Gamvik, Finmark

Last modified: 2021-08-25 by christopher oehler
Keywords: gamvik | fish net needle | needle |
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 February 2017
Approved on 27 June 1986.

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About the flag

Gamvik municipality is situated in Finnmark county.
Like Måsøy, Gamvik has found a characteristic maritime tool to emphasize the importance of fishing: The needle used to make and mend fish nets. Three of these, in yellow colour, are set diagonally on a red field. The flag was approved by Royal resolution dated 28 September 1990. As for the illustration, to fill the field, I made the middle needle larger than the two on the sides.
Jan Oskar Engene, 29 April 2002

I drew it again as 1:1 variant and 5:11. Administrative center is Mehamn.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1990-09-28-818?q=flagg (I did not find any pictures.)
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 13 February 2017

Blazon

Official blazon in Norwegian: "I rødt tre skråstilte gule garnnåler." Blazoned in English: "Gules three net needles or palewise."
English blazon by Željko Heimer, 30 July 2002

Flag Variant

image by Tomislav Šipek, 12 November 2015

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 12 November 2015