Gotland flag
The official Gotland flag ( Swedish : Gotlandsflaggan ) is a square coat of arms banner with the coat of arms of the Swedish province Gotland as a motif.
On a blue background there is a standing silver ram with gold tinged reinforcement . The ram holds a golden cross bar with a red banner, which ends with a five-lobed golden border .
The flag was introduced by the Swedish Imperial Archives in 1990 and is based on the Gotland coat of arms approved by King Gustav V of Sweden in 1936 . A version from 1884 had an Agnus Dei instead of the ram . H. an Easter lamb with a victory flag.
Unofficial flag
There is also an unofficial version of the Gotland flag. It is a Scandinavian cross flag , as found predominantly in the Nordic countries . The yellow background is covered with a green cross. The yellow background stands for the many fields, the fertile soil, the beaches of the island and the sun, the color of the green cross represents the green and the forest in the middle of the country.
The design was proposed in 1991 and is based on the unofficial flag of Öland to demonstrate the commonality as one of the two large Swedish Baltic Sea islands. With the reverse color scheme (yellow cross on a green background), the Öland flag resembles the Gotland flag.
See also
Web links
- County of Gotland (Sweden) Flags of the World via the flags of Gotland (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Skandia: Gotland ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Swedish), accessed July 5, 2010
