The county has around 20,000 employees working in more than 160 institutions located all over Funen.

Coat-of-arms

Funen County's coat-of-arms shows three connected gold hop leaves on a field of red, which represent the three former counties of Odense, Svendborg and Assens. The choice of hop leaves comes from Funen native Hans Christian Andersen's song "I Danmark er jeg født" ("In Denmark I was born"), where he refers to Funen as "Æblegård og humlehave" (Apple farm and hop garden).

For common daily usage a more modern and IT-friendly version is used. This version consists of three white hop leaves on a green background, where the leaves are much less detailed. Alternate versions have a red or, occasionally, a black background.

The coat-of-arms was registered in 1976.

List of County Mayors:1970 1974 Edvard Rasmussen (Social Liberal) ;1974 1993 Jens Peter Fisker (Social Democrat) ;1993 2001 Karen Nøhr (Social Liberal) ;2001 2005 Jan Boye (Conservative) ;

Municipalities (1970-2006):Assens municipality; Bogense municipality ;Broby municipality ;Egebjerg municipality ;Ejby municipality ;Faaborg municipality ;Glamsbjerg municipality ;

Gudme municipality ;Haarby municipality ;Kerteminde municipality ;Langeskov municipality ;Middelfart municipality ;Munkebo municipality ;Nyborg municipality ;Nørre Aaby municipality ; Odense municipality ;Otterup municipality ;Ringe municipality ;Rudkøbing municipality ;Ryslinge municipality ;Svendborg municipality ;Sydlangeland municipality ;

Søndersø municipality ;Tommerup municipality ;Tranekær municipality ;Ullerslev municipality ;Vissenbjerg municipality ;Ørbæk municipality ;Ærø municipality (formed 1 January 2006, a merger between Marstal and Ærøskøbing) ;Årslev municipality ;

Aarup municipality .

Municipal reform in 2006/2007

On 1 January 2007, The Danish Municipal Reform will replace the traditional counties with five new regions and cut the number of municipalities to 98. Funen county will be included in the new Region Syddanmark (Region South Denmark). The 32 municipalities within Funen County will be reduced to 10.

Assens municipality - Aarup, Assens, Glamsbjerg, Haarby, Tommerup, Vissenbjerg, and Aarup ;

Bogense municipality  - Bogense, Otterup, and Søndersø ;Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality  - Årslev, Broby, Faaborg, Ringe, and Ryslinge ;Kerteminde municipality  - Kerteminde, Langeskov, and Munkebo ;Langeland municipality  - Rudkøbing, Sydlangeland, and Tranekær ;Middelfart municipality  - Ejby, Middelfart, and Nørre Aaby ;Odense municipality (unchanged by the reform) ;Nyborg municipality  - Nyborg, Ullerslev, and Ørbæk ;

Svendborg municipality  - Egebjerg, Gudme, and Svendborg ;Ærø municipality (formed 1 January 2006, a merger between Marstal and Ærøskøbing).