Åmål

ÅMÅL

Province (Landskap): Dalsland
County (Län): Västra Götalands län
Additions : 1971 Tössbo (1952 Edsleskog, Fröskog, Mo, Tydje, Tösse, Åmål (rural municipality), Ånimskog)

Official blazon
Swedish	I fält av silver en nedtill av en vågskura avgränsad, genomgående och med port försedd mur, från vilken en kyrka uppskjuter, i stammen åtföljd av en fisk, allt i rött.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms was officialy granted in 1938 and are based on the naturalistic Seal from the Letter Granting City Rights to Åmål in 1643.

The arms as shown by Liljeblad, 1878	The arms in the Kaffe Hag album +/- 1935
The arms on a local coin

Literature: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992

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