Living in Fredensborg

In Fredensborg, average gross earnings are €7,949 a month (2025) and unemployment is 2.3% (2025).

The nearest airport was CPH, 42.8 km away, with 121 listed destinations in June 2026. The city covered 112.1 km² in 2026. Population density was 379 people per km² in 2026. The unemployment rate was 2.3% in November 2025.

Last checked 2026-10-0728 sources

Population42,186people1 Jan 2025Official source · Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.

Average gross salary7,949EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Level of earnings by work/residence, region, age, sex and family type (LIGELB1)

Average net rent11.54EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2026Regional figureOfficial source · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026

Unemployment rate2.3%country median 2.5% — 8% belowOfficial source · StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force

Recorded crime5,474offences per 100,000country median 5,709 — 4% belowOfficial source · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types

PM2.5, annual mean6µg/m³country median 6.0 — about the sameOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Which Denmark-wide rules apply when you move to Fredensborg?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€40

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	40 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Norlys fixed broadband⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.93 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	3 mobile internet 10GB¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	11.54 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2026	Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026⁴Official · regional context
Median monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,065 EUR/month	31 Dec 2026	Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026⁴Official

Is Fredensborg a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–65%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student28%strong on cost, weak on education · range 18–38%

Family43%strong on family, weak on education · range 34–52%

Retirement34%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 24–44%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Fredensborg?

The unemployment rate is 2.3 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force¹²

Unemployment across cities in DenmarkUnemployment in Fredensborg is 2.3%. Of 98 cities with data, 31 have unemployment of 2 to under 2.5%.

1–1.51.5–22–2.52.5–33–3.53.5–44–4.54.5–5

Fredensborg 2.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	7,949 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Level of earnings by work/residence, region, age, sex and family type (LIGELB1)²Official
Gigabit broadband availability	96 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁴Official
Unemployment rate	2.3 %country median 2.5%	30 Nov 2025	StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force¹²Official

What does a salary buy in Fredensborg?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€3,221of €3,973 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€3,973
Rent, 60 m²€11.54/m² · official · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026 · 2026-12-31	− €692
Internet€40 · official · Norlys fixed broadband · 2026-09-30	− €40
Mobile plan€20 · official · 3 mobile internet 10GB · 2026-09-30	− €20
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€3,221

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Fredensborg. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobnet Denmark — Public employment service

Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment (STAR)

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Fredensborg. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Fredensborg?

Police recorded about 5,474 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 5,474 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types¹³

Recorded crime across major citiesFredensborg highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Copenhagen9,141

Odense8,856

Frederiksberg8,617

Aarhus8,603

Esbjerg7,110

Vejle6,990

Aalborg6,774

Randers6,567

Horsens6,002

Fredensborg5,474

Silkeborg5,311

Viborg5,303

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,474 offences per 100,000country median 5,709	31 Dec 2025	StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types¹³Official
Months covered by crime statistics	12 months/year	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)¹⁸Official

Mobility and administration

Car density was 509 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	121 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁰Official
Nearest airport	CPH	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	42.8 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Fredensborg. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Danish language training for adult foreign nationals — State Language Course

Danish municipalities and language centres

For adult foreign nationals, newly arrived residents.

DanishIn PersonCost varies

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Fredensborg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6 µg/m³country median 6.0 — about the same	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency³Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 9.55 · Feb 10.01 · Mar 13.83 · Apr 19.03 · May 23.59 · Jun 27.23 · Jul 29.06 · Aug 29.21 · Sep 25.2 · Oct 19.9 · Nov 16.12 · Dec 10.34 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -13.04 · Feb -12.25 · Mar -11.26 · Apr -3.14 · May 1.67 · Jun 6.71 · Jul 10.73 · Aug 9.63 · Sep 4.63 · Oct -1.4 · Nov -9.08 · Dec -15.28 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.1 · Feb 1.1 · Mar 3.1 · Apr 7.4 · May 11.6 · Jun 14.9 · Jul 17.3 · Aug 17 · Sep 13.4 · Oct 9.1 · Nov 5.2 · Dec 2.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station SJAELSMARK_06188.csv¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 49.1 · Feb 41.4 · Mar 38.2 · Apr 31.4 · May 45.6 · Jun 71.5 · Jul 66.8 · Aug 82.9 · Sep 59.2 · Oct 65.6 · Nov 55.5 · Dec 58.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2013–2024

5.5

7.8

10.2

12.5

6.0201320152017202020222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 40.0% between 2013 and 2024, from 10.0 to 6.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Fredensborg?

