county (Danish: '' amt'') in northern Denmark. It was located on the eastern half of Vendsyssel-Thy and the northernmost part of the Jutland peninsula. It was the largest county in Denmark, but with a relati ...

, Denmark until 1 January 2007. It was located on the northwest coast of the island of

Vendsyssel-Thy The North Jutlandic Island (), Vendsyssel-Thy, or Jutland north of the Limfjord (''Jylland nord for Limfjorden'') is the northernmost part of continental Denmark and of Jutland. It is more common to refer to the three traditional districts of Ve ...

on the northern

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

peninsula. The municipality covered an area of , and had a total population of 8,828 (2005). The two main towns were

Vrå Vrå is a railway town in Hjørring Municipality, Hjørring Municipalities of Denmark, municipality, Denmark. It was the former municipal seat of the abolished Løkken-Vrå municipality. As of 1 January 2025, Vrå has a population of 2,681. His ...

and Løkken, where Vrå acted as the seat of the municipal council. Løkken-Vrå municipality ceased to exist following the Municipality Reform of 2007 (Danish: ''kommunalreformen''). It was merged with existing

Hjørring Hjørring () is a town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Hjørring Municipality in the North Jutland Region. The population is 25,908 (acco ...

Hirtshals Hirtshals is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe. It is located in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland. The town of Hirtshals has a ...

, and

Sindal Sindal is a railway town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It has a population of 3,071 (1 January 2025) and is located in Hjørring Municipality in Region Nordjylland. Until 1 January 2007 ...

municipalities to form an enlarged

Hjørring municipality Hjørring Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region on the west coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , making it ...

with a total area of and a total population of ca. 67,816. The new municipality belongs to

Region Nordjylland The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the traditional counties () an ...

("North Jutland Region").

Mayors

* Valdemar Langthjem, 1970–1975 * Jens Baggesen, 1975–1986 * Søren Jensen, 1986–1987 * Birte Andersen, 1986–1994 * Knud Rødbro, 1994–2007

Notable people

* Katja Schumann (born 1949) a retired circus performer; in 2015 she purchased a dilapidated former pig farm in Løkken-Vrå, renovated the property into a working animal farm, seasonal circus, and museum. *

Lone Træholt Lone Træholt is the first woman in the Danish armed forces to obtain the rank of general. On 30 September 2016, she was promoted to brigadier general in the Royal Danish Air Force, heading the Tactical Air Staff. In 2000, Træholt became the fi ...

(born 1958 in Løkken) the first woman in the

Danish armed forces The Danish Defence (; ; ; ) is the unified armed forces of the Kingdom of Denmark charged with the defence of Denmark and its self-governing territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The military also promote Denmark's wider interests, support ...

to obtain the rank of

General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Hjørring municipality's official website (Danish only)
{{Authority control Former municipalities of Denmark Hjørring Municipality