Subdivisions of Denmark in local languages: Faroese, Greenlandic

Denmark is divided into five regions and 98 municipalities (kommuner); the Faroe Islands and Greenland have municipalities of their own. This list names every municipality with its seat, gives the German forms used in South Denmark, and sets the Faroese and Greenlandic names beside the Danish ones.

Regions and territories: 7
Groups: 1

Updated 5 November 2026

kommuner

kommuner Danish for municipalities; kommunur in Faroese, kommunii in Greenlandic

01 · Reading guide

Four languages, one kingdom

The names on this page come in four languages. Mainland Denmark uses Danish everywhere; in Region Syddanmark the German minority has names of its own, so Haderslev is Hadersleben, Sønderborg Sonderburg, Tønder Tondern and Åbenrå Apenrade. The Faroe Islands write Faroese and Greenland Greenlandic, and both lists carry the Danish names beside them.

Where a municipality is governed from a town with another name, the town stands in the seat column: Bornholm from Rønne, Egedal from Stenløse, Lolland from Maribo. The Faroese municipality of Sund is run from Oyrarbakki, Ørebakke in Danish.

02 · First level

Regions of Denmark and the two self-governing territories

The five regions with their ISO 3166-2 codes, and the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which hold their own codes in ISO 3166-1.

Regions and territories 7

Denmark, ISO 3166-2:DK: 5 regions; 2 self-governing territories
Region or territory	Seat	German or Danish name	ISO code
Region HovedstadenCapital Region of Denmark	Hillerød		DK-84
Region MidtjyllandCentral Denmark Region	Viborg		DK-82
Region NordjyllandNorth Denmark Region	Ålborg		DK-81
Region SjællandRegion Zealand	Sorø		DK-85
Region SyddanmarkRegion of Southern Denmark	Vejle	Region Süddänemark	DK-83
FøroyarFaroe Islands	Tórshavn	Færøerne	FOISO 3166-1
Kalaallit NunaatGreenland	Nuuk	Grønland	GLISO 3166-1

Codes: ISO 3166-2:DK, ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2:GL on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from the English Wikipedia tables that reproduce them on 28 October 2026.

03 · Municipalities

Municipalities of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland

All 98 municipalities of mainland Denmark under their region, the 34 Faroese municipalities of the list with what became of them, and Greenland’s five municipalities of today, its four of 2009 to 2017 and its eighteen before 2009.

Region Hovedstaden 29

DK-84Seat Hillerød29 municipalities

Municipalities of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland: Region Hovedstaden
Municipality	Seat	Name in Danish or German	Seat in Danish or German	Today
Albertslund	Albertslund
Allerød	Allerød
Ballerup	Ballerup
Bornholm	Rønne
Brøndby	Brøndby
Dragør	Store Magleby
Egedal	Stenløse
Fredensborg	Fredensborg
Frederiksberg	Frederiksberg
Frederikssund	Frederikssund
Frederiksværk-Hundested	Frederiksværk
Furesø	Værløse
Gentofte	Charlottenlund
Gladsaxe	Buddinge
Glostrup	Glostrup
Gribskov	Helsinge
Helsingør	Helsingør
Herlev	Herlev
Hillerød	Hillerød
Hvidovre	Hvidovre
Høje-Tåstrup	Tåstrup
Hørsholm	Hørsholm
Ishøj	Ishøj
København	København
Lyngby-Tårbæk	Kongens Lyngby
Rudersdal	Holte
Rødovre	Rødovre
Tårnby	Tårnby
Vallensbæk	Vallensbæk

Region Midtjylland 19

DK-82Seat Viborg19 municipalities

Municipalities of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland: Region Midtjylland
Municipality	Seat	Name in Danish or German	Seat in Danish or German	Today
Favrskov	Hinnerup
Hedensted	Hedensted
Herning	Herning
Holstebro	Holstebro
Horsens	Horsens
Ikast-Brande	Ikast
Lemvig	Lemvig
Norddjurs	Grenå
Odder	Odder
Randers	Randers
Ringkøbing-Skjern	Ringkøbing
Samsø	Tranebjerg
Silkeborg	Silkeborg
Skanderborg	Skanderborg
Skive	Skive
Struer	Struer
Syddjurs	Rønde
Viborg	Viborg
Aarhus	Aarhus

Region Nordjylland 11

DK-81Seat Ålborg11 municipalities

Municipalities of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland: Region Nordjylland
Municipality	Seat	Name in Danish or German	Seat in Danish or German	Today
Brønderslev-Dronninglund	Brønderslev
Frederikshavn	Frederikshavn
Hjørring	Hjørring
Jammerbugt	Åbybro
Læsø	Byrum
Mariagerfjord	Hobro
Morsø	Nykøbing Mors
Rebild	Støvring
Thisted	Thisted
Vesthimmerland	Års
Ålborg	Ålborg

