Hallvard Trætteberg (21 April 1898 in Løten Municipality – 21 November 1987 in

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) was the leading Norwegian heraldic artist and the expert adviser on heraldry to the

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and the

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for much of the 20th century. From about 1930 he played a central role in the renewal of public heraldry in Norway with an emphasis on simplification. He gave the

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a modern design and designed several county and municipal coats of arms, seals of the bishops of the

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, and

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s. He also wrote several books. He was a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav and a member of L'Académie Internationale d'Héraldique. He was employed at the

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from 1924. Trætteberg was the acting national archivist of Norway from 1963 to 1964.

Gallery

The years shown are the years in which the arms were approved, not necessarily the years in which the arms were designed. If the original drawings are signed with earlier dates, these will be indicated within parentheses. Drawings below may differ slightly from Hallvard Trætteberg's original drawings.

County arms

Aust-Agder våpen.svg, Aust-Agder, 1958 Buskerud våpen.svg,

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, 1966 (1965) Finnmark våpen.svg,

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, 1967 (1966) Nordland våpen.svg,

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, 1965 (1963) Rogaland våpen.svg,

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, 1974 (1971) Telemark våpen.svg,

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, 1970 Troms våpen.svg,

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, 1960 (1959) Trøndelag våpen.svg, Used by

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1956–2018, currently used by

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county after merger with

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in 2018 Vest-Agder våpen.svg,

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, 1958 Vestfold våpen.svg,

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, 1970 (1969) Østfold våpen.svg,

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, 1958

Municipal arms

Andøy komm.svg, Andøy Municipality, 1983 (1982) Ballangen komm.svg, Ballangen Municipality, 1980 (1979) Bodø komm.svg,

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, 1959 (1957) Eigersund komm.svg,

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, 1972 Flora komm.svg, Flora Municipality, 1960 (1959) Fredrikstad komm.svg, Fredrikstad Municipality, 1967 Haugesund komm.svg, Haugesund Municipality, 1930 Hurum komm.svg, Hurum Municipality, 1979 (1978) Hvaler komm.svg, Hvaler Municipality, 1983 Kongsberg komm.svg, Kongsberg Municipality, 1972 Levanger komm.svg, Levanger Municipality, 1960 (1950) Lier komm.svg, Lier Municipality, 1970 Løten komm.svg, Løten Municipality, 1984 (1983) Mandal komm.svg, Mandal Municipality, 1921 Melhus komm.svg,

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, 1979 (1929) Namsos komm.svg,

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, 1961 Narvik komm.svg,

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, 1951 (1950) Nesbyen komm.svg, Nes Municipality, 1979 (1978) Nord-Fron komm.svg, Nord-Fron Municipality, 1980 (1978–1979) Nordkapp komm.svg, Nordkapp Municipality, 1973 (1972) Odda komm.svg, Odda Municipality, 1982 Porsanger komm.svg, Porsanger Municipality, 1967 (1966) Ringerike komm.svg, Ringerike Municipality, 1967 (1966) Råde komm.svg, Råde Municipality, 1980 (1972) Sarpsborg komm.svg, Sarpsborg Municipality, 1966 Stavanger komm.svg, Stavanger Municipality, 1939 Steinkjer komm.svg,

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, 1957 Stjørdal komm.svg, Stjørdal Municipality, 1983 (1981) Time komm.svg, Time Municipality, 1977 (1974) Tjølling komm.svg, Tjølling Municipality, 1971 (1970) (no longer official due to the municipality being part of

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since 1988) Tromsø komm.svg,

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, 1941 Vadsø komm.svg,

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, 1976 (1975) Verdal komm.svg,

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, 1972 (1971) Voss komm.svg,

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, 1977 (1961) Vågan komm.svg,

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, 1973 (1967/1972) Ørland komm.svg,

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, 1979 (1978) Øvre Eiker komm.svg, Øvre Eiker Municipality, 1981 Åsgårdstrand komm.svg, Åsgårdstrand Municipality, 1950 (unofficial since 1965 after the municipality was incorporated into what would eventually become Horten Municipality)

Publications

* ''Fylkesmerker. Forslag fra Norges Bondelags fylkesmerkenevnd'', Oslo 1930 * ''Norges våbenmerker - Norske by- og adelsvåben'', Kaffe Hag AS, Oslo 1933 * "Norges statssymboler inntil 1814", ''Historisk Tidsskrift'', vol. 29, no. 8 and 9, Oslo 1933 * "Norges krone og våpen". I ''Festskrift til Francis Bull'', Oslo 1937 * "Heraldiske farvelover", ''Meddelanden från Riksheraldikerämbetet'', bind 7,

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1938 * "Statens forhold til heraldikken i Norge", ''Meddelanden från Riksheraldikerämbetet'', bind 7, Stockholm 1938 * "Måne- og stjernevåpen", ''Meddelelser til slekten Mathiesen'', Oslo 1946 * "The Coat of Arms of Norway", ''The American-Scandinavian Review'', June 1964 * ''Borg i segl, mynt og våpen'', Oslo 1967 * "A History of the Flags of Norway", ''The Flag Bulletin'', (XVIII:3), 1978

Literature

*''Hallvard Trætteberg - Offentlig heraldikk i Norge 1921-1975 - Våpen flagg segl symboler'' (Exhibition catalogue) * Hans Cappelen: ''Règles pour utilisation des armoiries communales en Norvège. Archivum Heraldicum'' (1-2) 1976. * Hans Cappelen: ''Norwegian Simplicity. The principles of recent public heraldry in Norway.'' ''The Coat of Arms'', Vol. VII, No. 138, London 1988.

Footnotes

References

External links

Europeana Heraldica, courtesy of the National Archives of Finland, where one can browse through civic heraldry of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, with search restrictable to certain tinctures, charges, artists, etc.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Traetteberg, Hallvard 1898 births 1987 deaths People from Løten Norwegian archivists Heraldic artists