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County of �rebro (Sweden)

�rebro l�n

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[flag of �rebro county] illustration by Mello Luchtenberg

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Description

About the flag

The arms and flag of the County of �rebro have the arms of V�rmland, V�stmanland and N�rke in them. Though only a small part of V�rmland is within the borders of the county, its arms (the eagle) is in the first field.
Elias Granqvist 1 October 2000

Blazon

Official Blazon in Swedish

Sk�ld kluven av V�rmlands och V�stmanlands vapen och d�r�ver i en ginstam N�rkes vapen."
(V�rmland: "I f�lt av silver en bl� �rn med r�d bev�ring."; V�stmanland: "I f�lt av silver ett bl�tt, uppskjutande treberg med tre r�da l�gor"; N�rke: "I r�tt f�lt tv� korslagda pilar av guld med spetsar av silver, i varje vinkel �tf�ljda av en ros av silver.
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Blazon in English

Per pale, Argent an Eagle displayed Azure beaked, langued and membered Gules, and Argent in base tripple Mount Azure issuant from each Flames Gules, overall on a Chief Gules between four Roses Argent two Arrows in saltire Or points upward pointed Argent.
English blazon by Željko Heimer, 2 October 2000


Historical Information

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Municipalities (Kommuner)

The following communes are in this county (lan). The codes following the name are assigned by Sweden for statistical purposes.

  • Askersund (1882)
  • Degerfors (1862)
  • H�llefors (1863)
  • Hallsberg (1861)
  • Karlskoga (1883)
  • Kumla (1881)
  • Lax� (1860)
  • Lekeberg (1814)
  • Lindesberg (1885)
  • Ljusnarsberg (1864)
  • Nora (1884)
  • �rebro (1880)