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by Mello Luchtenberg
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The flag is a banner of the arms. It is parted per pale of the arms of Ångermanland and Medelpad. Large parts of Ångermanland and all of Medelpad make up the county.
Elias Granqvist 2 October 2000
Official blazon in Swedish: "Kluven sköld: fält I, Ångermanlands vapen, fält II, Medelpads vapen."
(Ångermanland: "I blått fält tre bjälkvis ställda laxar av silver över varandra, den mellersta vänstervänd, samtliga med röd beväring, därest dylik skall komma till användning.", Medelpad: "Medelst vågskuror fyra gånger delat av blått, silver, rött, silver och blått.")
Blazoned in English: "Per pale, Azure three Salmons nainaint Argent finned Gules, the middle one counternainaint, and four times per fess wavy Azure,
Argent, Gules, Argent and Azure."
English blazon by Zeljko Heimer and Elias Granqvist, 4 October 2000
The following communes are in this county (lan). The codes following the name are assigned by Sweden for statistical purposes.