The published population was 42,186 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.¹⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport86.3%
Foreign residents13.7%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	509 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Derived stock density from DST BIL54 passenger-car stock and DST FOLK1A population. BIL54 is stock of passenger cars, not registrations, trips or ownership-only subset.²Official
City area	112.1 km²	1 Jan 2026	DST ARE207 Area 1 January; area based on the SDFE land register. Registered area is used; some lakes are excluded according to the table footnote.²Official
Foreign residents	5,781 people	1 Jan 2026	DST FOLK1D: population at the first day of the quarter, total sex, total age, STATSB=UDLAND (Foreign citizen). This is citizenship, not foreign-born or foreign-origin population.²Official
Population density	379 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.²Official
Female residents	21,891 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁵Official
Male residents	20,554 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistics Denmark (Statbank)¹⁵Official
Population	42,186 people	1 Jan 2025	Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.¹⁷Official
Population covered by crime statistics	42,186 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)¹⁶Official

International community in Fredensborg

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population at the first day of the quarter; total age and sex; Statistics Denmark FOLK1B · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)

Published group	People	Share
Total	42,543	100.0%
Denmark	36,755	86.4%
Turkey	608	1.4%
Poland	431	1.0%
India	343	0.8%
Ukraine	334	0.8%
Bulgaria	333	0.8%
Lithuania	299	0.7%
Romania	263	0.6%
Sweden	238	0.6%
United Kingdom	166	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Germany	151	0.4%
Norway	124	0.3%
Philippines	123	0.3%
China	121	0.3%
Syria	115	0.3%
Iran	103	0.2%
Spain	102	0.2%
Stateless	93	0.2%
Italy	92	0.2%
USA	92	0.2%
Afghanistan	84	0.2%
Eritrea	83	0.2%
Netherlands	75	0.2%
Pakistan	72	0.2%
Russia	69	0.2%
Portugal	64	0.2%
Thailand	64	0.2%
France	60	0.1%
Serbia	55	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	50	0.1%
Latvia	49	0.1%
Hungary	46	0.1%
Iraq	43	0.1%
Croatia	36	0.1%
Iceland	35	0.1%
Greece	35	0.1%
Bangladesh	34	0.1%
Nepal	32	0.1%
South Africa	29	0.1%
Morocco	28	0.1%
Ireland	26	0.1%
Brazil	26	0.1%
Finland	23	0.1%
Austria	23	0.1%
Canada	23	0.1%
Nigeria	22	0.1%
Belgium	20	0.0%
Egypt	19	0.0%
Republic of North Macedonia	18	0.0%
Kosovo	18	0.0%
Kenya	17	0.0%
Lebanon	16	0.0%
Ghana	15	0.0%
Sri Lanka	15	0.0%
Congo, Democratic Republic	14	0.0%
Czech Republic	14	0.0%
Slovakia	13	0.0%
Gambia, The	12	0.0%
Cameroon	12	0.0%
Argentina	12	0.0%
Vietnam	12	0.0%
Estonia	11	0.0%
Switzerland	9	0.0%
Australia	9	0.0%
Ethiopia	8	0.0%
Somalia	8	0.0%
Chile	8	0.0%
Colombia	8	0.0%
Moldova	8	0.0%
Tunisia	7	0.0%
Uganda	7	0.0%
Ivory Coast	7	0.0%
Zimbabwe	7	0.0%
Peru	7	0.0%
South Korea	7	0.0%
Burundi	6	0.0%
Indonesia	6	0.0%
Japan	6	0.0%
Jordan	6	0.0%
Guinea	5	0.0%
Cuba	5	0.0%
Mexico	5	0.0%
Belarus	5	0.0%
Armenia	5	0.0%
Slovenia	5	0.0%
Yugoslavia	4	0.0%
Mozambique	4	0.0%
Israel	4	0.0%
Singapore	4	0.0%
Sierra Leone	3	0.0%
Rwanda	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Taiwan	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Serbia and Montenegro	2	0.0%
Angola	2	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	2	0.0%
Namibia	2	0.0%
Tanzania	2	0.0%
Zambia	2	0.0%
Costa Rica	2	0.0%
Nicaragua	2	0.0%
Venezuela	2	0.0%
Uzbekistan	2	0.0%
Turkmenistan	2	0.0%
Albania	1	0.0%
Algeria	1	0.0%
Madagascar	1	0.0%
Mauritius	1	0.0%
South Sudan	1	0.0%
Benin	1	0.0%
Senegal	1	0.0%
Togo	1	0.0%
Ecuador	1	0.0%
Jamaica	1	0.0%
Paraguay	1	0.0%
El Salvador	1	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.0%
Cyprus	1	0.0%
Laos	1	0.0%
Maldives	1	0.0%
Mongolia	1	0.0%
New Zealand	1	0.0%
Kazakhstan	1	0.0%
Not stated	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population at the first day of the quarter; total age and sex; ancestry category: Immigrants · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)

