Gribskov Municipality Gribskov Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
The north coast of Zealand. Viewed from Gilleleje in Gribskov Municipality.
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°03′N 12°13′E / 56.050°N 12.217°E / 56.050; 12.217
Country	Denmark
Region	Hovedstaden
Established	1 January 2007
Seat	Helsinge
Government
• Mayor	Anders Gerner Frost (Nytgribskov)
Area
• Total	278 km2 (107 sq mi)
Population  (1. January 2023)[1]
• Total	41,547
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code	219
Website	www.gribskov.dk

Gribskov Municipality (Danish: Gribskov Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the Capital Region of Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 278 km², and has a total population of 41,547.

The municipality was created on 1 January 2007 as a merger of the former municipalities of Græsted-Gilleleje and Helsinge. Its mayor as of 1 January 2018 is Anders Gerner Frost, a member of the local Nytgribskov political party.

Locations

Politics

Municipal council

Gribskov's municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Attractions

There is a large concentration of dolmens and tumuli within the municipality.

Of special mention is 'Valby Hegn', a small plantation close to Helsinge and Gribskov and home to no less than seven long barrows from the neolithic Stone Age.^[2]

Other interesting sites includes:

• Rudolph Tegner Museum
• Munkeruphus
• Asserbo Charterhouse
• Søborg Castle
• Esrum Abbey
• Tisvilde Hegn
• Gribskov

Sources and references

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map