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image by Tomislav Šipek, 15 February 2017
Approved on 13 July 1990.
Fedje municipality is situated in Hordaland county.
The small community of Fedje lies towards the sea and consists of the main
island of Fedje and a range of smaller islands. Only 700 people live in the
community. The fisheries industry is important to the people of Fedje, and
both the natural setting and the maritime traditions are reflected in the flag
design approved by Royal resolution dated 13 July 1990. The field of the flag
is blue and is charged with a pair of oars placed diagonally towards the hoist
from the lower fly end. The heraldic designer Even Jarl Skoglund was responsible
for developing the design.
Jan Oskar Engene, 26 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.
Official blazon in Norwegian: "På blå grunn to skrått framveksande kvite årar."
Blazoned in English: "Azure two oars argent in bend issunat from base sinister."
English blazon by Željko Heimer, 5 August 2002
![[COA of Fedje]](../images/n/no)12-65.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 November 2015
Here is coat of arms of Fedje.
Source:
https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1990-07-13-573?q=flagg
Tomislav Šipek, 13 November 2015
Blazon: På blå grunn to skrått framveksande sølv årar. In English: Azure two
oars argent in bend issuant from the base sinister.
Approved by crownprince-regent's resolution of 13 July 1990.
The
municipal web site explains it so: municipal coat of arms of Fedje has two
silver colored oars on a blue background, and the oars stand as a symbol of
fisherman's labor of everyday life in order to feed himself and his family.
Željko Heimer, 15 November 2015