Hørsholm Municipality Hørsholm Kommune (Danish) | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates:55°53′00″N12°30′00″E / 55.883333333333°N 12.5°E /55.883333333333; 12.5 | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Hovedstaden |
| Established | 1 January 1842 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Morten Slotved |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.30 km2 (12.08 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2025)[1] | |
• Total | 25,168 |
| • Density | 804.1/km2 (2,083/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Hørsholm Municipality (Danish:Hørsholm Kommune) is a municipality (Danish,kommune) in theCapital Region in the northern part of the island ofZealand (Sjælland) in easternDenmark. The municipality covers an area of 31 km2, and has a total population of 25,168 (1. January 2025). Its mayor as of 2010 isMorten Slotved, a member of theConservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti).
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town ofHørsholm.
Neighboring municipalities, in line with theKommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), areFredensborg municipality (formerly Fredensborg-Humlebæk and Karlebo) to the north,Allerød municipality to the west, andRudersdal municipality (formerly Birkerød and Søllerød) to the south. To the east is theØresund, the strait that separates Denmark fromSweden. The distance to Sweden from the coast at Hørsholm is ca. 17 km toLandskrona or ca. 9 km to the Swedish island ofVen.
Hørsholm and the neighbouring townRungsted (which is part of Hørsholm Municipality) has an average income per household among the highest in the country - a fact also strongly reflected in the price of housing in the area. Wealthy households are attracted to Hørsholm by its comparatively low income tax rate, proximity to forests and the sea. Moreover, the commuting distance to central Copenhagen remains reasonably short.
TheHørsholm Midtpunkt shopping mall with its 65 stores opened in the early 1970s and is the second largest shopping mall in Northern Zealand and among the ten largest shopping malls in the Copenhagen Capital Region.
Hørsholm municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 under the nationwideKommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).
Hørsholm was the site of the infamousHirschholm Palace, which served as the summer retreat for KingChristian VII and his court in 1771, when his consort, QueenCaroline Matilda, gave birth to her child byJohann Friedrich Struensee, PrincessLouise Augusta. The castle, referred to as the "Versailles of the North", was neglected after that fateful year and torn down byFrederick VI, the King's son, in order to provide building materials forChristiansborg Palace, which had burned down in 1794.
Hørsholm Church, built in 1832 and designed byChristian Frederik Hansen, is now found on the spot where the castle once stood.
Local museumHørsholm Egns Museum ("Hørsholm Local Museum") has a display dedicated to the palace and its fate.
Hørsholm's municipal council consists of 19 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since theMunicipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| A | B | C | F | I | O | T | V | ||||||
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 72.2% | Uffe Thorndal (C) | ||||
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 72.0% | Morten Slotved (C) | ||||
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 77.1% | |||||
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 76.7% | ||||||
| Data fromKmdvalg.dk 2005,2009,2013 and2017 | |||||||||||||
Places adjacent to Hørsholm Municipality | |
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