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Province : Akershus
Additions : 2020 Hurum, Røyken

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Origin/meaning The arms were adopted in 2019 and became valid on January 1, 2020. The arms show three sails, one for each of the former municipalities. The arms were chosen after a contest with over 2000 entries. FInally the inhabitants could vote among the following other proposals: The previous arms were granted on October 7, 1975. The arms show three tree trunks, or askekaller in Norwegian, and are thus canting. The trees are a kind of willow, which were cut every year to provide food for the animals. The trees thus developed after many years a very typical shape, which was characteristic for the area. The arms at the municipal border (image by Jan-Erik Løken) Literature: 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 Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987. Information from the municipality (contest page 2018)