Lindberga

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LINDBERGA

Province (Landskap): Halland
County (Län): Hallands län
Additions : 1952 Lindberg, Stamnared, Torpa, Valinge
Incorporated into : 1971 Varberg

Official blazon
Swedish	I fält av guld en från ett grönt treberg uppväxande grön lind med fem grenar, vardera med två blad och en röd ros utan foderblad\|-	English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 6, 1951.

The arms show a canting linden tree on a hill (berg). The five roses and ten leaves are the symbol for the Bishop of Lund, Birger Gunnersen (bishop 1497-1519), who used a similar arms with as theme the five wounds of Christ and the Ten Commandments.