Hornindal, Vestland (Norway) (original) (raw)

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[ [Flag of Hornindal] ](../images/n/no-14-44.gif)image by Tomislav Šipek, 22 February 2017

The Flag

Here is flag and coat of arms of Hornindal. Administrative center is Grodås.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1987-08-07-665?q=flagg
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Tomislav Šipek, 09 December 2015

Volda Municipality was created on 1 January 2020 by merging the old Volda Municipality with Hornindal Municipality from the former Sogn og Fjordane County.

The result of that union is the new symbols for the new Volda Municipality, which are actually a combination of the previous symbols, but so far I don't know how that affects the flag.
Tomislav Šipek, 11 December 2024

Coat of Arms

[ [COA of Hornindal] 14-44.gif)](../images/n/no%2914-44.gif)image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 December 2015

Blazon: På blå grunn tre sølv ljåblad, 1-1-1. In English: Azure three scythe blades fesswise in pale.
Approved by the royal resolution of 7 August 1987., after a drawing by Petter Eide. [c2j88]
According to themunicipal web site the reason for the choice of scythe blades is because the municipality had a large numbers of smith and their scythe production was well known in wider region. It is said that there was not unusual that there was some 200 smiths in the municipality. A concurrent proposal for the municipal symbol were three fiddles on green, for the strong fiddle production, but this [current design] was chosen eventually.
Željko Heimer, 12 December 2015

I think the people of Bø i Telemark might not have like that much. On 19 November of the same year, they decided on: Red, three gold fiddles, thus Hornindal could have disturbed a selection process that was well on its way.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 19 March 2016

Eight turn-knobs, eight strings?! That�s twice more than a normal fiddle / violin has, or am I wrong?
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 March 2016

They are indeed fiddles, not violins, to be precise, they are Hardanger fiddles. The major characteristic of Hardanger fiddles, which distinguishes it from other fiddles, is that they have a set of (normally four) resonator strings below the bowed strings. Because of this they require twice as many knobs, and indeed have twice as many strings.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 March 2016