Ulstein, Møre og Romsdal (Norway)

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image by Tomislav Šipek, 30 December 2015

• The Flag
• Coat of Arms

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• Møre og Romsdal
• Norwegian municipal flags
• Norway

The Flag

Here is flag and coat of arms of Ulstein. Administrative center is Ulsteinvik.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1986-05-30-1208?q=flagg
Tomislav Šipek, 30 December 2015

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 30 December 2015

Blazon: På blå grunn ein gull bjelke laga med ulvetannsnitt. In English: Azure a fess indented or.
Approved by the royal resolution of 30 May 1986 after a drawing by Jarle Skuseth after an idea by Asbjørn Waage. [c2j87]
The design is canting for "ulf" - wolf (and the placename was indeed written as Ulfsteen and similar previously), the indented line of partition being named "wolf teeth" line in Norwegina [like in some other languages]), although, as noted at http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Ulstein  the place name actually comes from the river Ulva. It laso says the blue colour represents the sea, the gold the wheat. See also the municipal web site.
Željko Heimer, 01 January 2016