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Province : Aust-Agder
Additions : 1902 Barbu; 1992 Hisøy, Moland, Tromøy, Øyestad

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Origin/meaning The arms were granted on November 7, 1924. The arms show a ship as a symbol for the importance of fisheries and sailing to the local economy. A ship already appears on the oldest known seal of the town, dating from the 17th century. In the late 19th and early 20th century the arms showed the ship in the upper part and a landscape with the National Arms in the base of the shield (see below) The arms in the late 19th century The arms by Ströhl in 1905. The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1930 The arms on a manhole cover The arms in the city (image by Jan-Erik Løken) The arms at the municipal border (image by Jan-Erik Løken) Contact and Support Contact Facebook Instagram Donate with Paypal Donate with WhyDonate eBay shop Rare heraldic book downloads Partners: Meijerink heraldic bookshop Webaldic heraldic identifying programme Nederlands Genootschap voor Heraldiek Armorial de France Homunculus / Heraldicum Disputationes De Raaf heraldic design Your logo here ? Contact us © since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink Index of the site Literature : Norwegian Municipal Network; Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987; Kaffe Hag : Norske by- og adelsvåben.