Slangerup

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Slangerup Town Hall

St Michael's Church, Slangerup, seen from Town Hall Street

Slangerup is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Frederiksborg County in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark.

1 Demographics
2 The town of Slangerup
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Demographics

The municipality covers an area of 46 km², and has a total population of 9,237 (2005). The current mayor (2005) is Bent Lund, a member of the Venstre (Liberal) Party.

The municipal council meets in the town of Slangerup.

Neighboring municipalities are Allerød to the east, Hillerød and Skævinge to the north, Frederikssund to the west, and Ølstykke and Stenløse to the south.

Slangerup Municipality will cease to exist at midnight on 31 December 2006. As part of the 2007 Municipal Reform (Kommunalreformen) the municipality, together with those of Jægerspris and Skibby, will from 1 January 2007 be merged with the existing Frederikssund Municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 260 km² and a total population of ca. 44,140. The new municipality will belong to the new Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region").

[edit] The town of Slangerup

The town was established by the Viking Slangir at the time of Harald Bluetooth. King Eric I of Denmark (ca. 1070-July 1103), was born in Slangerup. In the 1200s the town was the scene of activities involving both Bishop Absalon and Valdemar the Great. Thomas Kingo grew up and was priest in the town during the 1600s.