Published group	People	Share
Total	6,584	100.0%
Turkey	652	9.9%
Poland	429	6.5%
India	376	5.7%
Ukraine	339	5.1%
Bulgaria	273	4.1%
Lithuania	255	3.9%
Lebanon	251	3.8%
Iran	221	3.4%
Romania	209	3.2%
Sweden	183	2.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Germany	178	2.7%
United Kingdom	170	2.6%
Syria	149	2.3%
Philippines	142	2.2%
China	132	2.0%
Iraq	126	1.9%
USA	124	1.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	116	1.8%
Norway	115	1.7%
Afghanistan	111	1.7%
Russia	105	1.6%
Pakistan	89	1.4%
Thailand	83	1.3%
Netherlands	63	1.0%
Spain	56	0.9%
Morocco	56	0.9%
Italy	55	0.8%
Eritrea	54	0.8%
Brazil	52	0.8%
France	51	0.8%
Yugoslavia	50	0.8%
Latvia	49	0.7%
Hungary	46	0.7%
South Africa	44	0.7%
Iceland	40	0.6%
Sri Lanka	38	0.6%
Finland	35	0.5%
Argentina	34	0.5%
Bangladesh	34	0.5%
Moldova	33	0.5%
Portugal	32	0.5%
Vietnam	31	0.5%
Nepal	30	0.5%
Greece	29	0.4%
Egypt	29	0.4%
Gambia, The	27	0.4%
Nigeria	27	0.4%
Serbia	26	0.4%
Canada	25	0.4%
Uganda	23	0.3%
Republic of North Macedonia	23	0.3%
Ireland	22	0.3%
Austria	22	0.3%
Kenya	22	0.3%
Croatia	22	0.3%
Belgium	21	0.3%
Ghana	20	0.3%
Kosovo	19	0.3%
Somalia	15	0.2%
Colombia	15	0.2%
Peru	15	0.2%
Israel	15	0.2%
Tunisia	14	0.2%
Cameroon	13	0.2%
Chile	13	0.2%
Indonesia	13	0.2%
Guinea-Bissau	12	0.2%
Congo, Democratic Republic	12	0.2%
Belarus	12	0.2%
Czech Republic	12	0.2%
Ethiopia	11	0.2%
Australia	11	0.2%
Estonia	11	0.2%
Ivory Coast	10	0.2%
Venezuela	10	0.2%
Jordan	10	0.2%
Middle East not stated	10	0.2%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	10	0.2%
Slovakia	10	0.2%
Switzerland	9	0.1%
Burundi	9	0.1%
Zimbabwe	9	0.1%
Mexico	9	0.1%
South Korea	9	0.1%
Soviet Union	8	0.1%
Guinea	8	0.1%
Mozambique	8	0.1%
Malaysia	8	0.1%
Georgia	8	0.1%
Sierra Leone	7	0.1%
Cuba	7	0.1%
Singapore	7	0.1%
Algeria	6	0.1%
Yemen	6	0.1%
United Arab Emirates	6	0.1%
Japan	6	0.1%
Armenia	6	0.1%
Azerbaijan	6	0.1%
Slovenia	6	0.1%
Tanzania	5	0.1%
Saudi Arabia	5	0.1%
Albania	4	0.1%
Czechoslovakia	4	0.1%
Mauritius	4	0.1%
Dominican Republic	4	0.1%
Trinidad and Tobago	4	0.1%
Myanmar	4	0.1%
Uzbekistan	4	0.1%
Turkmenistan	4	0.1%
Angola	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Rwanda	3	0.0%
Togo	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
Nicaragua	3	0.0%
Taiwan	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Kazakhstan	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	2	0.0%
Palestine	2	0.0%
Benin	2	0.0%
Zambia	2	0.0%
Jamaica	2	0.0%
Panama	2	0.0%
Uruguay	2	0.0%
Laos	2	0.0%
Montenegro	2	0.0%
Not stated	2	0.0%
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0.0%
Equatorial Guinea	1	0.0%
Liberia	1	0.0%
Madagascar	1	0.0%
Namibia	1	0.0%
Sudan	1	0.0%
South Sudan	1	0.0%
Congo, Republic	1	0.0%
Gabon	1	0.0%
Mauritania	1	0.0%
Senegal	1	0.0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	0.0%
Guatemala	1	0.0%
Honduras	1	0.0%
Paraguay	1	0.0%
El Salvador	1	0.0%
Cyprus	1	0.0%
Maldives	1	0.0%
Mongolia	1	0.0%
Fiji	1	0.0%
New Zealand	1	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population at the first day of the quarter; total age and sex; ancestry category: Descendant · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)

