2025 Frederikshavn municipal election
18 November 2025
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All 29 seats to the Frederikshavn municipal council 15 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Frederikshavn Municipal election was held on November 18, 2025, to elect the 29 members to sit in the regional council for the Frederikshavn Municipal council, in the period of 2026 to 2029.[1] The result saw significant gains for Venstre and Green Left, while the A had a significant drop in vote share, losing 10 seats. [2] This would mark the first time since the structural reform in 2007, that the party was not the largest in the municipality. Eventually it was revealed that they would lose the mayoral position to Venstre. [3]
Background
The Social Democrats had held the mayor’s position in Frederikshavn since the 2013 election.[4]
Birgit S. Hansen, the mayor of Frederikshavn since 2013, announced in October 2024, that she would step down on 31 October, and not seek re-election in 2025.[5] According to TV2 Nord, this was likely linked to the scandals concering Frederikshavn Havn which had played a large part during the terms of Hansen's administration. Karsten Thomsen, from the same party, took over the job on 31 October. However, Thomsen did not run mayor in 2025 and considered himself as an interim mayor.[6] Instead Anders Brandt Sørensen, would the be the mayoral candidate for the Social Democrats. [7]
Electoral system
For elections to Danish municipalities, a number varying from 9 to 31 are chosen to be elected to the municipal council. The seats are then allocated using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation.
Frederikshavn Municipality had 29 seats in 2025
Unlike in Danish General Elections, in elections to municipal councils, electoral alliances are allowed.
Electoral alliances
Source[8]
Electoral Alliance 1
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Conservatives | Centre-right | |
| I | Liberal Alliance | Centre-right to Right-wing | |
| O | Danish People's Party | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Electoral Alliance 2
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Green Left | Centre-left to Left-wing | |
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | Left-wing to Far-Left | |
Electoral Alliance 3
| Party | Political alignment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Venstre | Centre-right | |
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | Right-wing to Far-right | |
Results by polling station
| Division | A | C | F | I | M | O | V | Æ | Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Skagen | 21.6 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 6.0 | 43.7 | 3.4 | 1.5 |
| Ålbæk | 37.9 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 29.6 | 8.4 | 1.3 |
| Jerup | 25.4 | 3.7 | 14.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 33.1 | 9.6 | 1.6 |
| Elling | 25.9 | 6.3 | 13.7 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 25.6 | 17.2 | 1.6 |
| Strandby Borger- og Kulturhus | 24.0 | 4.4 | 13.4 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 34.3 | 13.3 | 0.8 |
| Frederikshavn (Arena Nord) | 29.8 | 4.6 | 20.5 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 6.7 | 22.6 | 8.0 | 2.2 |
| Ravnshøj | 24.1 | 3.6 | 15.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 26.2 | 18.4 | 1.4 |
| Gærum | 25.6 | 3.9 | 11.8 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 32.9 | 12.9 | 1.0 |
| Sæby | 25.6 | 5.7 | 15.1 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 34.6 | 9.2 | 1.3 |
| Dybvad | 23.3 | 2.6 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 28.3 | 22.9 | 3.2 |
| Hørby Sognehus | 20.8 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 31.7 | 19.6 | 2.1 |
| Thorshøj | 23.9 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 7.6 | 4.2 | 23.1 | 23.7 | 2.8 |
| Voerså | 18.8 | 3.2 | 8.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 42.5 | 16.3 | 0.8 |
| Volstrup | 18.2 | 6.3 | 11.9 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 34.9 | 18.2 | 0.9 |
| Østervrå | 13.7 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 3.0 | 19.6 | 3.0 | 24.9 | 19.2 | 1.1 |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederikshavn Municipality | ||||||||
| V | Venstre | 9,518 | 30.16 | +9.19 | 9 | +3 | ||
| A | Social Democrats | 8,247 | 26.13 | -31.28 | 8 | -10 | ||
| F | Green Left | 4,817 | 15.26 | +11.36 | 5 | +4 | ||
| Æ | Denmark Democrats | 3,161 | 10.02 | New | 3 | New | ||
| C | Conservatives | 1,787 | 5.66 | -1.34 | 2 | 0 | ||
| O | Danish People's Party | 1,665 | 5.28 | +2.25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| I | Liberal Alliance | 954 | 3.02 | New | 1 | New | ||
| M | Moderates | 889 | 2.82 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Ø | Red-Green Alliance | 522 | 1.65 | -0.41 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 31,560 | 100 | N/A | 29 | N/A | |||
| Invalid votes | 147 | 0.31 | -0.08 | |||||
| Blank votes | 413 | 0.87 | +0.42 | |||||
| Turnout | 32,120 | 67.49 | -0.64 | |||||
| Source: valg.dk | ||||||||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Fieldwork date |
Sample size |
A | V | C | F | O | Ø | I | M | Æ | Lead | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epinion | 4 Sep - 13 Oct 2025 | 506 | 36.9 | 21.6 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 10.2 | 15.3 | |||||||||
| 2024 european parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | 22.3 | 16.5 | 6.3 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 17.4 | 4.9 | ||||||||||
| 2022 general election | 1 Nov 2022 | 39.5 | 12.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 17.0 | 22.5 | ||||||||||
| 2021 regional election | 16 Nov 2021 | 44.8 | 19.8 | 16.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | – | – | 25.0 | ||||||||||
| 2021 municipal election | 16 Nov 2021 | 57.4 (18) |
21.0 (6) |
7.0 (2) |
3.9 (1) |
3.0 (1) |
2.1 (0) |
– | – | – | 36.4 | ||||||||||
References
- ^ "Kommunalvalg". valg.im.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Massiv S-tilbagegang i hele landet". tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Jon Andersen bliver ny borgmester i Frederikshavn Kommune". kanalfrederikshavn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Borgerne skal kunne møde ny borgmester | Nyheder". nordjyske (in Danish). 28 December 2013. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Populær S-borgmester stopper og får grønt topjob i KL". altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Frederikshavn får ny borgmester allerede fredag". tv2nord.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-05-05.
- ^ "Byrådskandidater". socialdemokraternefrhavn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ^ "Stemmefordeling i Frederikshavn Kommune". valg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 October 2025.