Zealand is an Danish region and the name in Danish is Sjælland, this place not New Zealand named after that is the Dutch province of Zealand. Before 2007 Denmark uses counties (amter), there were 13 counties and 3 municipalities with county status like Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and the island of Bornholm. The abolished counties are replaced with 5 regions, also the Danish municipalities are reduced from 270 to 98. Zealand is formed out of the former counties of Roskilde, Storstrøm, and Vestsjælland and the municipalities are reduced to 17. The region is named after the largest Danish island of Zealand if we forget Greenland, it's shared with neighboring Capital Region or in Danish Hovedstaden. But the region Zealand also consists of the islands Lolland, Falster, Møn and some tiny smaller islands. The entire region of Zealand has an population of around 835 thousand and almost 1.4 million lives in the Capitol Region. Zealand is connected with bridges to the rest of the region, the island of Funen and trough the Capitol Region with Sweden. In 2020 the start projected of digging an tunnel or construct an bridge to and from Germany that may open in 2028. So let's take an look at the flag.
This an logo flag like the other Danish regions, this one has an grey bluish background and white cirkels in different shapes. The grey bluish represented all the water around Zealand. The white cirkels represented for the islands in different shapes. Also the first letter of Zealand is an "S" from Sjælland. The shape of the region combined with Capitol District forms also an "S" if you look well on an map. Smart and modern design, but is an viking sword or boat not more historical exciting.
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