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Province (Landskap): [[Blekinge]]<br />
Province (Landskap): [[Blekinge]]<br />
Municipality : [[Karlshamn]], [[Ronneby]]
Municipality: [[Karlshamn]], [[Ronneby]]


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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms are canting. The normal word for "fern" in Swedish is "ormbunke", but there is also a word "bräken", cognate to English - particularly Scottish - "bracken", with the same meaning. It is the normal word for "fern" in some dialects.  
The arms are canting. The normal word for "fern" in Swedish is "ormbunke", but there is also a word "bräken", cognate to English - particularly Scottish - "bracken", with the same meaning. It is the normal word for "fern" in some dialects.  


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{{media}}'''[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Sweden|Literature]]''': Scheffer (no date)
 
[[Literature]] : Scheffer (no date)


[[Category:Swedish Districts]]
[[Category:Swedish Districts]]
[[Category:Blekinge]]
[[Category:Blekinge]]

Latest revision as of 08:44, 29 July 2024

BRÄKNE HÄRAD

Province (Landskap): Blekinge
Municipality: Karlshamn, Ronneby

Arms (crest) of Bräkne härad
Official blazon
Swedish

I fält av guld en från mark uppväxande bräken, allt grönt.

English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are canting. The normal word for "fern" in Swedish is "ormbunke", but there is also a word "bräken", cognate to English - particularly Scottish - "bracken", with the same meaning. It is the normal word for "fern" in some dialects.

Seal of Bräkne härad

Seal from 1535-1658

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