Tysvær, Rogaland (Norway)

Last modified: 2021-08-25 by christopher oehler
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 21 February 2017

• The Flag
• Variant flag
• Coat of Arms

• Rogaland
• Norwegian municipal flags
• Norway

The Flag

Here is flag and coat of arms of Tysvær. Administrative center is Aksdal.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1984-02-03-270?q=flagg
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Tomislav Šipek, 25 January 2016

Variant flag

image by Tomislav Šipek, 6 May 2018

A longer version is also in use: http://www.wheelerfolk.org/norweb/photos/25tojorpeland/jorpeland.htm
Tomislav Šipek, 6 May 2018

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 25 January 2016

På blå grunn ein oppveksande sølv hegre. In English: Azure a heron argent issuant.
Approved by the royal resolution of 3 February 1984 after a drawing by Stein Davidsen. [c2j87]
There are large colonies of herons in the municipality. Also, "Tysvær herons" is a nickname for the inhabitants.
Željko Heimer, 28 January 2016