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Tonsberg, Vestfold

Tønsberg

Present situation
Former City Flags
City Seal

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Present situation

I called the administration in Tønsberg to ask. They said that the city does not have a flag. They use a circular emblem [see below] that is not heraldically correct, and thus not officially approved. This emblem is not used on flags.
Jan Oskar Engene, 17 January 1997

Erroneously reported flag

In a group of Norway regional and local flags I found two flags not identified. They are in pattern similar to the regional flags but include in the group of local flags. Tønsberg: horizontal red, white, blue, white, red (circa 4:1:4:1:4).
Jaume Ollé, 16 January 1997

I do not know what the R-W-B-W-R pattern referred to by Jaume could be – it would look much like a variation on the national flag of Norway without the cross. Such designs are sometimes used for decorations – you can hang such banners in ways not acceptable for the national flag.
Jan Oskar Engene, 17 January 1997

Flaggenmitteilungen 90 [fbn] report a flag for the Norwegian municipality of Tonsberg. Flag is three horizontal stripes of R, B+, R, the central one with white fimbriations.
Jaume Ollé, 29 July 2001

I have commented upon this observation and attribution before. There is nothing – apart from the report in Flaggenmitteilungen – to suggest that this is the flag of Tonsberg. Rather, it looks more like decoration bunting or even a house flag of a shipping company.

Did Flaggenmitteilungen report their sources for this flag?
Jan Oskar Engene, 31 July 2001

No. Only