Last modified: 2002-02-01 by elias granqvist
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by Elias Granqvist, 18 February 2001
The flag is a banner of the arms;
arms granted in 1560, revised grant on 5 September 1942.
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Like the rest of the provinces in Sweden of that time, Västergötland got its arms in 1560, at the funeral of King Gustav I. Västergötland was considered to be the second most important province in Sweden, and was therefore carried as number 2 of the arms in the funeral procession, in rank only superceded by Upland.
Lions in shields parted per bend sinister were borne by Tyrgils Knutsson
and his relative Knut Magnusson. Both of them were important Swedish men
in the middle ages, and they lived in Västergötland. This was perhaps
the reason for giving Västergötland arms like this.
Elias Granqvist, 18 February 2001
About the flag
The flag is a banner of arms.
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