Gjesdal, Rogaland (Norway)

Last modified: 2021-08-25 by christopher oehler
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 January 2016

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The Flag

Here is flag and coat of arms of Gjesdal. Administrative center is Ålgård.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1985-03-15-709?q=flagg
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Tomislav Šipek, 18 January 2016

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 January 2016

I blått et sølv værhode sett forfra. In English: Azure a ram's head caboshed argent.
Approved by the royal resolution of 15 March 1985 after a drawing by Kai Wood Moe after a draft by Jørgen Otteren. [c2j87]
The design refers to sheep breeding and wool industry. [c2j87] mentions also that ram's head is an old heraldic charge, that may be found in a number of 14th century Norwegian seals. It depicts almost identical arms in a seal from 1400 of one Aslak Tordsson.
Željko Heimer, 19 January 2016