Constituencies () are used for elections to the Folketing, the national parliament of Denmark. Denmark proper is divided into 10 constituencies largely corresponding to the Provinces of Denmark, (which themselves are statistical divisions of the regions of the country) each electing multiple members using open-list proportional representation. Those constituencies are then divided into 92 opstillingskredse (nomination districts) which mainly serve the purpose of nominating candidates, but historically functioned as single-member constituencies electing one member using plurality voting. The Faroe Islands and Greenland are each a constituency, electing the North Atlantic mandates (da).
List of constituencies (2007 onwards) The following is the list of constituencies used from 2007 onwards.
+List of constituencies since 2007DivisionConstituencyMunicipalitiesPopulationElectorateConstituency seats CapitalCopenhagenCopenhagen, Frederiksberg, Dragør and Tårnby819,428549,73817Greater CopenhagenAlbertslund, Ballerup, Brøndby, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, Herlev, Hvidovre, Høje-Taastrup, Ishøj, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rødovre and Vallensbæk565,115371,08911North ZealandAllerød, Egedal, Fredensborg, Frederikssund, Furesø, Gribskov, Halsnæs, Helsingør, Hillerød, Hørsholm and Rudersdal474,240341,54710BornholmBornholm with Ertholmene39,64330,8252 Zealand & Southern DenmarkZealandGreve, Køge, Lejre, Roskilde, Solrød, Faxe, Guldborgsund, Holbæk, Kalundborg, Lolland, Næstved, Odsherred, Ringsted, Slagelse, Sorø, Stevns and Vordingborg850,230634,54420FunenAssens, Faaborg, Kerteminde, Langeland, Middelfart, Nordfyn, Nyborg, Odense, Svendborg and Ærø505,101378,83412South JutlandBillund, Esbjerg, Fanø, Fredericia, Haderslev, Kolding, Sønderborg, Tønder, Varde, Vejen, Vejle and Aabenraa733,151526,56417 Mid & Northern JutlandEast JutlandFavrskov, Hedensted, Horsens, Norddjurs, Odder, Randers, Samsø, Skanderborg, Syddjurs and Aarhus829,666602,86718West JutlandHerning, Holstebro, Ikast, Lemvig, Ringkøbing-Skjern, Silkeborg, Skive, Struer and Viborg530,388385,53013North JutlandBrønderslev, Frederikshavn, Hjørring, Jammerbugt, Læsø, Mariagerfjord, Morsø, Rebild, Thisted, Vesthimmerland and Aalborg594,426447,55715Faroe IslandsAll in Faroe Islands53,94137,2642GreenlandAll in Greenland56,60941,3052 The Faroe Islands has been one single constituency since 1850. Since 1947 it has elected two members using proportional representation. Greenland has been represented by two members since 1953. Prior to 1975, it was divided into two single-member constituencies.
From the April 1920 Danish Folketing election until the reforms creating the current regions of Denmark in 2007, the constituencies were largely based on the counties. Each of the counties formed county constituencies (Danish: amtskredse). Bornholm remained a county constituency after it became a municipality with county functions in 2003. The exception was Copenhagen (Copenhagen and Frederiksberg Municipalities), which was divided into 3 regional constituencies (Danish: storkredse), the term used for constituencies throughout the country from 2007 onwards.
List of nomination districts
A. Capital Division
Copenhagen
Østerbro Sundbyvester Inner City Sundbyøster Nørrebro Bispebjerg Brønshøj Valby Vesterbro Falkoner Slots Tårnby
Greater Copenhagen
Gentofte Lyngby Gladsaxe Rødovre Hvidovre Brøndby Taastrup Ballerup
North Zealand
Helsingør Fredensborg Hillerød Frederikssund Egedal Rudersdal
Bornholm
Rønne Aakirkeby
B. Zealand & Southern Denmark
Zealand
Lolland Guldborgsund Vordingborg Næstved Faxe Køge Greve Roskilde Holbæk Kalundborg Ringsted Slagelse
Funen
Odense East Odense West Odense South Assens Middelfart Nyborg Svendborg Faaborg
South Jutland
Sønderborg Aabenraa Tønder City of Esbjerg Greater Esbjerg Varde Vejen Vejle North Vejle South Fredericia Kolding North Kolding South Haderslev
C. Mid & Northern Jutland
East Jutland
Aarhus South Aarhus West Aarhus North Aarhus East Djurs Randers North Randers South Favrskov Skanderborg Horsens Hedensted
West Jutland
Struer Skive Viborg West Viborg East Silkeborg North Silkeborg South Ikast Herning South Herning North Holstebro Ringkøbing
North Jutland
Frederikshavn Hjørring Brønderslev Thisted Himmerland Mariagerfjord Aalborg East Aalborg West Aalborg North
1971-2005 The following constituencies were used in the elections between 1971 and 2005.
