It flies abundantly during (inter)national skating competitions and is also used by one of the largest and oldest dairy producers.

Moreover, the design is the basis of the home jerseys of the football clubs SC Heerenveen and the Blauhúster Dakkapel [fy].

Some sources hold, however, that there have been seven Frisian lands: West Friesland, Westergoa, Eastergoa, Hunsingo, Fivelingo, Emsingo, and Jeverland.

In the 13th century, a flag with pompeblêdden is described in the Middle High German epic poem Gudrunlied: Around 1200 Scandinavian coats of arms reveal many traces of water-lilies and hearts, often found in combination with images of lions.

15th century books on heraldry show that two armorial bearings were derived from the early ones: a coat of arms showing lions and seven pompeblêdden (water lilies) transformed into billets, the other being the arms with the seven now known lilies on stripes.