Frederikssund Municipality

Frederikssund Municipality Frederikssund Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°50′13″N 12°03′55″E / 55.8369°N 12.0653°E / 55.8369; 12.0653
Country	Denmark
Region	Hovedstaden
Established	1 January 2007
Seat	Frederikssund
Government
• Mayor	John Schmidt Andersen (1 January 2014-) (V)
Area
• Total	250.61 km2 (96.76 sq mi)
Population  (1. January 2023)[1]
• Total	46,117
• Density	180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code	250
Website	www.frederikssund.dk

Frederikssund Kommune (Danish pronunciation: [fʁeðʁekˈsɔnˀ kʰoˈmuːnə]) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. On 1 January 2007, the municipality was enlarged to include the old Jægerspris, Slangerup, and Skibby municipalities. It now covers an area of 250 km² and has a population of 46,117 (1. January 2023). As of 1 January 2014 its mayor is John Schmidt Andersen, a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre political party. Frederikssund municipality belongs to Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region).

The seat of its municipal council is the town of Frederikssund with a population of 15,283 (1 January 2009).^[2] The town is connected to the Hornsherred peninsula by the Kronprins Frederik bridge. The former municipalities of Jægerspris and Skibby are located on this peninsula.