Medelpad (Sweden)

Last modified: 2021-08-25 by christopher oehler
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by Elias Granqvist
The flag is a banner of the arms;
arms granted in 1560, revised grant on 5 December 1941.

• About the flag
• Blazon

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• County of West Norrland (Västernorrlands län)
• Norrland
• Regional flags (Sweden)
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• Sweden

About the flag

The official flag of Medelpad, a historical province in Sweden, is a banner of arms, just like for all Swedish provinces. The white wavy fesses are supposed to symbolise the two major rivers in the province, Ljungan and the Indal River (Indalsälven), while the red part probably is added just to give a livelier tincture combination.

Source: C.G.U. Scheffer: Svensk vapenbok för landskap, län och städer, Generalstabens Litografiska Anstalt, Stockholm 1967, p. 10
Elias Granqvist, 21 April 2001

Blazon

Official blazon in Swedish: "Medelst vågskuror fyra gånger delat av blått, silver, rött, silver och blått."

Blazoned in English: "Four times parted per fess wavy, Azure, Argent, Gules, Argent and Azure."
English blazon by Elias Granqvist, 21 April 2001