Erik Flyvholm, the mayor of Lemvig Municipality (Lemvig Kommune), has announced that he will not seek re-election in the 2025 municipal elections, marking the end of his notable 24-year tenure as mayor. The politician from the Liberal Party (Venstre) has thus been the longest-serving current mayor in Denmark. “It has been a long time as mayor. I have decided that this term will be my last, and I pass the baton with a clear conscience,” he stated.

Flyvholm began his political career as a city council member in 1998, and he first became mayor in 2002, at that time for Thyborøn-Harboøre Municipality. Following the municipal reform in 2007, he transitioned to Lemvig Municipality, where he has continued to serve as mayor until now. When the citizens of Lemvig go to the polls next year, they will do so without the 61-year-old mayor on the ballot.

He shares this record with Mogens Christian Gade, mayor of Jammerbugt Municipality, who is also stepping down in the same election. Erik Flyvholm emphasizes that he is extremely grateful for his time in politics. With a background as a civil economist and a former employee of Bang & Olufsen, he entered city council for the first time in 1998.

Flyvholm is not the only Liberal Party mayor leaving his post in the next election. Alongside him, Ulrik Wilbek in Viborg, Hans Østergaard in Ringkøbing-Skjern, Niels Jørgen Pedersen in Thisted, Peder Christian Kirkegaard in Skive, Mogens Gade in Jammerbugt, Karsten Längerich in Allerød, and Mogens Eduard Jespersen in Mariagerfjord will also conclude their terms as mayors.