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![[Flag of Haugesund]](../images/n/no-11-06.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 January 2016
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The municipality of Haugesund (34,619 inhabitants; 73 sq. km) was founded in
1855, seceding from Torvastad. The town was once one of the Norwegian capitals
of herring fishing.
Ivan Sache, 05 May 2012
The flag of Haugesund is also used in its horizontal version. A photo shows it
hoisted on the "Clipper Sund", operated by the local shipping company Brødrene
Klovning.
Image of flag:
http://klovning.no/photos
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Ivan Sache, 05 May 2012
There is better image of this flag and banner.
Source:
http://www.nrk.no/rogaland/haugesund-er-best-i-rogaland-1.11287650
Tomislav Šipek, 22 October 2015
![[Banner of Haugesund]](../images/n/no-11-06b.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 22 October 2015
The ratio is approx 3:1. It is a white flag with the coat of arms shifted
slightly to the top. The shield is topped by a golden (=yellow) mural crown with
an open gate. The shield shows in a blue field three silver (=white) seagulls
with golden (=yellow) beaks. They are ordered vertically. The lower seagull is a
bit smaller.
Source: I spotted this banner in front of Emden town hall on 15 September
2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider; 07 September 2010
![[Flag of Haugesund]](../images/n/no)11-06.png)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 22 October 2015
The arms of Haugesund, "Azure three seagulls argent per fess. The
shield surmounted by a mural crown or", were adopted for the
celebration of the 75th anniversary of the town. Designed by Hallvard
Trætteberg, the arms were approved by Royal Decree on 3 May 1930,
superseding the first arms of the town.
The first arms of Haugesund, designed by A. Fenger Krog, were adopted
on 29 December 1862 by the Municipal Council. The coat of arms depicts
three open barrels, an anchor and three seagulls. The attributes
recall that the town lived from herring fishing and shipping. The
three barrels symbolize the mainland and the islands of Risøy and
Hasseløy, forming three districts.
Source:
http://www.haugesund.kommune.no/byvaapen/category269.html
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Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 05 May 2012
The coat of arms (and presumably the flag) was approved by the royal
resolution of 5 March 1930, drawn by Hallvard Trætteberg. The usual official
blazon is not presented in [c2j87] (it seems
hat until the mid-20th century the resolution did not include the official
blazon), but it is described there as: "I blått tre flyvnde sølv måker" i.e.
Azure three gulls volant argent.
Further on [c2j87] state that the first arms
were adopted by the city administration on 29 December 1862 after a drawing by
A. Fenger Krog depicting a landscape with three opened barrels of herrings and
an anchor in the foreground and in the background flying three natural gulls
over the sea. The idea was that the herrings and the navigation were bases of
the establishment of the city. The three barrels were also said to symbolise
three parts of the city - the mainland, and the islands of Hasseløy and Risøy.
On the occasions of 75th anniversary the new coat of arms was adopted when it
was quoted (my translation): "that all was said without naming or forgetting
even a single herring".
The old coat of arms may be seen here
https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/index.php/Fil:Byvaapen_1929_-_Haugesund.jpg and
of course at
http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Haugesund
Željko Heimer, 24 October 2015
