Skiptvet
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |
SKIPTVET
Province : Østfold
Official blazon
I rødt en opprett sølv lindorm.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on November 27, 1981.
The arms show a dragon. The dragon is derived from a local legend, in which a dragon went to sleep in the local churchyard every morning. In the evening the dragon went back to the forest, where it had its lair.
Literature : Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.