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Varde Municipality (Denmark)

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2025

Flag
Coat of Arms

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Flag

The flag is blue with a white logo, based on the arms, showing the lion in an adumbrated shield. On canton is a white centred inscription "Varde" (1st line) "Kommune" (2nd line) and a white rectangle in lower fly.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure a lion passant guardant Or, armed and tongued Gules with an annulat Or surrounding the tail.
Meaning:
According to Ralf Hartemink the arms of Varde are the oldest known Danish arms. They are based on local seals since the 13th century. The lion had however been sinister facing at least until 1933. It is that one of the Dukes of Lüneburg, as Varde had been a dowry of King Valdemar 2 Sejr (= the victor) for his sister Helene, who married Duke Wilhelm of Lüneburg. The arms were first mentioned at the death of of the duke in 1219.
The current arms with the dexter facing lion were approved in 1938.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage based on
Jakob H. Zeuthen: "Bogen om Danske Kommunevåbener: Logoer og Bogmærker Grønland og Færøeren", Oslo 2000 and [ach82] and
municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2025

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