Helsingør Municipality

Helsingør Municipality (a variant English name: Elsinore Municipality; Danish: Helsingør Kommune), is a municipality in the Capital Region on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 122 km², and has a total population of 61,538 (1 April 2014). Its mayor as of 1 January 2014 is Benedikte Kiær, a member of the Conservative political party.

Kronborg Castle in Helsingør Kommune, Denmark.

Locations

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Helsingør (also referred to in English as Elsinore).

Helsingør47,000
Hellebæk5,400
Hornbæk3,600
Saunte1,200
Kvistgård1,100
Tikøb710
Gurre400
Langesø290

Other towns and villages include

To the east is the Øresund, the strait which separates Zealand from Sweden. To the north is the Kattegat.

Ferry service connects the municipality at the town of Helsingør east over the Øresund to the town of Helsingborg, Sweden. The European routes E47 and E55 traverse the two cities.

Helsingør municipality was not merged with other municipalities due to the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).

History
Main article: Elsinore

The town as we know it today was founded in the 1420s by the Danish king Eric of Pomerania. He established the Sound Dues in 1429 and built the castle 'Krogen', which was made bigger in the 1580s and named Kronborg. Kronborg Castle, known internationally as the setting of William Shakespeare's theatre play Hamlet, is today the town's main tourist attraction.

Politics

Municipal council

Helsingør's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election Party Total
seats		 Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C F L O V Ø
2005 8 1 9 2 1 3 1 25 66.0% Per Tærsbøl (C)
2009 7 8 4 1 2 2 1 67.4% Johannes Hect-Nielsen (V)
2013 6 1 9 1 1 3 2 2 73.8% Benedikte Kiær (C)
2017 8 1 9 1 1 2 1 2 72.0%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Economy

Local companies include the Noa Noa clothing company, Barslund, Bavarian Nordic and Peter Beier Chokolade.

See also

References

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