Voss, Hordaland (original) (raw)

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image by Tomislav Šipek, 15 February 2017
Approved on 8 July 1977.

• About the flag
• Blazon

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• Hordaland
• Norway
• Norwegian municipality flags

About the flag

Voss municipality is situated in Hordaland county.

The design of the flag for Voss originates as early as 1961. However, official approval was only granted on 8 July 1977. The arms of Voss were the first municipal arms to be approved in Hordaland since Bergen's in 1924. The design was based on a medieval pattern. A stag is found on the arms of Peter Bonde, known on a seal from 1303. The modern arms of Voss added colours, resulting in a silver stag on red. On the flag used by the municipality the silver is substituted with white. Besides readopting arms with a local history, the deer is also a common animal in the area.
Jan Oskar Engene, 29 June 2002

Source: The text and image are based on research Engene did for an article published in the German vexillological journal Der Flaggenkurier, No. 2, 1996 [joe96]. Consult this article for detailed references to sources.

Blazon

12-35.gif)image by Tomislav Šipek, 15 February 201

Official blazon in Norwegian: "På raud grunn ein opprett kvit hjort."
Blazoned in English: "Gules a deer stag argent."
English blazon by Željko Heimer, 5 August 2002