Gulen, Vestland (Norway)

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image by Tomislav Šipek, 22 February 2017

• The Flag
• Coat of Arms

• Vestland
• Gulating (separatist entity)
• Norwegian municipal flags
• Norway

The Flag

Here is flag and coat of arms of Gulen. Administrative center is Eivindvik.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1990-02-09-53?q=flagg
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 17 November 2015

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 November 2015

Blazon: På blå grunn to utbøygde sølv krossar. In English: Azure two Latin crosses formy argent.
Approved by the royal resolution 9 February 1990 after a design by Even Jarl Skoglund.
Wkipedia provides as the source http://www.arkivverket.no/webfelles/kommunevaapen/vaapen/gulen.html
The crosses represent two large stone crosses in Eivindvik, being one of the oldest Christian monuments in Norway, according to the legend raised by King St. Olav in 1023. One of the crosses was heavily damaged by a falling tree in 2012.
Željko Heimer, 19 November 2015