Region of Southern DenmarkThe Region of Southern Denmark (Danish: Region Syddanmark, pronounced; German: Region Süddänemark, pronounced; North Frisian: Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regions.
Municipalities of DenmarkDenmark is divided into five regions, which contain 98 municipalities (Danish: kommuner, ; sing.kommune, ). The Capital Region has 29 municipalities, Southern Denmark 22, Central Denmark 19, Zealand 17 and North Denmark 11. The government intends to merge the Capital and Zealand regions on 1 January 2027 to form the Region of Eastern Denmark. The regional council will have 47 members, and will be elected 18 November 2025 in the ordinary 2025 Danish local elections.
Viborg CountyViborg County (Danish: Viborg Amt) is a former county (Danish: amt) in the north-central part of the Jutlandpeninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into Region Midtjylland (i.e. Region Central Jutland). A smaller portion merged into Region Nordjylland (Region North Jutland).
Northern JutlandNorthern Jutland (Danish: Nørrejylland) is a historical region in Denmark, defined as Jutland north of the Kongeå (with the region south of the Kongeå called Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland)). As with other historical regions of Denmark, Northern Jutland had its own ting assembly in the Middle Ages, seated in Viborg.
Southern JutlandSouthern Jutland (Danish: Sønderjylland; North Frisian: Sööd-Jütlönj, German: Südjütland), also known as North Schleswig (Danish: Nordslesvig, North Frisian: Nordslaswik, German: Nordschleswig) is the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The region north of the Kongeå is called Nørrejylland, 'Northern Jutland'.
Regions of DenmarkThe five regions of Denmark (Danish: regioner) were created as administrative entities at a level above the municipalities and below the central government in the public sector as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, when the 13 counties (amter) were abolished. At the same time, the number of municipalities (kommuner) was cut from 270 (from 271 in 2006) to 98.
Counties of DenmarkThe Counties of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks amter) were former subdivisions of metropolitan Denmark and overseas territories, used primarily for administrative regions, with each county having its own council with substantial powers. Originally there had been twenty-four counties, but the number was reduced to roughly fourteen in 1970 – the number fluctuated slightly over the next three decades.
Vejle CountyVejle County (Danish: Vejle Amt) is a former county (Danish: amt) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it was divided between Region Midtjylland (i.e. Region Central Jutland) and Region of Southern Denmark. Vejle became the seat of the latter region.
JutlandJutland () is a peninsula in Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It stretches from the Grenen spit in the north to the confluence of the Elbe and the Sude in the southeast. The historic southern border river of Jutland as a cultural-geographical region, which historically also included Southern Schleswig, is the Eider.
FunenFunen (Danish: Fyn, pronounced) is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, with an area of 3,099.7 square kilometres (1,196.8 sq mi). It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of 2020. Funen's main city is Odense, which is connected to the sea by a rarely-used canal. The city's shipyard, Odense Steel Shipyard, has been relocated outside Odense proper.
Danish languageDanish (endonym: danskpronounced, dansk sprog) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 5.5 million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, where it has minority language status.
StrukturreformenThe Strukturreformen or Kommunalreformen (English: structural reform) meant large changes to the administrative structure of local government in Denmark. The reforms reduced 271 municipalities to 98 and replaced 13 counties with 5 regions. In addition, 14 state offices and were replaced by 5 state administrations. The Capital City Development Council (HUR) and the Capital City Hospital Association (H:S) were closed, and a number of other structures were reformed.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.