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Copenhagen Municipality

Municipality in Hovedstaden, Denmark

Copenhagen Municipality (Danish: Københavns Kommune), also known in English as the Municipality of Copenhagen, located in the Capital Region of Denmark, is the largest of the four municipalities that constitute the City of Copenhagen (Byen København), the other three being Dragør, Frederiksberg, and Tårnby. The Municipality of Copenhagen constitutes the historic city center and the majority of its landmarks. It is the most populous in the country with a population of 673,575 inhabitants (as of March 2026), and covers 90.9 km2 (35.1 sq mi).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersCity Hall Square, Denmark1
  • Websitewww.kk.dk
  • Legal formmunicipality of Denmark1
  • LEI549300GI98UOPDOJZC233
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressBorups Allé 177, 2400 København NV, Denmark3
  • Registered withDanish Business Authority, 649422123

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Copenhagen skyline as seen from Rundetårn (37897078631)
Photo: Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Copenhagen Municipality (Danish: Københavns Kommune), also known in English as the Municipality of Copenhagen, located in the Capital Region of Denmark, is the largest of the four municipalities that constitute the City of Copenhagen (Byen København), the other three being Dragør, Frederiksberg, and Tårnby. The Municipality of Copenhagen constitutes the historic city center and the majority of its landmarks. It is the most populous in the country with a population of 673,575 inhabitants (as of March 2026), and covers 90.9 km2 (35.1 sq mi). Copenhagen Municipality is located on the islands of Zealand and Amager, and totally surrounds Frederiksberg Municipality on all sides. The strait of Øresund lies to the east. The city of Copenhagen has grown far beyond the municipal boundaries from 1901, when Frederiksberg Municipality was made an enclave within Copenhagen Municipality. Frederiksberg has the highest population density of the municipalities of Denmark.2

Corporate structure

Copenhagen Municipality sits at the top of its group. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Copenhagen Municipality København NV, Denmark
    • By & Havn Subsidiary · 95% · København K, Denmark
    • Ørestad Development Corporation Subsidiary · 55% · Copenhagen
    • Metroselskabet Subsidiary · København S, Denmark
    • Copenhagen Police Headquarters Owned · Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark
    • Institute for the Blind, Copenhagen Owned · Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark
    • Krudttønden Owned · Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark
    • Valby Idrætspark Owned · Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Copenhagen Municipality reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2015Acquired By & Havn1

Timeline

  1. May 27, 1964Founded Copenhagen Municipality is founded3

Sources

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