Published group	People	Share
Total	2,300	100.0%
Turkey	654	28.4%
Lebanon	259	11.3%
Iraq	82	3.6%
Poland	80	3.5%
Pakistan	69	3.0%
Iran	64	2.8%
India	56	2.4%
Syria	56	2.4%
Bulgaria	52	2.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	51	2.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Lithuania	50	2.2%
Afghanistan	48	2.1%
Romania	38	1.7%
Germany	37	1.6%
China	37	1.6%
Morocco	35	1.5%
Sweden	33	1.4%
Russia	31	1.3%
Yugoslavia	30	1.3%
Eritrea	30	1.3%
Sri Lanka	29	1.3%
Norway	26	1.1%
United Kingdom	22	1.0%
Ukraine	22	1.0%
Philippines	19	0.8%
Vietnam	18	0.8%
Egypt	16	0.7%
Kosovo	13	0.6%
Bangladesh	11	0.5%
Latvia	11	0.5%
Serbia	11	0.5%
Finland	10	0.4%
Brazil	10	0.4%
Netherlands	9	0.4%
Italy	9	0.4%
Nigeria	9	0.4%
United Arab Emirates	9	0.4%
Thailand	9	0.4%
France	8	0.3%
Greece	7	0.3%
Soviet Union	7	0.3%
Hungary	7	0.3%
Gambia, The	7	0.3%
Sierra Leone	7	0.3%
USA	7	0.3%
South Korea	7	0.3%
Czech Republic	7	0.3%
Burundi	6	0.3%
Libya	6	0.3%
Uganda	6	0.3%
Congo, Democratic Republic	6	0.3%
Somalia	6	0.3%
Jordan	6	0.3%
Armenia	6	0.3%
Uzbekistan	6	0.3%
Republic of North Macedonia	6	0.3%
Iceland	5	0.2%
Angola	5	0.2%
Tanzania	5	0.2%
Moldova	5	0.2%
Not stated	5	0.2%
Albania	4	0.2%
Switzerland	4	0.2%
Tunisia	4	0.2%
Canada	4	0.2%
Peru	4	0.2%
Croatia	4	0.2%
Slovenia	4	0.2%
Belgium	3	0.1%
Austria	3	0.1%
Ethiopia	3	0.1%
Ghana	3	0.1%
Guinea-Bissau	3	0.1%
Guinea	3	0.1%
South Africa	3	0.1%
Cameroon	3	0.1%
Nepal	3	0.1%
New Zealand	3	0.1%
Belarus	3	0.1%
Kazakhstan	3	0.1%
Georgia	3	0.1%
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic	3	0.1%
Spain	2	0.1%
Algeria	2	0.1%
Kenya	2	0.1%
Ivory Coast	2	0.1%
Mexico	2	0.1%
Israel	2	0.1%
Slovakia	2	0.1%
Luxembourg	1	0.0%
Ireland	1	0.0%
Portugal	1	0.0%
Comoros	1	0.0%
Congo, Republic	1	0.0%
Rwanda	1	0.0%
Zimbabwe	1	0.0%
Argentina	1	0.0%
Chile	1	0.0%
Nicaragua	1	0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.0%
Yemen	1	0.0%
Kuwait	1	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	1	0.0%
Singapore	1	0.0%
Middle East not stated	1	0.0%
Australia	1	0.0%
Estonia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
English-language portal	https://www.nyidanmark.dk/ url	27 Aug 2026	nyidanmark.dk — Danish immigration portal (English)⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Fredensborg

