Ballerup Municipality

Ballerup Kommune (Danish: [ˈpɛˀləʁop kʰoˈmuːnə]) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It is located approximately 15 kilometers from central Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 34.09 km², and has a population of 52,939 (1. January 2025). It is also the name of the municipal seat, Ballerup.

Ballerup Municipality Ballerup Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°44′00″N 12°22′00″E / 55.7333°N 12.3667°E / 55.7333; 12.3667
Country	Denmark
Region	Hovedstaden
Established	1 January 1842
Seat	Ballerup
Government
• Mayor	Jesper Würtzen (S)
Area
• Total	34.09 km^2 (13.16 sq mi)
Population  (1. January 2025)
• Total	52,939
• Density	1,553/km^2 (4,022/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code	151
Website	www.ballerup.dk

Overview

As of March 2025, the mayor is Jesper Würtzen of the Social Democrats.

Other than Ballerup, the towns that make up the municipality are Måløv and Skovlunde.

Neighboring municipalities are Herlev to the east, Furesø and Gladsaxe to the north, Egedal to the west, and Albertslund, Glostrup and Rødovre to the south.

The geography of Ballerup municipality was not affected on 1 January 2007 by the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Economy

The municipality is home to companies such as GN Store Nord, Orbicon and Leo Pharma and Toms International.

Politics

Municipal council

Ballerup's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election	Party							Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	B	C	F	O	V	Ø
2005	15	1	2	2	2	3		25	68.5%	Ove E. Dalsgaard (A)
2009	15		2	4	2	2			64.1%
2013	14		1		3	5	2		71.0%	Jesper Würtzen (A)
2017	16		1	1	2	3	2		70.2%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Twin towns – sister cities

Ballerup is twinned with:

• Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
• East Kilbride, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ballerup also cooperates with Ystad in Sweden.

See also

• Ballerup station
• Ballerup Bladet