Rollag, Buskerud (Norway)

image by Tomislav Šipek, 12 February 2017

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The Flag

Here is flag and coat of arms of Rollag.
Source: https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1993-06-25-638?q=flagg
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Tomislav Šipek, 12 February 2017

Coat of Arms

image by Tomislav Šipek, 30 October 2015

Blazon: I rødt to gull spisser som møtes i øvre skjoldrand. English: Gules two piles in point issuing from the base or.
It was approved by the royal resolution of 25 June 1993.
From http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Rollag "The arms represent an old warning cairn made of timber." This site in Norwegian explains that the design represent a stylized "varde" - a beacon set atop of a hill used for signaling (i.e. as a distress call).
Now, there are still old cairns on the hills around Rollag, but it seems that the background story is so well known that I can't find it in a quick search.
Željko Heimer, 11 November 2015

I would guess that's a reference to Vr�g�varden. There used to be a whole network of these fire beacons, used as warnings in time of war. There are only five wooden varder left from that system, the Vr�g�varde above Rollag being one of these.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 31 March 2019