Greve Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) about 21 km south-west of Copenhagen in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 60 km², and has a total population of 47,773 (2008).
The site of its municipal council is the town of Greve Strand.
It serves primarily as a residential municipality, functioning as a suburb for the larger Copenhagen area.
History
Until the 1960s the area was primarily agricultural, and most businesses in town were concentrated along the coastal road “Strandvejen”. With numerous holiday cottages near the coast of Køge Bugt (Køge Bay), this was also the destination for many inhabitants of Copenhagen on holiday away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
During the late 1960s and into the 1970s, many people moved permanently out of Copenhagen and into new homes in places like Greve. What was formerly farmers’ fields quickly turned into districts of detached houses, whilst most of the shops and similar businesses near the coastal road moved into central shopping malls such as Hundige Storcenter and Greve Midtby Center. Around 1980 the S-train railroad network was expanded towards Køge, and the stations Greve and Hundige were placed adjacent to the shopping malls.
Greve Municipality was formed in 1970, as part of the kommunalreform (“Municipal Reform”) of that year. It was established by combining the following parishes:
- Greve
- Hundige
- Karlslunde
- Karlslunde Strand
- Kildebrønde
- Mosede
- Tune.
Greve municipality was one of the municipalities that was not merged 1 January 2007 in the nationwide Kommunalreformen (“The Municipal Reform” of 2007).
Locations
| Greve Strand | 43,300 |
| Tune | 5,300 |
| Greve Landsby | 720 |
| Kildebrønde | 380 |
Politics
Greve’s municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.
National results
| Blue Bloc | Red Bloc | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 17,629 (58.5%) | 12,429 (41.3%) | 63 (0.2%) |
| 2001 | 20,235 (65.7%) | 10,542 (34.3%) | 0 (0%) |
| 2005 | 18,764 (64.2%) | 10,109 (34.6%) | 355 (1.2%) |
| 2007 | 19,482 (64.9%) | 10,558 (35.1%) | 0 (0%) |
| 2011 | 18,938 (62.2%) | 11,529 (37.8%) | 4 (0%) |
| 2015 | 18,986 (62.5%) | 11,369 (37.4%) | 16 (0.1%) |
| 2019 | 15,658 (51.6%) | 13,147 (43.3%) | 1,552 (5.1%) |
Municipal council
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
2005 election results
2005 local election results:
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venstre | 10,170 | 41.55 | –5.0 | 8 | |
| Social Democrats | 6,682 | 27.30 | +1.1 | 6 | |
| Danish People’s Party | 2,653 | 10.84 | +1.6 | 2 | |
| The Conservative People’s Party | 2,055 | 8.40 | +0.6 | 2 | |
| Socialist People’s Party | 1,088 | 4.44 | –1.3 | 1 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 987 | 4.03 | +4.0 | 1 | |
| Borgerlisten | 358 | 1.46 | +1.5 | – | |
| Red–Green Alliance | 304 | 1.24 | +1.2 | – | |
| Other | 180 | 0.74 | – | ||
| Total | 24,477 | 100.00 | – | 20 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 35,886 | 68.8% | |||
| Source: KMD, KMD | |||||
2009 election results
2009 local election results:
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venstre | 8,449 | 35.40 | –6.1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Social Democrats | 5,610 | 23.51 | –3.8 | 5 | –1 | |
| The Conservative People’s Party | 3,786 | 15.86 | +7.5 | 4 | +2 | |
| Socialist People’s Party | 2,669 | 11.18 | +6.8 | 2 | +1 | |
| Danish People’s Party | 2,632 | 11.03 | +0.2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 459 | 1.92 | –2.1 | – | –1 | |
| Borgerlisten | 184 | 0.77 | –0.7 | – | – | |
| Other | 75 | 0.31 | –0.4 | – | – | |
| Total | 23,864 | 100.00 | – | 21 | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 35,997 | 67.0 | ||||
| Source: KMD, KMD | ||||||
2013 election results
2013 local election results:
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venstre | 9,782 | 36.33 | +0.9 | 9 | +1 | |
| Social Democrats | 5,866 | 21.79 | –1.7 | 5 | 0 | |
| Danish People’s Party | 4,228 | 15.70 | +4.7 | 3 | +1 | |
| The Conservative People’s Party | 2,510 | 9.32 | –6.6 | 2 | –2 | |
| Red–Green Alliance | 988 | 3.67 | +3.7 | 1 | +1 | |
| Borgerliberale i Greve | 915 | 3.40 | +3.4 | – | +0 | |
| Socialist People’s Party | 913 | 3.39 | –7.8 | – | –2 | |
| Liberal Alliance | 617 | 2.29 | +2.3 | 1 | +1 | |
| Tune Borgerliste | 586 | 2.18 | +3.4 | – | – | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 521 | 1.93 | 0.0 | – | – | |
| Total | 26,926 | 100.00 | – | 21 | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 36,935 | 74.2 | ||||
| Source: KMD, KMD | ||||||
2017 election results
2017 local election results:
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venstre | 9,951 | 36.59 | +0.3 | 9 | 0 | |
| Social Democrats | 7,861 | 28.91 | +7.1 | 7 | +2 | |
| Danish People’s Party | 3,274 | 12.04 | –3.7 | 2 | –1 | |
| The Conservative People’s Party | 1,400 | 5.15 | –4.2 | 1 | –1 | |
| Red–Green Alliance | 1,102 | 4.05 | +0.3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Liberal Alliance | 886 | 3.26 | +0.9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Socialist People’s Party | 671 | 2.47 | –0.9 | – | – | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 409 | 1.50 | –0.4 | – | – | |
| Other | 1,639 | 6.03 | – | – | ||
| Total | 27,193 | 100.00 | – | 21 | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 38,610 | 71.3 | ||||
| Source: KMD, KMD | ||||||
2021 election results
2021 local election results:
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venstre | 9,575 | 37.70 | +1.11 | 9 | 0 | |
| Social Democrats | 6,941 | 27.33 | –1.58 | 6 | –1 | |
| The Conservative People’s Party | 3,055 | 12.03 | +6.88 | 2 | +1 | |
| Danish People’s Party | 1,570 | 6.18 | –5.86 | 1 | –1 | |
| Red–Green Alliance | 1,136 | 4.47 | +0.42 | 1 | 0 | |
| New Right | 974 | 3.84 | +3.84 | 1 | +1 | |
| Socialist People’s Party | 954 | 3.76 | +1.29 | 1 | +1 | |
| Danish Social Liberal Party | 539 | 2.12 | +0.62 | 0 | –1 | |
| Liberal Alliance | 189 | 0.74 | –2.52 | – | – | |
| Other | 464 | 1.83 | –4.20 | – | – | |
| Total | 25,397 | 100.00 | – | 21 | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 39,331 | 65.4 | ||||
| Source: KMD, KMD | ||||||