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Sogn og Fjordane (Norway)

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Flag of Sogn og Fjordane image by Tomislav Šipek, 22 February 2017


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Description of the flag

Sogn og Fjordane is a county on the west coast of Norway, dominated by deep fjords. As you can see, this is duly represented in the blue and white flag.
Jan Oskar Engene, 17 November 1995


Status of the flag

The flag was adopted 23 September 1983.
Jan Oskar Engene, 17 November 1995

In 2017 the government decided to abolish some counties and merge them with other counties to form larger ones, reducing the number of counties from 19 to 11, to be implemented from 2020.:"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Norway
Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane became Vestland.
Valentin Poposki, 16 January 2020