ConstituencyCountiesConstituency seats (2005)Søndre StorkredsCopenhagen Municipality (part)4Østre StorkredsCopenhagen Municipality (part)6Vestre StorkredsCopenhagen Municipality (part) and Frederiksberg Municipality.4Copenhagen CountyCopenhagen14FrederiksborgFrederiksborg9RoskildeRoskilde5VestsjællandWest Zealand8StorstrømStorstrøm7BornholmBornholm2FynFunen12SønderjyllandSouth Jutland7RibeRibe6VejleVejle9RingkøbingRingkjøbing7ÅrhusAarhus16ViborgViborg6NordjyllandNorth Jutland13
Previous nominating districts (1971-2005)
Copenhagen Ryvang (Østre) Christianshavn (Søndre) Rådhus (Søndre) Sundby (Søndre) Blågård (Søndre) Østbane (Østre) Husum (Østre) Valby (Vestre) Amagerbro (Søndre) Østerbro (Østre) Nørrebro (Østre) Bispeeng (Østre) Vesterbro (Vestre) Enghave (Vestre) Bispebjerg (Østre) Brønshøj (Østre)
Frederiksberg
Gl. Kongevej (Vestre) Slots (Vestre) Falkoner (Vestre)
Københavns Amt
Gentofte (Gentofte) Lyngby (Lyngby-Taarbæk & Søllerød) Ballerup (Ballerup, Ledøje-Smørum & Værløse) Glostrup (Albertslund, Glostrup, Høje-Taastrup, Ishøj & Vallensbæk) Hellerup (Gentofte) Gladsakse (Gladsakse) Hvidovre (Brøndby & Hvidovre) Amager (Dragør & Tårnby) Rødovre (Herlev & Rødovre)
Frederiksborg
Helsingør (Helsingør) Fredensborg (Birkerød, Fredensborg-Humlebæk, Græsted-Gilleleje, Hørsholm & Karlebo) Hillerød (Allerød, Farum, Hillerød, Slangerup, Stenløse & Ølstykke) Frederiksværk (Frederikssund, Frederiksværk, Helsinge, Hundested, Jægerspris, Skibby & Skævinge)
Roskilde
Roskilde (Gundsø & Roskilde) Køge (Greve, Køge, Solrød & Vallø) Lejre (Bramsnæs, Hvalsø, Lejre, Ramsø & Skovbo)
Vestsjælland
Holbæk (Holbæk, Jernløse, Tornved & Tølløse) Nykøbing (Bjergsted, Dragsholm, Nykøbing-Rørvig, Svinninge, Trundholm) Kalundborg (Gørlev, Hvidebæk, Høng & Kalundborg) Ringsted (Dianalund, Haslev, Ringsted & Stenlille) Sorø (Fuglebjerg, Hashøj, Skælskør & Sorø) Slagelse (Korsør & Slagelse)
Storstrøm
Præstø (Fakse, Fladså, Præstø, Rønnede & Stevns) Næstved (Holmegaard, Næstved & Suså) Vordingborg (Langebæk, Møn & Vordingborg) Nakskov (Højreby, Nakskov, Ravnsborg & Rudbjerg) Maribo (Holeby, Maribo, Nysted, Rødby & Sakskøbing) Nykøbing (Nykøbing F., Nørre Alslev, Stubbekøbing & Sydfalster)
Bornholm
Rønne (Hasle & Rønne) Åkirkeby (Allinge-Gudhjem, Christiansø, Nexø & Åkirkeby)
Fyn
Odense Øst (Odense) Odense Vest (Odense) Odense Syd (Odense) Kerteminde (Kerteminde, Langeskov, Munkebo, Ullerslev & Årslev) Middelfart (Assens, Ejby, Glamsbjerg, Middelfart & Nørre Aaby) Otterup (Bogense, Otterup, Søndersø, Tommerup, Vissenbjerg & Aarup) Nyborg (Egebjerg, Gudme, Nyborg, Ryslinge & Ørbæk) Svendborg (Rudkøbing, Svendborg, Sydlangeland & Tranekær) Fåborg (Broby, Fåborg, Haarby, Marstal, Ringe & Ærøskøbing)
Sønderjylland
Haderslev (Christiansfeld & Haderslev) Åbenrå (Lundtoft, Rødekro & Aabenraa) Sønderborg (Broager, Gråsten & Sønderborg) Augustenborg (Augustenborg, Nordborg, Sundeved & Sydals) Tønder (Bredebro, Højer, Skærbæk & Tønder) Løgumkloster (Bov, Løgumkloster, Nørre-Rangstrup & Tinglev) Rødding (Gram, Rødding & Vojens)
Ribe
Varde (Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, Varde & Ølgod) Esbjerg (Esbjerg & Fanø) Ribe (Bramming, Helle & Ribe) Grindsted (Billund, Brørup, Grindsted, Holsted & Vejen)
Vejle
Fredericia (Børkop & Fredericia) Kolding (Kolding, Lunderskov & Vamdrup) Vejle (Jelling & Vejle) Give (Brædstrup, Egtved, Give & Nørre-Snede) Juelsminde (Hedensted, Juelsminde & Tørring-Uldum) Horsens (Gedved & Horsens)
Ringkøbing
Ringkøbing (Holmsland, Lemvig, Ringkøbing, Thyborøn-Harboøre, Trehøje & Ulfborg-Vemb) Holstebro (Aulum-Haderup, Holstebro, Struer, Thyholm & Vinderup) Herning (Herning & Ikast) Skjern (Brande, Egvad, Skjern, Videbæk & Aaskov)
