Larvik, Vestfold (Norway)

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image by Tomislav Šipek, 26 November 2024

• The Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Flag and arms before 2018
• Hedrum

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The Flag

On January 1, 2018, the Larvik Municipality was united with the Lardal Municipality into the new Larvik Municipality. The result of this unification are the new symbols of the new Larvik Municipality: blue flag, with an upright white branch bearing seven leaves.
Photo:
https://www.op.no/larvik/indre-havn/nye-larvik
Tomislav Šipek, 26 November 2024

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 26 November 2024

Flag and arms before 2018

image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 February 2017

Here is flag and coat of arms of Larvik.
Sources: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1989-01-20-35?q=flagg
https://www.google.hr/maps/@59.052903,10.027823,3a,22y,172.78h,146.68t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s4wB2o-hr_MuwhIn7hjHiOw!2e0?hl=hr 
https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/index.php/Fil:Larvik_town_hall.jpg
Image of Flag (Google Street View)
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 26 October 2015

image by Tomislav Šipek, 26 October 2015

As we learn from the link above, the coat of arms/flag are newer then the [c2j87] and even the [c2j88]. However, Larvik is mentioned in the first...
It depicts a coat of arms: argent a leaved tree issuant from a mount vert. It is known from 1899 from a calendar issue. It reminds to an element from the seal of Jens Kielman, a state official in Larvik. A tree was used in town seal in 1830s, but other version of the seal were also in use (cf. http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Larvik)
Obviously, new coat of arms was approved on 20 January 1989, after Larvik was joined with surrounding municipalities of Brunlanes, Hedrum, Stavern, Tjølling.
By the way, three of these had theirown coat of arms prior to 1988: Brunlanes - azure twelve plates 3-4-5, adopted on 29 August 1985 but not approved by the issue of [c2j87], because of the planned joining of the municipalities. Drawn by Kjell Ronald Hansen.
Hedrum - vert a bend wavy argent. (På grønn bunn en sølv skråbjelke dannet ved bolgesnitt), approved bys royal resolution of 18 November 1966, drawn by D. Krohn-Holm Jr.
Tjølling. - Azure two longships argent (På blå bunn to sølv langskip) approved by royal resolution of 7 May 1971, H. Traetteberg.
Željko Heimer, 03 November 2015

Issuant from a mount vert is the default for a tree in heraldry. That's why it's necessary to write 'eradicated' when it's really just the tree.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 22 April 2016

Hedrum

image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 February 2017

Since 1988 Herdum has been part of Larvik.
Tomislav Šipek, 27 February 2017

image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 February 2017