Huddinge

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HUDDINGE

Province (Landskap): Södermanland
County (Län): Stockholms län

Official blazon

Swedish

I fält av guld en på ett blått treberg stående svart, brinnande vårdkase med röd låga. Origin/meaning The arms were officially granted on November 28, 1947. The name Huddinge is believed to originate from "uddingarna", the first inhabitants of Huddinge who lived in Vårby on a headland, an "udde", on the shores of Lake Mälaren during the times of the Vikings. Their community was threatened by many dangers and enemies often came in boats. They lit huge fires on hilltops - beacons - as a signal warning others of the approach of enemies. A whole sequence of beacons could be seen from Vårby far into the Lake Mälaren area. The beacon lives on as the symbol for Huddinge on the municipal arms. The arms on the city hall The arms on a roadsign on the muinicipal border Contact and Support Contact Facebook Instagram Donate with Paypal Donate with WhyDonate eBay shop Rare heraldic book downloads Partners: Meijerink heraldic bookshop Webaldic heraldic identifying programme Nederlands Genootschap voor Heraldiek Armorial de France Homunculus / Heraldicum Disputationes De Raaf heraldic design Your logo here ? Contact us © since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink Index of the site Literature : Nevéus and de Waern, 1992; www.huddinge.se