Århus
Århus Øst (Århus) Århus Nord (Århus) Århus Syd (Århus) Århus Vest (Århus) Mariager (Langå, Mariager, Nørhald, Purhus & Sønderhald) Randers (Randers) Hammel (Galten, Hadsten, Hammel, Hinnerup, Rosenholm & Rønde) Grenå (Ebeltoft, Grenaa, Midtdjurs, Nørre Djurs & Rougsø) Skanderborg (Hørning, Odder, Samsø & Skanderborg) Silkeborg (Gjern, Ry, Silkeborg & Them)
Viborg
Thisted (Hanstholm, Sydthy & Thisted) Morsø (Morsø) Skive (Fjends, Sallingsund, Skive, Spøttrup & Sundsøre) Viborg (Møldrup, Tjele, Viborg & Aalestrup) Kjellerup (Bjerringbro, Hvorslev, Karup & Kjellerup)
Nordjylland
Frederikshavn (Frederikshavn, Læsø & Skagen) Sæby (Brønderslev, Dronninglund & Sæby) Hjørring (Hirtshals, Hjørring & Sindal) Fjerritslev (Brovst, Fjerritslev, Løkken-Vrå & Pandrup) Ålborg Nord (Ålborg, Hals & Aabykro) Ålborg Vest (Ålborg) Ålborg Øst (Ålborg) Hobro (Arden, Hadsund, Hobro, Sejlflod & Skørping) Års (Farsø, Løgstør, Nibe, Nørager, Støvring & Års)
1920-1968 The following constituencies were used in the elections between 1920 and 1968. ConstituencyCountiesConstituency seats (1968)Søndre StorkredsCopenhagen Municipality (part)5Østre StorkredsCopenhagen Municipality (part)10Vestre StorkredsCopenhagen Municipality (part) and Frederiksberg Municipality.7Københavns AmtCopenhagen15FrederiksborgFrederiksborg5HolbækHolbæk4SorøSorø4PræstøPræstø4BornholmBornholm2MariboMaribo4OdenseOdense7SvendborgSvendborg5HjørringHjørring6ThistedThisted3ÅlborgAalborg7ViborgViborg5RandersRanders5ÅrhusÅrhus6SkanderborgSkanderborg4VejleVejle7RingkøbingRingkjøbing7RibeRibe6HaderslevAabenraa, Haderslev, Sønderborg, Tønder7
Previous nominating districts (1918-1968) The following districts were used as nominating districts between 1918 and 1968. In the 1918 election the districts outside of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg functioned as single-member constituencies, electing a single member. In 1950 four nomination districts were created in Copenhagen and Copenhagen County. 1953 one nomination district was created in Copenhagen County and two nomination districts in Copenhagen - Valby and Sundby - were divided into two new nomination districts. In 1966 two nomination districts were created in Copenhagen County.
Note that the nomination districts in Odense, Aalborg, and Århus were not officially distinguished in their name by anything but their number. Their relative geographical location have been added in parentheses for clarity.
Copenhagen
Vesterbro (Vestre) Christianshavn (Søndre) Rådhus (Søndre) Ravnsborg (Østre) Blågård (Søndre) Østbane (Østre) Rosenborg (Søndre) Havne (Søndre) Sundby (Søndre) from 1953 known as Sundby-nord Østerbro (Østre) Nørrebro (Østre) Bispeeng (Østre) Enghave (Vestre) Valby (Vestre) from 1953 known as Valby-øst Bispebjerg (Østre) Ryvang (Østre from 1950) Brønshøj (Østre from 1950) Sundby-syd (Søndre from 1953) Valby-vest (Vestre from 1953)
Frederiksberg
Gl. Kongevej (Vestre) Slots (Vestre) Falkoner (Vestre)
Københavns Amt
Gentofte Lyngby Roskilde Køge Lejre Hellerup (From 1950) Gladsakse (From 1950) Hvidovre (From 1953) Amager (From 1966) Rødovre (From 1966)
Frederiksborg
Helsingør Fredensborg Hillerød Frederiksværk
Holbæk
Holbæk Nykøbing Vedby Kalundborg-Onsbjerg
Sorø
Ringsted Sorø Slagelse Skelskør
Præstø
Storeheddinge Præstø Næstved Stege-Vordingborg
Bornholm
Rønne Åkirkeby
Maribo
Nakskov Maribo Sakskøbing Nykøbing Stubbekøbing
Odense
Odense (North) Odense (South) Kerteminde Assens Middelfart Bogense Otterup
Svendborg
Nyborg Gudme Svendborg Ærøskøbing-Faaborg Højrup