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by Mello Luchtenberg, September 2000
The flag is a banner of the arms;
arms granted in 1560, revised grant on 20 September 1940.
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In the 14th Century, major parts of Södermanland belonged to the nobleman Bo Jonsson, who had a griffin's head in his arms (his family would therefore later take the family name Grip (=griffin)), and who built the castle Gripsholm. This is perhaps the origin of the griffin in the arms of Södermanland.
Sources:
Elias Granqvist 2000-Oct-01
About the flag
This was granted as arms for the province in 1560 (at the funeral of Gustavus I) and a revised grant was made on 20 September 1940.
· C. Nevéus/B.J. de Wærn: Ny svensk vapenbok, 1992 [nev92]
· C.G.U. Scheffer: Svensk vapenbok för landskap, län och städer,
Generalstabens Litografiska Anstalt, Stockholm 1967
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