Gladsaxe Commune

	Gladsaxe Commune
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Hovedstaden
Region :	Københavns omegn
Educated:	1970
Office (until the end of 2006) :	København's office
Harde : ; (until March 1970)	Sokkelund Herred
Office (until 1970) :	København's office
Residents :	69,262 (2020)
Area :	24.90 km² (2014)
Population density :	2,782 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	159
Administration headquarters:	Buddinge
Address:	Rådhus All ; 2860 Søborg
Mayor:	Trine Græse ; ( Social Democrats )
Website:	www.gladsaxe.dk
Sister cities :	Minden Berlin, district Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Neubrandenburg Klagenfurt Split Veszprém Sutton Gagny Narsaq Taito Pirkkala Ski Koszalin Renfrewshire Solna Haabersti; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Gladsaxe Kommune is a Danish municipality in the Hovedstaden region . The municipality is part of the capital region Hovedstadsområdet . The municipality, which has merged into a city, consists of the original villages of Bagsværd, Buddinge , Gladsaxe, Mørkhøj and Søborg. Trine Græse is Mayor from July 10, 2017. She is a social democrat.

Postal code, the city of Gladsaxe includes the postcodes

2860 Søborg with the districts Buddinge, Gladsaxe, Mørkhøj and Søborg,
2862 Høje Gladsaxe, a residential complex with over 6000 inhabitants from the 1960s, and
2880 Bagsværd.

It covers an area of 24.90 km² and has 69,262 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

Parishes in the commune

The following parishes are located in the municipality ( Danish : Sogn ):

No.	Parish	Residents
	Bagsværd Sogn	10,981
	Buddinge Sogn	7,507
	Gladsaxe Sogn	10,789
	Harald's Sogn	4.156
	Mørkhøj Sogn	10,022
	Stengård Sogn	12,280
	Søborggård Sogn	9,120
	Søborgmagle Sogn	4,265

population

Development of the population (January 1st) :

1980 - 64,954 1985-62,470 1990 - 60,882 1995 - 61,369 1999 - 61,783	2000 - 61,867 2003 - 62.006 2005 - 62,007 2008 - 62,562 2009 - 63,233	2010 - 64,102 2011 - 64,951 2020 - 69,262

Sons and daughters

Pernille Blume (* 1994), freestyle swimmer
Nikolas Nartey (* 2000), soccer player
Ole Riber Rasmussen (1955-2017), marksman
Peter Schmeichel (* 1963), soccer player
Bo Spellerberg (* 1979), handball player
Daniel Wass (* 1989), soccer player

Buildings

Gladsaxe is home to the Gladsaxe transmitter , a 206.5 meter high transmission mast that was built in 1955. It was the first television station in Denmark.