Region Sjælland 17

DK-85Seat Sorø17 municipalities

Municipalities of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland: Region Sjælland
Municipality	Seat	Name in Danish or German	Seat in Danish or German	Today
Faxe	Haslev
Greve	Greve
Guldborgsund	Nykøbing Falster
Holbæk	Holbæk
Kalundborg	Kalundborg
Køge	Køge
Lejre	Kirke Hvalsø
Lolland	Maribo
Næstved	Næstved
Odsherred	Højby
Ringsted	Ringsted
Roskilde	Roskilde
Slagelse	Slagelse
Solrød	Solrød Strand
Sorø	Sorø
Stevns	Store Heddinge
Vordingborg	Vordingborg

Region Syddanmark 22

DK-83Seat VejleGerman: Region Süddänemark22 municipalities

Municipalities of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland: Region Syddanmark
Municipality	Seat	Name in Danish or German	Seat in Danish or German
Assens	Assens
Billund	Grindsted
Esbjerg	Esbjerg
Fanø	Nordby
Fredericia	Fredericia
Fåborg-Midtfyn	Ringe
Haderslev	Haderslev	Hadersleben	Hadersleben
Kerteminde	Kerteminde
Kolding	Kolding
Langeland	Rudkøbing
Middelfart	Middelfart
Nordfyn	Bogense
Nyborg	Nyborg
Odense	Odense
Svendborg	Svendborg
Sønderborg	Sønderborg	Sonderburg	Sonderburg
Tønder	Tønder	Tondern	Tondern
Varde	Varde
Vejen	Vejen
Vejle	Vejle
Ærø	Ærøskøbing
Åbenrå	Åbenrå	Apenrade	Apenrade

Føroyar Faroe Islands 34

ISO 3166-1 FOCapital Tórshavn34 municipalities in this list, 29 today

Municipalities of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland: Faroe Islands
Municipality	Seat	Name in Danish or German	Seat in Danish or German	Today
Eiði	Eiði	Ejde	Ejde	Unchanged
Fámjin	Fámjin	Famien	Famien	Unchanged
Fuglafjørður	Fuglafjørður	Fuglefjord	Fuglefjord	Unchanged
Fugloy	Hattarvík	Fuglø	Hattervig	Unchanged
Funningur	Funningur	Funding	Funding	Merged into Runavík, 2009
Gøta	Norðragøta	Gøte	Nordregøte	Merged with Leirvík into Eystur, 2009
Hov	Hov	Hove	Hove	Unchanged
Húsar	Húsar	Husa	Husa	Merged into Klaksvík, 2017
Húsavík	Húsavík	Husevig	Husevig	Unchanged
Hvalba	Hvalba	Kvalbø	Kvalbø	Unchanged
Hvannasund	Hvannasund	Kvannesund	Kvannesund	Unchanged
Klaksvík	Klaksvík	Klaksvig	Klaksvig	Unchanged
Kunoy	Kunoy	Kunø	Kunø	Unchanged
Kvívík	Kvívík	Kvivig	Kvivig	Unchanged
Leirvík	Leirvík	Lervig	Lervig	Merged with Gøta into Eystur, 2009
Miðvágur	Miðvágur	Midvåg	Midvåg	Merged with Sandavágur into Vágar, 2009
Nes	Toftir	Næs		Unchanged
Porkeri	Porkeri	Porkere	Porkere	Unchanged
Runavík	Runavík	Runevig	Runevig	Unchanged
Sandavágur	Sandavágur	Sandevåg	Sandevåg	Merged with Miðvágur into Vágar, 2009
Sandur	Sandur	Sand	Sand	Unchanged
Sjóv	Strendur	Sjov	Strænder	Listed today as Sjóvar
Skálavík	Skálavík	Skålevig	Skålevig	Unchanged
Skopun	Skopun	Skopen	Skopen	Unchanged
Skúvoy	Skúvoy	Skuø	Skuø	Unchanged
Sumba	Sumba	Sumbø	Sumbø	Unchanged
Sund	Oyrarbakki		Ørebakke	Listed today as Sunda
Svínoy	Svínoy	Svinø	Svinø	Merged into Klaksvík, 2009
Sørvágur	Sørvágur	Sørvåg	Sørvåg	Unchanged
Tórshavn	Tórshavn	Thorshavn	Thorshavn	Unchanged
Tvøroyri	Tvøroyri	Tverå	Tverå	Unchanged
Vágur	Vágur	Våg	Våg	Unchanged
Vestmanna	Vestmanna	Vestmannahavn	Vestmannahavn	Unchanged
Viðareiði	Viðareiði	Viderejde	Viderejde	Unchanged

