List of mayors of Aarhus

This is a list of mayors of Aarhus, Denmark since the first mayor was appointed 1886. All but one elected mayors of Aarhus have belonged to the Social Democratic Party.

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Political Party
13	Jacob Bundsgaard	2011	Incumbent	Social Democrats
12	Nicolai Wammen	2006	2011	Social Democrats
11	Louise Gade	2002	2005	Venstre
10	Flemming Knudsen	1997	2001	Social Democrats
9	Thorkild Simonsen	1982	1997	Social Democrats
8	Orla Hyllested	1971	1981	Social Democrats
7	Bernhardt Jensen	1958	1971	Social Democrats
6	Svend Unmack Larsen	1945	1958	Social Democrats
5	Einar Stecher Christensen	1942	1945	Social Democrats
4	Hans Peder Christensen	1933	1941	Social Democrats
3	Jakob Jensen	1919	1932	Social Democrats
2	Ernst Christopher L. Drechsel	1905	1919	Appointed
1	Frederik Christian Bernhard S. Vestergaard	1886	1905	Appointed