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Allerød as a Fredensborg alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 1.6% Allerød vs 2.3% Fredensborg−30%
Residents: 26,128 Allerød vs 42,186 Fredensborg−38%
Nearest airport: 33.8 km Allerød vs 42.8 km Fredensborg−21%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,278 Allerød vs 5,474 Fredensborg−4%
Rent: €11.54/m² Allerød vs €11.54/m² Fredensborgsame level

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Ringkøbing-Skjern as a Fredensborg alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 249 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €10.39/m² Ringkøbing-Skjern vs €11.54/m² Fredensborgno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 5,474 Fredensborg−29%
Unemployment: 1.7% Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 2.3% Fredensborg−26%
Nearest airport: 57.4 km Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 42.8 km Fredensborg+34%
Residents: 55,582 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 42,186 Fredensborg+32%

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Tallinn as a Fredensborg alternative in another country

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Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €11.54/m² (2026) Fredensborgno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 3.0 µg/m³ Tallinn vs 6.0 µg/m³ Fredensborg−50%
Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 42.8 km Fredensborg−87%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,030 Tallinn vs 5,474 Fredensborgno percentage

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Cities near Fredensborg

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Hillerød 6.4 km away

Rent: 960.1 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-01-01

Alternative cities in Denmark

Other cities in Denmark to compare with Fredensborg, nearest in population first.

All Denmark cities

Furesø42,540 residents Gribskov41,797 residents Thisted42,698 residents Vejen42,702 residents Mariagerfjord41,606 residents Ikast-Brande43,009 residents

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Fredensborg in rankings

#4 of 24 in Cities with the highest published monthly salaries #7 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Denmark #24 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Denmark

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Fredensborg under the national coverage rules.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: sprogstimulation (compulsory language stimulation for bilingual children) + supplementary Danish instruction. How to enrol a child (uvm.dk).

A country-wide rule for Denmark; Fredensborg's school authority applies it locally.

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Common questions

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How many people live in Fredensborg?

The published population was 42,186 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes..

Is the air quality good in Fredensborg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Fredensborg?

Police recorded about 5,474 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types.

What is the unemployment rate in Fredensborg?

The unemployment rate is 2.3 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.

How many foreign residents live in Fredensborg?

5,781 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: DST FOLK1D: population at the first day of the quarter, total sex, total age, STATSB=UDLAND (Foreign citizen). This is citizenship, not foreign-born or foreign-origin population..

Is Fredensborg a good place to live?

Fredensborg may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Fredensborg?

Hillerød, Nivå, Humlebæk, Espergærde, Lillerød are near Fredensborg. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Denmark citizenship group in Fredensborg?

The official citizenship distribution records 36,755 people (86.4%) in the source-defined population for 2026Q3 (2026-07-01). This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Fredensborg, Denmark: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 76e20a28325a5cb88cf2db1224d3ade6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/fredensborg/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Fredensborg, Denmark: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {76e20a28325a5cb88cf2db1224d3ade6},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/fredensborg/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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