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A former municipality in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland Peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality, including the island of Livø, covered an area of 218 km2 (84 sq mi), and had a total population of 10,270 (2005). Its last mayor was Jens Lauritzen, a member of the Venstre political party.
Christen Lindencrone was a Danish landowner and supercargo of the Danish Asia Company. He owned Gjorslev Manor on Stevns and constructed the Lindencrone Mansion on Bredgade in Copenhagen. He was ennobled in 1757 with the surname Lindencrone.
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Per Deichmann Bisgaard, is a former teacher, mayor and member of the Folketinget.
Per Bach Laursen is from Overlade near Løgstør, he is proprietor and owner of Lundgård. He is also the current mayor of Vesthimmerlands Municipality he is from Venstre, he was preceded by Knud Vældgaard Kristensen who was from Det Konservative Folkeparti, he has been a Vice-mayor of Vesthimmerland Municipality and he also ran for mayor of Vesthimmerland Municipality in 2013. In the 2017 Municipality election he received the most votes of them all of the candidates of Vesthimmerland Municipality, and he is the current mayor of Vesthimmerland Municipality.
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- ↑ "Borgmester Jens Lauritzen". danskekommuner.dk.