Vestfold (Norway) (original) (raw)
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- Vestfold og Telemark (discontinued county)
Description of the flag
Status of the flag
In 2017 the government decided to abolish some of the counties and to merge them with other counties to form larger ones, reducing the number of counties from 19 to 11, to be implemented from 2020.:"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Norway
Telemark og Vestfold will become Vestfold og Telemark.
Valentin Poposki, 16 January 2020
Flag before merger with Telemark
image by Tomislav �ipek, 20 November 2024
Adopted 30 January 1970. Proportions 18:25.
Mark Sensen, 18 November 1995
Gules, a royal crown Or. Motive should show that Vestfold has connection with the king. In 9th century, Vestfold was a kingdom, which gained the rule over the whole of Norway under Harald Haarfagre. Later Norwegian kings claimed that they are his sires.
Željko Heimer, 19 November 1995
Communes
The following communes are listed in this county (fylke). The codes following the names are assigned by Norway for statistical and administrative purposes.
- Andebu (0719)
- Faerder
- Holmestrand (0702)
- Horten (0701)
- Lardal (0728)
- Larvik (0709)
- Re (0716)
- Sandefjord (0706)
- Stokke (0720)
- Svelvik (0711)
- Tønsberg (0704)
The following are former municipalities of this county: