Editing Verdal Municipality (section)

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 15 December 1972. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], a cross [[cleché]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|På rød bunn et gull kors, utbøyd og tilspisset}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a cross with a [[cleché]] design. The cross has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design is based on a cross shown in a large painting in the [[Nidaros Cathedral]] in [[Trondheim]], in which the death of [[Olaf II of Norway|King Olav Haraldsson]] (Saint Olaf) is shown. He died in the [[Battle of Stiklestad]], the site of which is in Verdal municipality. In the painting, he holds a shield with this cross design. To commemorate the battle, the cross was taken as arms for the municipality. 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=Verdal |access-date=2023-02-18 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-17-21.html |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1972-12-15 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1972-12-15-11 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>