ISO 3166-2:DK


ISO 3166-2:DK is the entry for Denmark in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization, which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
The current version of the standard defines codes for the five regions of Denmark created during the 2007 [Danish Municipal Reform|municipal reform of 2007].
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for Denmark. The second part is a two-digit number between 81 and 85.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as shown in the ISO 3166-2 standard, published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.
In 2011, by request of the Danish Government, the prefix Region was removed from the name of each subdivision and the list was re-sorted to show the names in Danish alphabetical order rather than numerical sequence.
CodeSubdivision name
2007–2011		Subdivision name
post-2011		Subdivision name
Region HovedstadenHovedstadenCapital
Region MidjyllandMidtjyllandCentral Denmark
Region NordjyllandNordjyllandNorth Denmark
Region SjællandSjællandZealand
Region SyddanmarkSyddanmarkSouth Denmark

; Notes
The autonomous territories of Faroe Islands and Greenland have their own ISO 3166-1 codes and are not included in Denmark's entry in ISO 3166-2.

Earlier codes

The first edition of ISO 3166-2, published in 1998, defined codes for 14 counties, and two municipalities with county status:
Former codeSubdivision nameSubdivision category
Københavncounty
Frederiksborgcounty
Roskildecounty
Vestsjællandcounty
Storstrømcounty
Bornholmcounty
Fyncounty
Sønderjyllandcounty
Ribecounty
Vejlecounty
Ringkøbingcounty
Århuscounty
Viborgcounty
Nordjyllandcounty
Københavnmunicipality
Frederiksbergmunicipality