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![[Flag of Grue]](../images/n/no-04-23.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 03 November 2015
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Here is flag and coat of arms of Grue. Administrative center is Kirkenaer.
Source:
https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1992-10-30-824?q=flagg
Tomislav Šipek, 03 November 2015
![[COA of Grue]](../images/n/no)04-23.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 03 November 2015
Blazon: Venstre skrådelt av sølv og grønt ved buet ulvetannsnitt. English:
Per bend sinistre rayonny of wolf-teeth argent and vert.
Approved by the royal resolution of 30 October 1992, after a drawing by Harald
Hallstensen (cf.
http://www.grue.kommune.no/individ-og-samfunn/flagg-og-ordener/945-grues-kommunevapen)
http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Grue explains the symbolic
so: This represents the clearance of farms in the woods by the use of fire and
is also a remembrance of the gruesome church fire of 1822. The colors symbolize
the forests and the Glomma river.
And, I would guess that this design is somewhat canting, as the municipal name
sounds like "grue" of "gruesome" (with the meaning dreadful in Norwegian too)
and the wolf-teeth are "gruesome" enough, but it may be that this symbolic was
not intended.
Željko Heimer, 11 November 2015