Lærdal, Vestland (Norway)

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image by Tomislav Šipek, 22 February 2017

• The Flag
• Coat of Arms

• Sogn og Fjordane
• Norwegian municipal flags
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The Flag

Here is flag and coat of arms of Lærdal. Administrative center is Lærdalsøyri.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1987-12-18-1074?q=flagg
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 03 December 2015

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 03 December 2015

Blazon: På raud grunn to gull drakehovud i skrå rekkje. In English: Gules two dragon heads bendwise.
Approved by the royal resolution of 18 December 1987 after a drawing by Inge Rotevatn. [c2j88]
The municipal web site explains that the dragon heads are from the Borgund wooden church, originating from ca. 1150, being among the oldest of the type and a landmark in the municipality.
Željko Heimer, 05 December 2015

Actually, both churches are wooden. The dragon heads are on the Borgund Stave Church. They are the decorations at the ends of the roof ridges like several stave churches have them.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 07 December 2015