Aalborg Municipal council

The Aalborg Municipal council (Danish: Aalborg Byråd) is the municipal government of Aalborg, Denmark.

Aalborg Municipal Council Aalborg byråd
Type
Type	Municipal council
History
Founded	1840 (1840)
Leadership
	Lasse Frimand Jensen, Social Democrats since 1 January 2022
Structure
Seats	31
Political groups	Social Democrats: 12 seats   Conservatives: 5 seats   Venstre: 5 Seats   Red–Green Alliance: 3 Seats   Danish Social Liberal Party: 2 Seats   Green Left: 2 Seats   Denmark Democrats: 2 Seats
Elections
Last election	16 November 2021
Website
https://www.aalborg.dk/politik-og-indflydelse/byraadet-og-de-politiske-udvalg/politikerne-i-byraadet

The council consists of 31 members, and elections are held on a fixed date every four years to the council.^[1]

The Social Democrats has a history of being the largest party in the municipality, and has held the mayor's position since 1925 where they won it from the Social Liberals. For General elections and European parliament elections, the municipality is divided into Aalborg West, Aalborg East and Aalborg North.^[2]

List of current members

^[3]

Social Democrats (12)

Name		Role
	Lasse Frimand Jensen	Mayor
	Helle Frederiksen	1. Deputy mayor
	Lisbeth Lauritsen	Group leader
	Nuuradiin S. Hussein	Deputy mayor for Work and Welfare
	Søren Kusk	Municipal council member
	Henrik Hyldig Nielsen	Substitute municipal council member [a]
	Dennis Charles Hansen	Municipal council member
	Mette Ekstrøm	Chairman of the committee for children and youth
	Bjarne Jensen	Municipal council member
	Evald Lange Rise	Municipal council member
	Rosa Sulaiman	Municipal council member
	Michael Günther Mansdotter [b][4]	Municipal council member

Conservatives (5)

Name		Role
	Morten Thiessen	Deputy mayor for Children and Youth
	Vibeke Merete Gamst	2. Deputy mayor
	Lotte Finck	Municipal council member
	Sofie Therese Svendsen	Municipal council member
	Rikke Pedersen[c]	Municipal council member

Venstre (5)

Name		Role
	Jan Nymark Rose Thaysen	Deputy mayor for City and Country
	Daniel Borup	Group Leader
	Maja Torp Nielsen	Municipal council member
	Torben Froberg Poulsen	Municipal council member
	Mikael Simonsen	Municipal council member

Red-Green Alliance (3)

Name		Role
	Per Clausen	Deputy mayor for Climate and Environment
	Anna Aaen	Group leader
	Lasse Puertas Navarro Olsen	Municipal council member

Social Liberals (2)

Name		Role
	Jes Lunde	Deputy mayor for Health and Culture
	Daniel Nyboe Andersen	Group leader

Green Left (2)

Name		Role
	Peter Larsen	Group Leader
	Jane Østergaard	Municipal council member

Denmark Democrats (2)

Name		Role
	Kristoffer Hjort Storm [d]	Deputy mayor for Elderly and Care
	Peter Lindholt [e]	Group Leader

Notes

1. for Tobias Bøgeskov Eriksen until 1 December 2023
2. Replaced Thomas Kastrup-Larsen on 1 August 2023
3. Elected for New Right, but turned independent in March 2023 in protest against Lars Bøje Mathiesen becoming the new party leader. In August 2023 she announced that she would join the Conservatives.^[5][6]
4. Elected for Danish People's Party, but switched party affiliation in March 2023 ^[7]
5. Elected for Venstre (Denmark), but switched party affiliation in August 2022^[8]

References

1. "Kommunalvalg". dst (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-08-16.
2. "Valg". apps.aalborgkommune (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-08-16.
3. "Politikerne i byrådet". aalborg.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-08-16.
4. "Her er Kastrups afløser". tv2nord.dk (in Danish). 15 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
5. "Efter partikaos: Nye Borgerlige mister byrådsmandat". tv2nord.dk (in Danish). 10 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
6. "Nordjysk Nye Borgerlige profil bliver konservativ". tv2nord.dk (in Danish). 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
7. "Byrådsmedlem skifter fra Venstre til Danmarksdemokraterne". jyllands-posten (in Danish). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
8. "Byrådsmedlem skifter fra Venstre til Danmarksdemokraterne". tv2nord.dk (in Danish). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-08-16.