Copenhagen City Council Københavns Borgerrepræsentation
Type
Type	Municipal council
History
Founded	1840 (1840)
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, Social Democrats since 1 January 2022
Structure
Seats	55
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	2025
Meeting place
Copenhagen City Hall, Copenhagen
Website
https://www.kk.dk

TheCopenhagen City Council (Danish:Københavns Borgerrepræsentation) is themunicipal government ofCopenhagen,Denmark, and has its seat atCopenhagen City Hall.

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 (abbreviatedMBs), and is chaired by thelord mayor (overborgmester),^[1] 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.^[2] Unlike other Danish municipalities, the City of Copenhagen does not havedeputy mayors, but a first and second vice-chair of the city council.

The forerunner of the Copenhagen City Council, theCouncil of 32 Men (Danish:Stadens 32 mænd), was established in 1660. The assembly primarily consisted of high-ranking citizens. In 1840, the city council was established by royal decree, consisting of 36 democratically elected members. This number was increased to 42 members in 1903. Later, in 1913, the city council was expanded to 55 members.^[3]

The seven committees are:^[4]

• Economic Affairs committee (Lord MayorSophie Hæstorp Andersen,Social Democrats)
• Culture and Leisure Committee (MayorMia Nyegaard [da],Social Liberal Party)
• Technical and Environmental Committee (MayorLine Barfod,Red–Green Alliance)
• Children and Youth Committee (MayorJakob Næsager [da],The Conservative People's Party)
• Social Affairs Committee (MayorKarina Vestergård Madsen [da],Red–Green Alliance)
• Health and Care Committee (MayorSisse Marie Welling,Green Left)
• Employment and Integration Committee (MayorJens-Kristian Lütken [da],Venstre)

Below are the municipal councils elected since 1909.

• List of lord mayors of Copenhagen

• Københavns Borgerrepræsentation – the official website(in Danish)
• City Hall Library: City Council – overview of all mayors and members of the Copenhagen City Council(in Danish)

• 1840 establishments
• Copenhagen Municipality

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