Tjøme, Vestfold (Norway)

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image by Tomislav Šipek, 24 November 2015

• The Flag
• Coat of Arms

• Vestfold
• Norwegian municipal flags
• Norway

The Flag

Here is flag and coat of arms of Tjøme.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1989-02-17-117?q=flagg
Tomislav Šipek, 24 November 2015

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 03 November 2015

Blazon: I blått tre sølv åregafler, 2-1. In English: Azure three oarlocks argent.
Approved by the royal resolution of 17 February 1989, after a drawing by Even Skoglund, after a public competition was run in 1987 producing 8 heraldically correct designs.
See: http://lindhoy.tjome.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?Aid=1254&MId1=30&Back=1&Print=1
The choice of design was then explained: "It refers to Tjøme link to shipping, fishing and hunting. At the same time it symbolizes the three islands Tjøme, Brøtsø and Hvasser."
Željko Heimer, 24 November 2015