Härjedalen, unofficial flags and flag proposals (Sweden)

Härjedalen, Härjedal`n, Herjeådalen

Last modified: 2005-06-03 by phil nelson
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by Jan Oskar Engene

• Description of the flag
• History and geography

See also:

• Härjedalen
• County of Jamtland (Jämtlands län)
• Republic of Jamtland (Republiken Jämtland)
• Norrland
• Regional flags (Sweden)
• Sweden

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 "Härliga Härjedalen" (Wonderful Härjedalen) 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 "Bjônndans´n" ("The Bear Dance") in Sveg, and she thinks it was created by Hans Stergel, who was tourism manager in western Härjedalen.

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

Information provided by Gun Myhr-Andersson, an