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![[Flag of Tranøy]](../images/n/no-19-27.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 14 December 2015
Here is flag and coat of arms of Tranoy. Administrative center is Vangsvik.
Source:
https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1987-05-15-436?q=flagg
Tomislav Šipek, 14 December 2015
![[Flag of Tranøy]](../images/n/no)19-27.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 14 December 2015
Blazon: I sølv en krummet svart kveite. In English: Argent a flounder embowed
reversed sable.
Fish is blazoned embowed when forming an (upover) arch. I have not found what
would be equivalnt for "downover" arch in English, but "embowed reversed" seemed
like logical...
Approved by the royal resolution of 15 May 1987 after a drawing by Svein A.
Berntsen. [c2j88]
The wikipedia article
sourcing Norske Kommunevåpen (1990) identifies the flounder fish species as
"Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), a main species of local fish,
which symbolizes the importance of fishing for the local community. In addition
to this, the fish played a major role in local legends, similar to the role of
bears in land-based legends."
Similar is present at
http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Tran%C3%B8y citing: "Nye
kommunevåbener i Norden" from Heraldisk Tidsskrift 62,1990.
Željko Heimer, 15 December 2015