Gribskov Kommune is a municipality (Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden

Region Hovedstaden

The Capital Region of Denmark is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, cutting the...

 ("Capital Region"). The municipality covers an area of 278 km², and has a total population of 40,512 (2008).

The municipality was created on 1 January 2007 as a merger of former municipalities of Græsted-Gilleleje

Græsted-Gilleleje

Until January 1, 2007, Græsted-Gilleleje was a municipality in Frederiksborg County on the north coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 134 km², and had a total population of 20,936 . Its last mayor was Jannich Petersen, a member of the Venstre ...

 and Helsinge

Helsinge

Until 1 January 2007, Helsinge was a municipality in Frederiksborg County on the north coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It had a total population of 19,473 , but in the summer months the population grew to over 36.000 people. Its last mayor was Claus Lange, a member of the...

. Its mayor as of 2010 is Jan Ferdinandsen, a member of the Conservative People's Party

Conservative People's Party (Denmark)

The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party.-History:The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre , the liberals.The party has participated in several coalition...

 (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party

Politics of Denmark

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.