Västmanland

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Official blazon
Swedish	I fält av silver ett blått, uppskjutande treberg med tre röda lågor.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on ?

The arms were used for the province at the funeral procession of King Gustav Vasa in 1560. The 1560 shield showed one 'volcano' probably indicating the Sala silver mines and melting ovens, which made the province quite rich at the time.

In the early 17th century the arms showed three mountains for the mines of Sala, Norberg and Skinskatteberg.

Image gallery

The arms in a manuscript from 1562
The arms as shown by Liljeblad, 1878
The arms in the Kaffe Hag album +/- 1935

Literature : Nevéus and de Waern, 1992

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