Tomelilla

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TOMELILLA

Province (Landskap): Skåne
County (Län): Skåne län (until 1997 Kristianstads län)
Additions : 1969 Brösarp (partly), Smedstorp, Onslunda; 1971 Glemmingebro (partly)

Official blazon

I rött fält en balkvis ställd flygande glada i silver.

Origin/meaning

A first proposal for the municipality to adopt arms was made in 1954 by the heraldic artist Jan Raneke and showing a wild boar was not accepted. The new arms, granted in 2002, show another reference to the wildlife of Tomelilla a kite (in sw. glada).