Sipoo

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SIPOO - SIBBO

Region : Uusimaa (2009-2011 (Itä-Uusimaa)
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi, until 1997 Uusimaa

Sipoo Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

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.

Coat of arms (crest) of Sipoo

The arms on a road sign

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


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