Skanderborg Municipality () is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark, just southwest of Aarhus. It covers an area of 462.45 km2, with a population of 66,352 (1 January 2026).
Its mayor as of 1 April 2019 is Frands Fischer, representing the Social Democrats political party.
Skanderborg is the municipality's main town, and serves as the seat of the municipal council.
On 1 January 2007 Skanderborg municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Galten, Ry, and Hørning municipalities, along with Voerladegård Parish from Brædstrup municipality, to form the present, expanded "Skanderborg Municipality". The former municipality covered an area of 143.22 km2, and had a population of 21,745 (2003). Its last mayor was Aleksander Aagaard, a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre political party.
The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.
Geography The municipality has two of Denmark's three highest natural points of terrain, namely Møllehøj at , and Ejer Bavnehøj at , in the southern part, southwest of the city of Skanderborg. Himmelbjerget at , is in the western part of the municipality, and Yding Skovhøj at , is in neighboring Horsens municipality, west of the other two highest points of natural terrain.
Locations Skanderborg 19,500 Galten 8,800 Hørning 8,200 Ry 6,600 Låsby 2,000 Gammel Rye 1,500 Virring 1,000 Stjær 980 Herskind 840
Politics
Municipal council Skanderborg's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
Election Party Totalseats Turnout Electedmayor2005102121132974.6%Jens Grønlund (V)20091111411170.8%Jørgen Gaarde (A)20131221229178.4%201711212381177.8%Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017
References
Sources Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) Municipal merges and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
Municipality's official website Skanderborg tourist bureau