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Lapland (Sweden)
Lappland
Last modified: 2002-02-01 by elias granqvist
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by Elias Granqvist, 19 December 2001
The flag is a banner of the arms;
arms granted in 1611, revised grant on 18 June 1949.
See also:
- Lapland (Finland) (Lappi, Lappland)
- County of West Bothnia (Västerbottens l�n)
- County of North Bothnia (Norrbottens l�n)
- Norrland
- Regional flags (Sweden)
- Clickable map of Sweden (landskap/provinces)
- Sweden
About the flag
The wildman as a sign for of Lapland was first used at the time of the coronation of Carl IX in 1607, and it was used as arms for Lapland at the king's funeral in 1612. The Swedish part of Lapland originally had the same arms as the part of Lapland in Finland, but since Lapland was split in two due to Sweden's los of Finland in 1809, the arms of the two parts of Lapland have eventually come to have different tinctures.Sources: [sch67] p. 10, [nev92] p. 24.
Elias Granqvist, 19 December 2001
Blazon
Official blazon in Swedish: "I f�lt av silver en st�ende r�d vildman med gr�n bj�rkl�vskrans p� huvudet och kring l�nderna, h�llande i h�ger hand en p� axeln vilande klubba av guld."Blazoned in English: "Argent a Wildman stantant Gules wrapped with birch leaves Vert on the head and around the waist holding a Club Or in dexter over the shoulder."
English blazon by Zeljko Heimer, 4 October 2000
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