Municipal Flag Outside City Hall – Malmö, Sweden
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 55° 36.382 E 013° 00.074
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The City Hall of Malmö in Stortoget Square has a number of municipal flags displayed outside it.
Waymark Code: WMHEA7
Location: Skåne, Sweden
Date Posted: 06/30/2013
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The flag shows the coat of arms of Malmö which were originally awarded when Malmo was part of Denmark, rather than Sweden as it is today. This
website tells us that “The coat of arms of the City of Malmö was donated to the city by Eric of Pomerania, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in 1437. It consisted of a detail, a griffin’s head, of the coat of arms of King Eric’s home duchy of Pomerania, a red crowned griffin on a silver background.”
Wikipedia informs us that “Malmö in the southernmost province of Scania, is Sweden's third largest city by population after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and is one of the largest cities in Scandinavia.”