Bykle, Aust-Agder (Norway)

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image by Tomislav Šipek, 9 February 2017

• The Flag
• Coat of Arms

• Aust-Agder
• Norwegian municipal flags
• Norway

The Flag

Here is flag and coat of arms of Bykle.
Sources: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1986-04-04-883?q=flagg
http://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/bykle-brot-loven-1.6236441
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 9 February 2017

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 January 2016

Blazon: Grøn grunn strødd med sølv dropar. English: Vert gouty d'eau.
Approved by the royal resolution of 4 April 1986 after a drawing by Daniel Rike.
Sources: [c2j87] and http://www.bykle.kommune.no/kommunevaapengrafisk-profil.295015.nn.html
The municipal web site explain the symbolic similar as at http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Bykle
The arms show water droplets as a symbol for the water and rivers in the municipality, as well as for the hydropower plant which was founded in 1915. The plant has brought prosperity to the village since. The green colour of the field symbolises the agriculture.
Željko Heimer, 13 January 2016