Its last mayor was Jørgen Nielsen, a member of the Venstres political party.

[3] In 1842 Denmark was divided into smaller administrative divisions, namely parish municipalities (Danish: sognekommunner).

[4] Approximately half of the municipality's population lived in rural areas or smaller villages.

The municipality's main seat of Tranekær is in this category, being a small village.

The other half of the population lived in the municipality's three largest settlements of Lohals, Snøde and Tullebølle.