Editing Friesland (section)

==Toponymy==
In 1996, the [[Provincial Council of Friesland]] resolved that the official name of the province should follow the [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]] spelling rather than the Dutch spelling, resulting in "Friesland" being replaced by "Fryslân".<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Provinciaal Blad van Friesland |date=28 March 1996 |title=Beslut fan Provinsjale Staeten van Friesland |trans-title=Resolution of the Provincial Council of Friesland |issue=7 |language=fy}}</ref> In 2004, the [[government of the Netherlands|Dutch government]] confirmed this resolution, putting in place a three-year scheme to oversee the name change and associated cultural programme.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Leeuwarder Courant]] |title=Ook voor rijk heet Friesland Fryslân |trans-title=Friesland to be called Fryslân across the realm |url=http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=LC-20041110-17011 |date=10 November 2004 |access-date=11 August 2012 |language=nl |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922022138/https://www.dekrantvantoen.nl//vw/article.do?id=LC-20041110-17011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The province of Friesland is occasionally referred to as "Frisia" by, amongst others, Hanno Brand, head of the history and literature department at the [[Fryske Akademy]] since 2009.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Frisians |title=Ethnic Groups of Europe: An Encyclopedia |page=150 |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-59884-302-6 |editor1-first=J. E. |editor1-last=Cole |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=ABC-Clio |first1=A. J. |last1=Brand}}</ref> However, the English-language webpage of the Friesland Provincial Council refers to the province as "Fryslân".<ref>{{cite web |title=provinsje Fryslan, provincie fryslan English |url=http://www.fryslan.frl/sjablonen/1/infotype/webpage/view.asp?objectID=32142 |publisher=provinsje Fryslan/provincie fryslan |access-date=11 August 2012}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}</ref>