Köping

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Template:Sweden KÖPING

Province (Landskap): Västmanland
County (Län): Västmanlands län
Additions : 1971 Kolsva (1939 Bro, Malma), Medåker (partly, 1952 Arboga, Himmeta, Medåker, Västra Skedvi), Munktorp (1952 Odensvi)

Köping kommunvapen

Official blason

I fält av guld ett blått, latinskt kors med de tre övre armarma korsade.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1940.

The arms are based on the seal of the city known since 1378. The meaning or origin of the cross is not known. On the seal the arms also showed a small letter K, which was removed in 1940.

Arms of Köping

The arms as shown by Liljeblad, 1878
Arms of Köping

The arms in the Kaffe Hag album +/- 1935

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Literature : Nevéus and de Waern, 1992