Nordborg (), is a town with a population of 7,089 (1st January
2009) and a former municipality (
Danish,
kommune) in
Sønderborg municipality,
Region Syddanmark on the northwest half of the island of
Als off the east coast of the
Jutland peninsula in south
Denmark. The former Nordborg municipality covered an area of 125 km², and had a total population of 13,956 (2005). Its last mayor was Jan Prokopek Jensen, a member of the
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)
political party.
The former Nordborg municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a
kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
The town has been greatly influenced by the presence of
Danfoss, a global producer of components for
refrigeration and
airconditioning,
heating and
motion control applications, headquartered in the town and founded in
1933. The presence of Danfoss has made the (now former) Nordborg municipality, over the years, the site of one of the largest industrial workplaces in Denmark.
In latter years, the municipality saw the rise of another major industrial company,
Linak, a global producer of electric
linear actuator systems. Albeit much smaller than Danfoss (Linak global employment of approx. 1600 people compared to Danfoss 23,000 ), Linak is still a large local employer.
On
January 1,
2007 Nordborg municipality ceased to exist as the result of
Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with
Augustenborg,
Broager,
Gråsten,
Sundeved,
Sydals, and
Sønderborg municipalities to form the new Sønderborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 499 km² and a total population of 49,886 (2005).
