Karlebo

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KARLEBO

Region : Hovedstaden
Amt (until 2007) : Frederiksborg
Incorporated into : 2007 Fredensborg

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1974.

The swan is the symbol of the many swan in Øresund (the Sound). More specific the swans are in i Nivå bugt (Nivå bay).

The bricks symbolise that the first tileworks (brickyard) where founded in Karlebo municipality (today one of the brickyard are still public access, Ringovnen in Nivå)