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image by Tomislav Šipek, 23 February 2017
Here is flag and coat of arms of Melhus.
Sources:
http://www2.ialloffentlighet.no/slik-lanserte-melhus-fb-side/
http://www.tronderbladet.no/nyheter/article10826848.ece
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 23 October 2015
image by Tomislav Šipek, 23 October 2015
![[COA of Melhus]](../images/n/no)16-53.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 23 October 2015
The blazon is: På rød bunn en gull knestående bueskytter. In English that
would yield: Gules a bowman genuant or. ("Genuant" is, I understand rather
pedantic, while the simple English "kneeling" might also be used).
The coat of arms was approved by the royal resolution of 8 November 1979, drawn
by Hallvard Trætteberg.
The coat of arms represents the local hero, one Einar Tambarskjelve, who fought
for Olav Trigvason in the Battle of Svolder (in999/1000, the winning Olav united
Norway and Christianity spread there). The design was actually prepared as
proposal for the county of South Trondelag in 1929/1930, but it was never
adopted, so it was "reused" by Melhus.
As further explained by [c2j87] the (Norwegian)
heraldry should not represent individual persons, but only general human figures
and therefore it is blazoned so. However, for the Melhus inhabitants it is clear
whom it is representing.
Željko Heimer, 02 November 2015
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