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image by Tomislav Šipek, 10 December 2015
Here is flag and coat of arms of Frosta.
Source:
https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1987-06-26-606?q=flagg
Tomislav Šipek, 10 December 2015
image by Tomislav Šipek, 10 December 2015
Blazon: I grønt et gull liljesepter.In English: Vert a sceptre fleury or.
Approved by the royal resolution of 26 June 1987 after a drawing by Einar H.
Skjervold. [c2j88]
The
municipal web site at explains that it is a historical motif, taken
from the Frostating's seal.
Frostating was the site of an early Norwegian court, arguably the oldest.
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frostating
The seal shown at
http://alnakka.net/w/index.php?title=Frostating The seal depicts King Magnus
Lagabøte on St. John's Day of 1274 sitting on his throne giving the new
Frostating Law to a lawman. The king holds in his left hand a fleur de lis
topped sceptre - such as shown in the municipal arms.
Also a NRK TV report by the Frosta mayor about meaning of the municipal arms at
http://www.adressa.no/tv/?id=28911
Željko Heimer, 12 December 2015
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