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DENMARK
Kongeriget Danmark



The National Flag ( from www.fotw.net)

Denmark is since 2007 divided into 5 regions and 98 municipalities. Prior to 2007 the country was divided into 13 counties (Amt) and 270 municipalities. These were formed since the first main municipal reform in 1970 when the 1300 towns and parishes and 24 counties were combined to the new counties and municipalities. Until 1919 another local form of government existed in Denmark, the herreds ('hundreds'). The herreds were formed of groups of parishes ('sogn'), and formed with one or more towns a county. See also the map section below.


The present (since 2007) municipalities of Denmark.

Arms of municipalities (kommuner), towns (købstæder) and parishes (sogner)

The present regions do not use coats of arms. Most of the old counties used arms, as do/did most of the municipalities. Also, most of the older herreds used arms. Only municipalities o counties that used arms are listed, but for each present municipality historical entities will be mentioned, also the ones without arms.

Arms of counties (Amter or Amtskommuner) :

Bornholms Amtskommune
Frederiksborg Amtskommune
Fyns Amtskommune
Hjørring Amtskommune
Holbæk Amtskommune
Københavns Amtskommune
Maribo Amtskommune
Nordjyllands Amtskommune
Odense Amtskommune
Præstø Amtskommune
Randers Amtskommune
Ribe Amtskommune
Ringkjøbing Amtskommune
Roskilde Amtskommune
Skanderborg Amtskommune
Storstrøms Amtskommune
Svendborg Amtskommune
Sønderjyllands Amtskommune
Sorø Amtskommune
Thisted Amtskommune
Vejle Amtskommune
Vestsjællands Amtskommune
Viborg Amtskommune
Ålborg Amtskommune
Århus Amtskommune

Arms of herreds

Maps (from www.byhistorie.dk)

The amter in 1683
The amter in 1794
The amter and kommuner in 1842
The amter and kommuner in 1938
The amter and kommuner in 1983
The present municipalities


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