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'''Country''' :Iceland [[File:Iceland.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
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* 1998 [[Kjalarneshreppur]] | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were designed in 1951 and officially adopted by the city of Reykjavík on June 6, 1957. | |||
The arms show the throne pillars of Ingolfr Árnarson, the first permanent settler of Iceland. After his banishment form Norway, he decided to settle in Iceland. After reaching the coast he threw his throne pillars in the sea and swore to built his home on the spot where the pillars would drift ashore. He found his pillars in the second summer in Iceland on the spot of the present Reykjavík. He thus founded the city. | |||
Until 1957 the city used a simple seal showing a fisherman (see image below). This seal was designed for the town in 1815. Reykjavík had received town status in 1786. | |||
==== | ===Image gallery=== | ||
The arms | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:reykjavik-seal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The old seal of Reykjavík | |||
File:reykjavik1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The arms on the city hall (2015) | |||
File:reykjavik2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The arms on the city | |||
File:reykjavikcover.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The arms on a manhole cover ([https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksherman/6142904386/in/set-72157594337952999/ source]) | |||
File:reykjaviks1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|Stamp issued 1961 | |||
File:reykjaviks2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|Stamp issued 1961 | |||
File:reykjavikstory.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The story of the pillars on a 1974 coin<br> (image from auction site) | |||
File:2081.wi2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The arms on a Dutch [[Willem II]] cigar band | |||
File:Reykjavik.vgz.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The arms on a Dutch [[VéGé (silks)|VéGé]] silk | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Literature]] :Image obtained from the Icelandic Association of Municipalities (Samband Íslenzkra Svetarfélaga) and http://reykjavik.is/skjaldarmerki-reykjavikur | |||
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[[Category:Icelandic municipalities]] | [[Category:Icelandic municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1957]] | [[Category:Granted 1957]] |
Latest revision as of 12:00, 10 August 2024
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Icelandic | blazon wanted |
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Origin/meaning
The arms were designed in 1951 and officially adopted by the city of Reykjavík on June 6, 1957.
The arms show the throne pillars of Ingolfr Árnarson, the first permanent settler of Iceland. After his banishment form Norway, he decided to settle in Iceland. After reaching the coast he threw his throne pillars in the sea and swore to built his home on the spot where the pillars would drift ashore. He found his pillars in the second summer in Iceland on the spot of the present Reykjavík. He thus founded the city.
Until 1957 the city used a simple seal showing a fisherman (see image below). This seal was designed for the town in 1815. Reykjavík had received town status in 1786.
Image gallery
The arms on a manhole cover (source)
The arms on a Dutch Willem II cigar band
The arms on a Dutch VéGé silk
Literature :Image obtained from the Icelandic Association of Municipalities (Samband Íslenzkra Svetarfélaga) and http://reykjavik.is/skjaldarmerki-reykjavikur
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