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image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 February 2017
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Here is flag and coat of arms of Sunndal. Administrative center is
Sunndalsøra.
Sources:
https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1983-11-25-1733?q=flagg
http://www.sunndal.kommune.no/sunndal/kommunevapen/
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 16 February 2017
image by Tomislav Šipek, 26 January 2016
Blazon: I grønt en sølv malurt. In English: Vert a wormwood plant argent.
Approved by the royal resolution of 25 November 1983 after a drawing by Svein
Thuen Rasmussen. [c2j87]
The Norwegian wormwood (Artemisia norvegica), aka alpine sagewort, boreal
sagewort, mountain sagewort, Norwegian mugwort, arctic wormwood, and spruce
wormwood is a rare species of Artemisia genus, related to much more famous
Artemisia absinthium, the common wormwood. It was important for botanic research
of the plant life during the ice age. [c2j87] states that as a heraldic charge
it was unknown in Norway prior to these arms, but that it comes occasionally in
other European heraldries (without providing an example) - from which it was
concluded that its heraldic stylization shows much enlarged flowers.
On a side note - I doubt that many would be able to recognize the plant, even if
they heard for drinks made of it (and it is not only the famous absinthe, but
other various herbal liqueurs), and even if it happens that they know it, the
stylization is, IMHO, way to abstract to make it recognizable. When I asked, on
occasion, several people though years, versions of "parachute plant" was way
most often stated, jokingly...
On the municipal
web site the history of it adoption is recounted. It starts in 1970s when
initiative was made, and 3-members commission was appointed to provide ideas. In
1982 a competition was issued, with 296 proposals submitted. Six of them were
chosen to be sent to State Archives for opinions. The answer received was that
two of them were approvable designs, and the municipal administration chose the
wormwood design.
Željko Heimer, 30 January 2016