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A map of the 12 current Folketing constituencies.
Constituencies (Danish: valgkredse) in Denmark are used for elections to the Folketing (the unicameral parliament of Denmark) and elections to the European Parliament.
The Folketing has 12 multi-member constituencies, 10 of which represent a region of Denmark proper and the remaining two representing the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark has one multi-member European Parliament constituency, which represents all of Denmark proper. The Faroe Islands has never been in the European Union, and Greenland left the European Union in 1985.
Below is the list of Folketing constituencies, which have existed since 2007.[1]
List of constituencies since 2007
| Division
|
Constituency
|
Municipalities
|
Population[2]
|
Electorate[3]
|
Constituency seats[4]
|
| Capital
|
Copenhagen
|
Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Dragør and Tårnby
|
819,428
|
549,738
|
17
|
| Greater Copenhagen
|
Albertslund, Ballerup, Brøndby, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, Herlev, Hvidovre, Høje-Taastrup, Ishøj, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rødovre and Vallensbæk
|
565,115
|
371,089
|
11
|
| North Zealand
|
Allerød, Egedal, Fredensborg, Frederikssund, Furesø, Gribskov, Halsnæs, Helsingør, Hillerød, Hørsholm and Rudersdal
|
474,240
|
341,547
|
10
|
| Bornholm
|
Bornholm with Ertholmene
|
39,643
|
30,825
|
2
|
| Zealand & Southern Denmark
|
Zealand
|
Greve, Køge, Lejre, Roskilde, Solrød, Faxe, Guldborgsund, Holbæk, Kalundborg, Lolland, Næstved, Odsherred, Ringsted, Slagelse, Sorø, Stevns and Vordingborg
|
850,230
|
634,544
|
20
|
| Funen
|
Assens, Faaborg, Kerteminde, Langeland, Middelfart, Nordfyn, Nyborg, Odense, Svendborg and Ærø
|
505,101
|
378,834
|
12
|
| South Jutland
|
Billund, Esbjerg, Fanø, Fredericia, Haderslev, Kolding, Sønderborg, Tønder, Varde, Vejen, Vejle and Aabenraa
|
733,151
|
526,564
|
17
|
| Mid & Northern Jutland
|
East Jutland
|
Favrskov, Hedensted, Horsens, Norddjurs, Odder, Randers, Samsø, Silkeborg, Skanderborg, Syddjurs and Aarhus
|
829,666
|
602,867
|
18
|
| West Jutland
|
Herning, Holstebro, Ikast, Lemvig, Ringkøbing-Skjern, Skive, Struer and Viborg
|
530,388
|
385,530
|
13
|
| North Jutland
|
Brønderslev, Frederikshavn, Hjørring, Jammerbugt, Læsø, Mariagerfjord, Morsø, Rebild, Thisted, Vesthimmerland and Aalborg
|
594,426
|
447,557
|
15
|
| None
|
Faroe Islands
|
All in Faroe Islands
|
53,941
|
37,264
|
2
|
| None
|
Greenland
|
All in Greenland
|
56,609
|
41,305
|
2
|
