Greater Copenhagen (Folketing constituency)

Greater Copenhagen
Greater Copenhagen
Københavns Omegn
Constituency; for the Folketing
	Location of Greater Copenhagen within Denmark
Municipality	List Albertslund ; Ballerup ; Brøndby ; Gentofte ; Gladsaxe ; Glostrup ; Herlev ; Høje-Taastrup ; Hvidovre ; Ishøj ; Lyngby-Taarbæk ; Rødovre ; Vallensbæk ;
Region	Capital
Population	560,585 (2022)
Electorate	371,085 (2022)
Area	342 km2 (2022)
Current constituency
Created	2007
Seats	List 11 (2015–present) ; 12 (2011–2015 ; 11 (2007–2011) ;
Members of the Folketing	List Sigurd Agersnap (F) ; Morten Bødskov (A) ; Jeppe Bruus (A) ; Maria Durhuus (A) ; Rasmus Jarlov (C) ; Kasper Sand Kjær (A) ; Steffen Larsen (I) ; Rasmus Lund-Nielsen (M) ; Morten Messerschmidt (O) ; Charlotte Munch (Æ) ; Sofie Carsten Nielsen (B) ; Monika Rubin (M) ; Søren Søndergaard (Ø) ; Mattias Tesfaye (A) ; Kim Valentin (V) ;
Created from	Copenhagen County

Greater Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Omegn) 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 Albertslund, Ballerup, Brøndby, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, Herlev, Høje-Taastrup, Hvidovre, Ishøj, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rødovre and Vallensbæk. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 179 members of the Folketing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 371,085 registered electors.

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