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![[Flag of Tysfjord]](../images/n/no-18-50.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 February 2017
Here is flag and coat of arms of Tysfjord. Administrative center is Kjøpsvik.
Source:
https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1987-07-24-654?q=flagg
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 10 December 2015
![[COA of Tysfjord]](../images/n/no)18-50.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 10 December 2015
Blazon: I sølv en oppvoksende svart hummer. In English: Argent a lobster
sable issuant from the based.
Approved by the royal resolution of 24 July 1987 after a drawing by Esther
Skoglund. [c2j88]
The
municipal web site explains that the originally adopted design showed
Stetind mountain, but was not approved by the State Archives.
The lobster was chosen because Tysfjord is the northernmost location of lobster
habitat. The original drawing included the claws of different size, such as they
are in the natural population of lobsters in Tysfjord, but the State Archives
opted for the same size claws (as per heraldic conventions).
Željko Heimer, 12 December 2015
On January 1, 2020, the new municipality of Narvik was created by merging the former Narvik Muncipality, Ballangen Municipality and the eastern half of Tysfjord Municipality. The new symbols are presented on the Narvik page.
Hamarøy Municipality merged with the remaining part of Tysfjord
Municipality, all to be known as Tysfjord
Municipality.
Tomislav Šipek, 26 November 2024
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