Rudersdal Municipality () is a part suburban, part rural

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

( Danish, '' kommune'') located on the northern outskirts of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. It covers an area of 73 km² and has a population of 57,342 (1. January 2025). The distance from Copenhagen City Hall Square is approximately 20 km. The western part of the municipality is served by the Hillerød radial of the

S-train The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region predominantly in German language, German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit syst ...

network while the eastern part is served by the Coast Line. Administratively Rudersdal Municipality belongs to

Region Hovedstaden The Capital Region of Denmark (, ) is the easternmost administrative region of Denmark, and contains Copenhagen, the national capital. The Capital Region has 29 municipalities and a regional council consisting of 41 elected members. As of 1 ...

. On 1 January 2007 Rudersdal municipality was created as the result of

2007 Danish Municipal Reform The Strukturreformen or ''Kommunalreformen'' ( ''English'': ''structural reform'') meant large changes to the administrative structure of local government in Denmark. The reforms reduced 271 municipalities to 98 and replaced 13 counties with 5 ...

, consisting of the former municipalities of

Søllerød Søllerød is a suburban district of Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. The original village, one of the oldest in the area, is perched on Søllerød Hill on the south side of Søllerød Lake. It merged with ...

and

Birkerød Birkerød () is a town in Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is surrounded by several lakes and small woodlands. Birkerød station is located on the Nordbanen, Hillerød radial of the S-train suburban networ ...

. Its mayor is Ann Sofie Orth. She is a member of the Conservative Party

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

. Rudersdal Town Hall (formerly Søllerød Town Hall), completed in 1942, was designed by

Arne Jacobsen Arne Emil Jacobsen, Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects, Hon. FAIA (; 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to functionalism (architec ...

and

Flemming Lassen Flemming Lassen (23 February 1902 – 18 February 1984) was a Modernist architecture, Modernist Denmark, Danish architect and designer, working within the idiom of the International style (architecture), International Style. Among his most notabl ...

."Rudersdal Rådhus"
, ''Rudersdal Kommune''. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

History

Birkerød Municipality was a municipality in Frederiksborg County, and Søllerød Municipality was a municipality in Copenhagen County, both on the island of

Zealand Zealand ( ) is the largest and most populous islands of Denmark, island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 Januar ...

(''Sjælland'') in eastern

. the two municipalities ceased to exist as they were merged to form Rudersdal Municipality. The municipality of Birkerød covered an area of , and had a total population of 21,930 (2005). It merged with

Søllerød Municipality Until 1 January 2007 Søllerød was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Copenhagen County on the east coast of the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 39.77 km2, and had a total ...

to form the new Rudersdal municipality. This created a municipality with an area of and a total population of 53,621 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the new

("Capital Region").

Demography

As of 1 January 2015, 19,681 residents lived in neighbourhoods such as Holte and

that are part of Copenhagen's urban area, 20,191 lived in

, 12,491 lived in

Hørsholm Hørsholm () is an urban area on the Øresund coast approximately north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers most of Hørsholm Municipality and straddles the borders neighbouring Fredensborg Municipality and Rudersdal Municipality. Hørsholm proper ...

, 1,222 residents lived in Skodsborg, 606 residents lived in

Ravnsnæs Ravnsnæs is a small village with a population of 580 (1 January 2024),BY3: Population 1. January, b ...

, 326 residents lived in Høsterkøb and 810 residents lived in rural zones.

Locations

Transport

Rail

and Holte stations are located on the Hillerød radial of the

network. Both are served by the A trains and Holte station is also served by the E trains. Skodsborg and Vedbæk stations are located on the Coast Line between Copenhagen and

Helsingør Helsingør ( , ; ), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a coastal city in northeastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 63,953 on 1 January 2025, making it the 23rd most populated municipality in Denmark. Helsin ...

. The line is served by the Øresundståg trains. The Nærum Line links Nærum with Jægersborg station on the S-train network.

Roads

Major roads include Lyngby Kongevej and the Helsingør Motorway.

Cycling and walking

KulturSlangen is a 14.5 km, signposted greenway which runs from Næsseslottet in Holte in the west to Vedbæk Marina on the Øresund Coast in the east. It was established in 1996 and passes various points of interest. A number of smaller round trails extends from the route. The Vedbæk Circuit (Danish: Vedbækturen) was inaugurated on 22 November 2015. Rudersdal Municipality will be served by the under development network of Super Bikeways in metropolitan Copenhagen. Bike lanes are already available on Lyngby Kongevej and many other roads.

Politics

Municipal council

Rudersdal's municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Twin towns – sister cities

Rudersdal is twinned with four cities:

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD
aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) * Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Official home page
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