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christopher oehler
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Not all municipalities use flags for themselves, but all
municipalities are
considered to have a flag in the form of a banner-of-arms if they have a
coat-of-arms - which, as it is, all of them have nowadays.
Dorotea is a municipality in northern Sweden. I haven't found any evidence as to
if it uses a flag, but if it was using a flag, I suppose it would use the colour
specifications given at the
municipality's homepage.
The crown in the arms is for Queen Fredrika Dorothea Vilhelmina, the wife of
King Gustaf IV Adolf. The parish and therefor the municipality is named for her.
The bear is a symbol for the wildlife in Dorotea, where bears have been common.
Bears from Dorotea had been given to the national zoo at Skansen in Stockholm
not long before the arms were granted.
Elias Granqvist, 06 June 2011
The official blazon of the arms in Swedish, written in 1980: "I fält av guld
en röd björn med blå tunga och klor, och däröver en röd ginstam belagd med en
krona av guld." The original blazon from 1945 were just slightly different: "I
fält av guld en röd björn med blå tunga och klor, och däröver en röd ginstam
belagd med en krona av guld."
Litterature: [nev92], p. 56.
Elias Granqvist, 06 June 2011