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Harjedalen, unofficial flags and flag proposals (Sweden)

H�rjedalen, H�rjedal`n, Herje�dalen

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[Flag of Harjedalen] image by Jan Oskar Engene

 

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Description of the flag

In the 1980's stickers with a black and yellow flag appeared. The proportions were 10:16 (4-2-4 : 5-2-9).
Jan Oskar Engene, 7 March 1996


In the middle of the 1960's the colours black and yellow were used and the slogan "H�rliga H�rjedalen" (Wonderful H�rjedalen) was used in tourism and by regional patriots. Gun Myhr-Andersson seems to recall that the flag was present at that time too, used e.g. at the festival "Bj�nndans�n" ("The Bear Dance") in Sveg, and she thinks it was created by Hans Stergel, who was tourism manager in western H�rjedalen.

The original reason for the flag and the festival was a reaction against the "Republic of Jamtland" which according to the Jamts should include H�rjedalen too. The "republic" has the same borders as the administrative province/county (l�n) of Jamtland, so it also includes the province of H�rjedalen, though these borders are not very old, the county was created only in 1810.

Information provided by Gun Myhr-Andersson, an inhabitant of Hede, H�rjedalen, 30 April 2001


Yours truly was the last tourist manager of the province 1971-1973. (The Tourist Association of H�rjedalen was discontinued in 1973.) The flag was produced by me to show the independence of H�rjedalen vis-�-vis Jamtland during this time. The flag was available as a car sticker with the motto "Fria H�rjedalen" ("Free H�rjedalen"). I seem to recall the Scanian flag was seen as a model. The colours were chosen because the motto "H�rliga H�rjedalen" ("Wonderful H�rjedalen") was presented in yellow/black. The flag was noticed by Carl-Uno Sj�blom at Sveriges Radio and Omar Magnerg�rd at the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. The flag was printed at Made in Sweg in Sveg.
Hans Stergel, 23 November 2001 [translated from Swedish by Elias Granqvist]


History and geography

H�rjedalen is a historical province of Sweden, today a part of the county (l�n) of J�mtland. Both these provinces border on Norway, to which they belonged to 1645. Norway was then in union with Denmark.
Jan Oskar Engene, 7 March 1996