Alta
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ALTA
Province : Finnmark
Additions : 1964 Talvik
Official blazon
I blått en sølv spydspiss
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on July 9, 1976.
The arms show an arrow point, derived from the findings of quartzite arrow points dating from the late stone age and found in the area. The quartzite was quarried in the municipality and tools thereof were all over the Northern part of Norway.
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© since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink 
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Literature : Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.