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SIPOO
Region : Uusimaa (2009-2011 (Itä-Uusimaa)
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomen, until 1997 Uusimaa
Official blazon
- (fi) Mustassa kentässä aaltokoroinen, alainen hirsi ja yläpuolella sudenpää; kaikki hopeaa.
- (se) I svart fält en medelst vågskuror bildad sänkt bjälke ockh däröver ett varghuvud; allt av silver.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on February 25, 1955.
The wolf's head is a symbol for the ancient Viking settlement here, where, according to legend, the ships were decorated with wolf heads. The wavy bar refers to the Sipoo river.
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© since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink 
Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.