The flag of Sogn og Fjordane was the official flag for Sogn og Fjordane county in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. It was introduced on 23 September 1983. The flag is a banner of the

coat of arms of Sogn og Fjordane The coat of arms of Sogn og Fjordane is an official symbol of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The coat of arms features the geographical layout of the county. The three blue peaks on a silver background symbolize the three fjords of the county: ...

. The design of the flag shows the geographical layout of the county: three large

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s (in blue) protruding into the land (in white). The three fjords are the Nordfjord,

Sunnfjord Sunnfjord ( en, the southern fjord - in contrast to Nordfjord) is a traditional district in Western Norway located in Vestland county. It includes the municipalities of Askvoll, Fjaler, the southernmost parts of Kinn, Sunnfjord, and the souther ...

, and Sognefjord. Nearly all villages and towns are situated on one of these fjords and the name of the county is based on the fjords. The flag is almost exclusively used by the County Administration. As with other counties in Norway the general public uses the Flag of Norway. The company flag of

Fjord1 Fylkesbaatane Fjord1 Fylkesbaatane (formerly known as Fylkesbaatane i Sogn og Fjordane and Nordre Bergenhus Amts Dampskibe) is a Norwegian transport company. It is a subsidiary of the Fjord1 Nordvestlandske conglomerate and primarily runs ferry, passenger and ...

(in use from 1858 to 2009) has received some attention as a flag that represents Sogn og Fjordane county. Even though the company has adopted a new flag as part of a modern re-branding, the old Fylkesbaatane flag is still more prevalently seen than the official county flag.

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