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In 2007, West Frisian is the native language of 54.3% of the inhabitants of the province of Friesland, followed by Dutch with 34.7%, and speakers of other regional languages, most of these restricted to Friesland, with 9.7%, and in the end other foreign languages with 1.4%. Frisian speakers are traditionally underrepresented in urban areas, and ...
Statue of Pier Gerlofs Donia, the Frisian folk hero and freedom fighter. Frisia is a small region in the north of the modern day country known as the Netherlands.In the Iron Age, the ancestors of the modern Frisians first migrated south out of modern day Scandinavia to the south west where they began to settle along the coast.
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It lay mainly in what is now the Netherlands and – according to some 19th century authors – extended from the Zwin near Bruges in Belgium to the Weser in Germany. The center of power was the city of Utrecht. In medieval writings, the region is designated by the Latin term Frisia. There is a dispute among historians about the extent of this ...
The Encyclopedie van Friesland is a Dutch language encyclopedia about the Friesland Province, Netherlands published in 1958 by Elsevier. In addition to an encyclopedic section, it consists of a compendium on, among other things, Frisian landscape, the history of Friesland, Frisian literature and Frisian culture. The editor-in-chief was J.H ...
During the late 19th and early 20th century, "Frisian freedom" became the slogan of a regionalist movement in Friesland, demanding equal rights for the Frisian language and culture within the Netherlands. The West Frisian language and its urban dialects are spoken by the majority of the inhabitants.
In 1986, the Dutch king Willem-Alexander participated in the Eleven cities tour, with the pseudonym W.A. van Buren, which is the pseudonym of the royal family of the Netherlands. Loop Leeuwarden [61] is an annual road running competition (5 km, 10 km and half marathon races). The race was first held in 1985 and takes place in May.
Culture of Friesland (5 C, 15 P) E. Education in Friesland (1 C, 1 P) G. Geography of Friesland (6 C, 12 P) H. History of Friesland (6 C, ... Pages in category ...