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![[Flag of Gästrikland]](../images/s/se-gastr.gif)
image by Elias Grandqvist
The flag is a banner of the arms;
arms granted in 1560, revised grant on 14 October 1938.
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When the arms were granted to the province in 1560, it was perhaps the first
time the moose was used as a heraldic charge. This animal is a common animal in
the Swedish forests.
Elias Grandqvist, 11 April 2004
Official blazon in Swedish: "I ett med blå kulor bestrött fält av silver en röd älg med gyllene beväring."
Blazoned in English: "Argent Hurty a Moose stantant Gules attired and hoofed
Or."
English blazon by Željko Heimer, 30 September 2000
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