Kolari

KOLARI

Region : Lapland
Former province : Lapland

Kilpi alaisen harjakoron jakama hopeiseen ja mustaan kenttään; yläkentässä viisi nousevaa punaista tulikielekettä vieretysten.

The arms were officially granted on December 10, 1951.

The arms show a coal (Kol) fire as a canting element. In the 17th century coal mining started here, which is symbolised by the black mountain.

The arms on a road sign near the town

Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.

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