Naantali

NAANTALI

Region : Varsinais-Suomi
Former province : Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Additions : 1964 Naantalin maalaiskunta; 2009 Merimasku, Rymättylä, Velkua

Official blazon

Mustassa kentässä minuskelikirjaimat vg, joiden yläpuolella avonai nen ritarikruunu; kaikki kultaa.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 11, 1966.

The arms were based on the town's seal from 1466. The town was founded in 1440 around a monastery. The town's name in Latin was Vallis Gratiae, hence the letters V and G. The crown was already present in the seal.

In the middle of the 19th century B. Kene proposed new arms, showing the design of the seal, but now with the provincial arms in the upper right part. These arms were not adopted.