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image by Tomislav Šipek, 28 November 2024
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On 1 January 2020, Voss Municipality was merged with Granvin Municipality
into the new Voss Municipality. The result of this
merger is that the new Voss Municipality kept the colors of the old Voss
Municipality with the content of the coat of arms of the Granvin Municipality.
Photo:
https://www.avisa-hordaland.no/slutt-for-voss-kommune-lenge-leve-voss-herad/s/5-132-102777
Tomislav Šipek, 28 November 2024
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 28 November 2024
A red shield with a white stringed instrument.
image by Tomislav Šipek, 15 February 2017
Approved on 8 July 1977.
Voss municipality is situated in Hordaland county.
The design of the flag for Voss originates as early as 1961. However, official approval was
only granted on 8 July 1977. The arms of Voss were the first municipal arms to be approved
in Hordaland since Bergen's in 1924. The design was based on a medieval pattern.
A stag is found on the arms of Peter Bonde, known on a seal from 1303. The modern arms of Voss
added colours, resulting in a silver stag on red. On the flag used by the municipality the
silver is substituted with white. Besides readopting arms with a local history, the deer
is also a common animal in the area.
Jan Oskar Engene, 29 June 2002
Source: The text and image are based on research Engene did for an article published in the German vexillological journal Der Flaggenkurier, No. 2, 1996 [joe96]. Consult this article for detailed references to sources.
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 15 February 201
Official blazon in Norwegian: "På raud grunn ein opprett kvit hjort."
Blazoned in English: "Gules a deer stag argent."
English blazon by Željko Heimer, 5 August 2002