Last modified: 2002-02-01 by elias granqvist
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The flag is a banner of the arms;
arms granted in 1560, revised grant on 17 November 1939.
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Source:
Elias Granqvist 2000-Oct-01
About the flag
The arms of Upland was granted at the time of the funeral of Gustavus I (1560); a revised grant was made on 17 November 1939. The orb would probably be a sign for Upland as the province of Sweden was (and still is) the political centre of Sweden.
· C.G.U. Scheffer: Svensk vapenbok för landskap, län och städer,
1967 [sch67]
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