Flag of Harjedalen
The official flag of Härjedalen ( Swedish : Härjedalens flagga ) is a coat of arms banner with the coat of arms of the Swedish province of Härjedalen as a motif.
On a silver background, from left to right, there are pliers, a black forging die with a red core and two forging hammers with a red handle. The coat of arms, which was officially introduced in 1884, comes from a seal that was believed to have been in use since 1647.
Unofficial flags
There is also an unofficial version of the Härjedalen flag. It is a Scandinavian cross flag , as found predominantly in the Nordic countries . On a black background there is a yellow cross that is shifted towards the flagpole.
The flag was designed by Härjedalen tourism manager Hans Stergel in the early 1970s. The colors are taken from the Härliga Härjedalen ( English : Wonderful Härjedalen ; German : "Herrliches or wonderful Härjedalen") advertising campaign . The slogan Fria Härjedalen (“Free Härjedalen”) used here and popular with local patriots has been presented in black and yellow since the mid-sixties. The flag was created as a reaction to the cultural and marketing project Republic of Jämtland and is intended to demonstrate Härjedalen's independence from Jämtland County .
An alternative design corresponds to the unofficial flag with the opposite color: a black cross on a yellow background.
Unofficial flag of Harjedalen
Alternative design
See also
Web links
- Harjedalen (Sweden) Flags of the World via the official flag (English)
- Harjedalen, unofficial flags and flag proposals (Sweden) Flags of the World over the unofficial flags
Individual evidence
- ↑ Skandia: Härjedalen ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 4, 2010
