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The arms showed the Northern Lights, which are very common in the municipality, with the letter R and the Ounasvaara hill, which is a landmark for the city. | The arms showed the Northern Lights, which are very common in the municipality, with the letter R and the Ounasvaara hill, which is a landmark for the city. | ||
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Revision as of 07:10, 20 December 2015
ROVANIEMI
Region : Lapland
Former province : Lapland
Additions : 2006 Rovaniemen maalaiskunta
Official blazon
- (1930) Kilpi, jossa on sinisellä pohjalla hopeinen tunturi, sen yläpuolella hopeinen goottilainen kirjain R ja ylimpänä revontulien säteistä muodostettu kruunu, sekin hopeinen.
- (2006) Vihreässä kentässä hopeinen haaruristi, jonka ylähaarat salamakoroiset; saatteena yläkulmassa kultainen liekki.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially adopted in 2006 and are the arms of the former rural municipality of Rovaniemi.
The previous arms were officially granted on April 30, 1930.
The arms showed the Northern Lights, which are very common in the municipality, with the letter R and the Ounasvaara hill, which is a landmark for the city.
 The old arms on a road sign |
 The arms on the town hall |
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Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.