Flag of the Republic of Jamtland
- Flag of the Republic of Jamtland
The flag of the Republic of Jamtland was created in 1983 by activists Kent Backman and Bo Oscarsson as a horizontal tricolor of blue, white and green, symbolising the sky, snow-clad mountains and woodland. (The three bands also symbolise the provinces of the republic, Jamtland, Ragunda and Härjedalen.)
On the white band is an old seal granted to Jamtland by king Mangus Lagabøte of Norway in the 13th Century. The seal reads h, "seal of the community of Jamtland", and depicts two women holding a shield (uncrowned) with the Norwegian state lion and two hunters taking aim at tree squirrels (at the time, Jamtland paid taxes to Norway in the grey winter furs from squirrel). The seal was in official use up to 1570.
The flag has become quite popular in Jamtland and the Jamtlandic diaspora in Sweden. Republic statues designate 12 March, 16 June, 23 July and 23 December as flag days: 23 July commemorates the first official 1983 flying of the flag, 12 March is the National Day, 16 June commemorates the national assembly day abolished by Swedish occupation in the 17th Century, and 23 December is Sjursmäss ("Sigurd's mass"), a local holiday originally celebrating a saint now forgotten.
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