Bornholm is the result of a merger of the five former (1 April 1970 until 2002) municipalities on the island (Allinge-Gudhjem, Hasle, Nexø, Rønne and Aakirkeby) and the former Bornholm County. Bornholm Regional Municipality was also a county in its own right during its first four years from 1 January 2003 until 31 December 2006. From 1 January 2007 all counties were abolished, and Bornholm became part of the Capital Region of Denmark whose main responsibility is the health service. The municipality still retains its name Bornholm "Regional" Municipality. The island had 21 municipalities until March 1970, of which 6 were
Bornholm school of painters and Svaneke on the northern coast, adventuring at times over to the small island of Christiansø where they found further seclusion and inspiration. Many of the works of the Bornholm School can be seen in the Bornholm Art Museum near Gudhjem and in the Oluf Høst Museum in Gudhjem itself. Bornholm school of painters The Bornholm school of painters started to take shape towards the beginning of the 20th century on the Danish island of Bornholm when a number of artists developed a distinctive style of classic modernism, inspired by the island's unique landscapes and light. Karl Isakson and Edvard