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image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 November 2015
Here is flag and coat of arms of Gulen. Administrative center is Eivindvik.
Source:
https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1990-02-09-53?q=flagg
Tomislav Šipek, 17 November 2015
image by Tomislav Šipek, 17 November 2015
Blazon: På blå grunn to utbøygde sølv krossar. In English: Azure two Latin
crosses formy argent.
Approved by the royal resolution 9 February 1990 after a design by Even Jarl
Skoglund.
Wkipedia provides as the
source
http://www.arkivverket.no/webfelles/kommunevaapen/vaapen/gulen.html
The crosses represent two large stone crosses in Eivindvik, being one of the
oldest christian monuments in Norway, according to the legend raised by King St.
Olav in 1023. One of the crosses was heavily damaged by a falling tree in
2012...
Željko Heimer, 19 November 2015