Linköping - Sweden

Linköping is an city with an population around 158 thousand and this make it the 7th city of Sweden. Also it's the capital of Östergötland County which can found in the southern part of Sweden. Beside the Linköping Cathedral the city has an important university since 1975. But it's started as an branch of the Stockholm in 1969 and despite it's young age the learning institution have gained an good reputation. The aerospace company Saab build it's fighter jets and other aerial related things in Linköping and co-owned the local airport. Due that aviation industry the city lacks high buildings beside the cathedral but it's have all the advantage of an big Swedish city. So let's take an look at the flag.

Swedish city user banners of their coat of arms as flags, banners waves too. The animal head is not an bear or an dog-like creature it's an lion. Linköping use an lion head since the 13th century and people didn't have an good idea how an lion looked like. Because there are no lions in Europe in those days, so they guessed it. The then ruling royal house of Bjelbo granted Linköping city rights and that house use an lion as arms. In gratitude the lion is used since then. An medieval interpretation of lion looking kind of silly but has it's charm.