Last modified: 2002-02-01 by elias granqvist
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![[Flag of Dalecarlia]](../images/s/se-w.gif)
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by Mello Luchtenberg, September 2000
The flag is a banner of the arms;
arms granted in the 16th Century, revised grant on 30 April 1925.
See also:
A revised grant of the provincial arms was made on 30 April 1925, and the same arms were granted to the county on 15 May 1936.
Sources:
Elias Granqvist 2000-Sep-29
About the flag
The image of these arms (and flag) exist in a seal for Dalecarlia from the 1520's, and it was used as arms at the funeral of King Gustavus I in 1560 (in the form of a "fana", a flag fastened on a pole and carried). The arrows in the arms are of a form characteristic for Dalecarlia.
· C. Nevéus/B.J. de Wærn: Ny svensk vapenbok, 1992 [nev92]
· C.G.U. Scheffer: Svensk vapenbok för landskap, län och städer,
1967 [sch67]
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