Copenhagen City Council

The Copenhagen City Council (Danish: Københavns Borgerrepræsentation) is the municipal government of Copenhagen, Denmark, and has its seat at Copenhagen City Hall.

Copenhagen City Council

Københavns Borgerrepræsentation
Type
Type
Municipal council
History
Founded1840 (1840)
Leadership
Lord Mayor
Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, Social Democrats
since 1 January 2022
Structure
Seats55
Political groups
  •   Red–Green Alliance: 15 seats
      Social Democrats: 10 seats
      Conservative People's Party: 8 seats
      Social Liberal Party: 6 seats
      Socialist People's Party: 6 seats
      Venstre: 5 seats
      The Alternative: 2 seats
      Liberal Alliance: 1 seat
      New Right: 1 seat
      Danish People's Party: 1 seat
Elections
Last election
16 November 2021
Meeting place
Copenhagen City Hall, Copenhagen
Website
https://www.kk.dk

The city council is Copenhagen's highest political authority and sets the framework for the committees' tasks. The City of Copenhagen's government consists of an economic committee and six standing committees, each working in its own field.

The city council has 55 members (abbreviated MBs), and is chaired by the lord mayor (overborgmester), who chairs the Economic Affairs Committee. The chairpersons of the six standing committees have the title of mayor (borgermester). The lord mayor, together with the six mayors and six members of the city council, make up the Economic Affairs Committee. Unlike other Danish municipalities, the City of Copenhagen does not have deputy mayors, but a first and second vice-chair of the city council.

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