Editing Mandal (municipality) (section)

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 2 July 1921, just after Mandal became a town, and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], three salmon [[naiant]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått tre hvite lakser, 1-1-1}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is three [[salmon]] shown swimming horizontally and stacked vertically. The salmon have a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means they are commonly colored white, but if the arms are made out of metal, then silver is used. The blue color in the field and the salmon were chosen to symbolize the importance of salmon fishing on the river [[Mandalselva]]. Mandal is the southernmost municipality in Norway that has a large salmon population, so therefore, salmon fishing also played a major role in the economic development of the village and its trade with the rest of southern Norway. The municipality usually added a [[Crown (heraldry)|mural crown]] to the top of the arms to show that the municipality included the [[Mandal, Norway|town of Mandal]]. The arms were designed by [[Hallvard Trætteberg]]. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Mandal |access-date=2023-01-21 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mandal, Vest-Agder |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-10-02.html |website=Flags of the World |access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1995-04-30 |title=Godkjenning av flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1995-02-24-208 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also2|Coats of arms for the municipalities of [[Coat of arms of Grane|Grane]], [[Coat of arms of Kvalsund|Kvalsund]], and [[Coat of arms of Nordreisa|Nordreisa]]}}