Valer, Hedmark (Norway)

Våler

Last modified: 2016-03-08 by zoltán horváth
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image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 December 2015

• The Flag
• Coat of Arms

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The Flag

Here is flag and coat of arms of Våler.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1987-08-07-662?q=flagg
Tomislav Šipek, 09 December 2015

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 09 December 2015

Blazon. I rødt en nedvendt vinget gull pil. In English: Gules a downwards pointing winged arrow or.
Approved by the royal resolution of 7 August 1987 after a drawing by John Arne Moseng. [c2j88]
The municipal web site also adds that it was first used in the occasion of 150 anniversary of the municipal administration in Våler. The design reminds to the legent that King Olav Haraldsson (St. Olav)  decided in 1022 on local strife on where a church should be built, by shooting an arrow from his bow, commanding that the church be erected wherever the arrow falls and thus Våler was made. A winged arrow is a frequent medieval heraldic motif and the one showin in the arms also reminds to the initial V for Våler.
Željko Heimer, 12 December 2015