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Administrative division
Denmark is since 2007 divided into 5 regions and 98 municipalities. Prior to 2007 the country was divided into 13 counties (Amter) 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.
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 or 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)
- Bornholm Amt
- Frederiksborg Amt
- Fyn
- Hjørring Amt
- Holbæk Amt
- København Amt
- Maribo Amt
- Nordjylland
- Odense Amt
- Præstø Amt
- Randers Amt
- Ribe Amt
- Ringkøbing Amt
- Roskilde Amt
- Skanderborg Amt
- Storstrøm
- Svendborg Amt
- Sønderjylland
- Sorø Amt
- Thisted Amt
- Vejle Amt
- Vestsjælland
- Viborg Amt
- Ålborg Amt
- Århus Amt
Maps:
- The amter in 1683
- The amter in 1794
- The amter in 1842
- The amter in 1938
- The amter in 1983
Arms of municipalities (kommuner)
Arms of hundreds (herred)
Religious or ecclesiastical heraldry of Denmark
Collector's items
- Danske Byvaabner postcards
- Danske Byvaabner (cigarette cards)
- Giraf_-_Danske_Byvaabener
- Danish Kaffe Hag album
- Danmarks Herreds-, By og Birke Vaaben album