Masfjorden, Hordaland

Last modified: 2005-02-12 by phil nelson
Keywords: masfjorden | holds (3) |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

by Jan Oskar Engene, 27 June 2002
Approved on 28 September 1990.

• About the flag
• Blazon

See also:

• Hordaland
• Norway
• Norwegian municipality flags

Masfjorden municipality is situated in Hordaland county.

A strange device appears on the flag of Masfjorden. The municipality chose a traditional tool, the hold, for their arms and flag. The hold is a device made of wood that holds something in a grip so that it is kept together, and the idea is to symbolise unity. Three of these objects appear on the flag, in yellow centred on a field of red. Approval was granted 28 September 1990, with Rune Garmann as the designer.
Jan Oskar Engene, 27 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.

Official blazon in Norwegian: "På raud grunn tre gule heldrer stilte i trepass."
Blazoned in English: "Gules three clasps or in pall."
English blazon by Željko Heimer, 5 August 2002