Kalaallit Nunaat Greenland 6

ISO 3166-1 GLCapital Nuuk5 municipalities since 2018

Municipalities of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland: Greenland
Municipality	Seat	Seat in Danish or German	Today
Kujalleq	Qaqortoq	Julianehåb	GL-KU
Qaasuitsup	Ilulissat	Jakobshavn	Split on 1 January 2018 into Avannaata (GL-AV) and Qeqertalik (GL-QT)
Qeqqata	Sisimiut	Holsteinsborg	GL-QE
Sermersooq	Nuuk	Godthåb	GL-SM
Avannaata	Ilulissat	Jakobshavn	GL-AV, since 1 January 2018
Qeqertalik	Aasiaat	Egedesminde	GL-QT, since 1 January 2018

Kalaallit Nunaat Greenland until 2008 18

18 municipalitiesreplaced by four in the reform ISO recorded in 2010

Municipalities of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland: Greenland until 2008
Municipality	Seat	Name in Danish or German	Seat in Danish or German	Today
Aasiaat	Aasiaat	Egedesminde	Egedesminde	Municipality until 2008
Ammassalik	Tasiilaq			Municipality until 2008
Ilulissat	Ilulissat	Jakobshavn	Jakobshavn	Municipality until 2008
Ittoqqortoormiit	Ittoqqortoormiit	Scoresbysund	Scoresbysund	Municipality until 2008
Ivittuut	Ivittuut			Municipality until 2008
Kangaatsiaq	Kangaatsiaq			Municipality until 2008
Maniitsoq	Maniitsoq	Sukkertoppen	Sukkertoppen	Municipality until 2008
Nanortalik	Nanortalik			Municipality until 2008
Narsaq	Narsaq			Municipality until 2008
Nuuk	Nuuk	Godthåb	Godthåb	Municipality until 2008
Paamiut	Paamiut	Frederikshåb	Frederikshåb	Municipality until 2008
Qaanaaq	Qaanaaq	Thule	Thule	Municipality until 2008
Qaqortoq	Qaqortoq	Julianehåb	Julianehåb	Municipality until 2008
Qasigiannguit	Qasigiannguit	Christianshåb	Christianshåb	Municipality until 2008
Qeqertarsuaq	Qeqertarsuaq	Godhavn	Godhavn	Municipality until 2008
Sisimiut	Sisimiut	Holsteinsborg	Holsteinsborg	Municipality until 2008
Upernavik	Upernavik			Municipality until 2008
Uummannaq	Uummannaq			Municipality until 2008

Danish, Faroese, German and Greenlandic names and seats: the 2016 edition of this list; the Greenland municipalities before 2009 from its 2007 edition. Changes on the Faroe Islands: Municipalities of the Faroe Islands in the English Wikipedia, read on 28 October 2026. Greenland since 2018: ISO 3166-2:GL with the change of 26 November 2018 and the Wikipedia articles on Avannaata and Qeqertalik.

04 · Since 2016

What changed on the Faroe Islands and in Greenland

Mainland Denmark has kept its 98 municipalities and five regions. The Faroe Islands merged several small municipalities: in 2009 Gøta and Leirvík became Eystur, Miðvágur and Sandavágur became Vágar, Funningur joined Runavík and Svínoy joined Klaksvík, and in 2017 Húsar joined Klaksvík as well. The islands now have 29 municipalities.

Greenland had eighteen municipalities until 2008, among them Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg) and Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen). The reform that ISO recorded in 2010 merged them into four: Kujalleq, Qaasuitsup, Qeqqata and Sermersooq. On 1 January 2018 Qaasuitsup was split into Avannaata, governed from Ilulissat, and Qeqertalik, governed from Aasiaat, and ISO 3166-2:GL followed in November 2018.

05 · Questions

Questions about the subdivisions of Denmark

How many municipalities does Denmark have?

98 on the mainland, grouped into five regions: 29 in Hovedstaden, 19 in Midtjylland, 11 in Nordjylland, 17 in Sjælland and 22 in Syddanmark.

How many municipalities does Greenland have?

Five since 2018: Avannaata, Kujalleq, Qeqertalik, Qeqqata and Sermersooq, coded GL-AV to GL-SM in ISO 3166-2.

What is the Danish name of Nuuk?

Godthåb. Sisimiut is Holsteinsborg in Danish, Qaqortoq Julianehåb and Aasiaat Egedesminde.