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![[flag of Södermanlands county]](../images/s/se-04.gif)
illustration
by Mello Luchtenberg
The flag is a banner of the arms; arms granted on 20 September 1940
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The county consists of the major part geographically but a minor part
population-wise of the province of Södermanland.
The arms is the same as for the province of the same name, and the flag is a
banner of the arms.
Elias Granqvist 01 October 2000
I fält av guld en upprest svart grip med röd beväring, därest sådan skall komma till användning.
Or, a Griffin rampant Sable beaked, langued, membered and armed Gules.
English blazon by Željko Heimer, 04 October 2000
illustration
by Mello Luchtenberg
This was granted as arms for the province in 1560 (at the funeral of Gustavus I) and a revised grant was made on 20 September 1940.
In the 14th Century, major parts of Södermanland belonged to the nobleman Bo Jonsson, who had a griffin's head in his arms (his family would therefore later take the family name Grip (=griffin)), and who built the castle Gripsholm. This is perhaps the origin of the griffin in the arms of Södermanland.
Sources:
· C. Nevéus/B.J. de Wærn: Ny svensk vapenbok, 1992 [nev92]
· C.G.U. Scheffer: Svensk vapenbok för landskap, län och städer, Generalstabens
Litografiska Anstalt, Stockholm 1967 [sch67]
Elias Granqvist 1 October 2000
Blazon
Official blazon in Swedish: "I fält av guld en upprest svart grip med röd beväring, därest sådan skall komma till användning."
Blazoned in English: "Or, a Griffin rampant Sable beaked, langued, membered and
armed Gules."
English blazon by Željko Heimer, 4 October 2000
The following communes are in this county (lan). The codes following the name are assigned by Sweden for statistical purposes.