Bengtsfors
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BENGTSFORS
Province (Landskap): Dalsland
County (Län): Västra Götalands län (until 1998 Älvsborgs län)
Additions : 1971 Bäckefors (1952 Bäcke, Ödskölt), Lelång (1952 Laxarby, Torrskog, Vårvik, Ärtemark), Steneby (1952 Tisselskog)
Official blazon
I rött en uppskjutande genomgående bro med två valv och däröver en merkuriestav, allt av silver.
Origin/meaning
The arms were designed in 1946 and show a staff of Mercury as a symbol for trading, and the local bridge (Bengtsbroa). After the merger in 1971 the arms did not change.
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© since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink 
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Literature : Nevéus and de Waern, 1992; image from the Bengtsfors municipality