Karinainen
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KARINAINEN
Region : Varsinais-Suomi
Former province : Western Finland (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Incorporated into : 2005 Pöytyä
Official blazon
Punaisessa kentässä kultainen irtoristi, jonka yläsakara on kolmihaaraisen havunoksan muotoinen.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 12, 1969.
The arms are a combination of a canting pine tree branch (hako=pine tree) and across for the local church, Hakokappeli.
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.