Brønnøy, Nordland (Norway)

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image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 February 2017

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Here is flag and coat of arms of Brønnøy. Administrative center is Brønnøysund.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1988-05-20-376?q=flagg
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 30 November 2015

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 30 November 2015

Blazon: I gull en svart seilingsgrind. In English: Or a balisage signal sable.
Approved by the royal resolution of 20 May 1988 after a drawing by Rolf Tidemann, a graphic artist from Brønnøysund.
Source: http://bronn.no/nor/index.php/kort-oversikt-over-bronnoy-s-historie and also [c2j88])
The design depicts a navigational buoy or literally a "sailing grid" used to signal directions for navigation within harbour.
Brønnøysund was a separate community until 1964 (and apparently after 200 again). It used an unapproved coat of arms adopted on 29 January 1923, see here, but [c2j87] shows the other, 1923 design including a black border with four towers, the year 1923 and the town name in it, after a drawing by Ole Andersen.
A rather bad depiction is available at https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/index.php/Fil:Broennoysunds_byvaaben.jpg
Cf. also this http://www.banett.no/nyheter/article8240315.ece
Željko Heimer, 01 December 2015