Kymenlaakso
KYMENLAAKSO REGION
Former province : Häme, Uusimaa, Karelia
Created : 2010 from parts of Etelä-Suomi
Official blazon
- (fi) Katkoisen kilven sinisessä yläkentässä hyppäävä kultavaruksinen lohi; hopeisessa alakentässä reunoihin asti ulottuva hopeinen verkko.
- (sv) Skölden delad av blått, vari en uppstigande, hoppande lax av silver med beväring av guld, och av silver, vari ett genomgående blått nät.
Origin/meaning
The arms were first designed for the area in 1951, as the are was at that time a part of the Kymi province. In 1997 it became a sub-region in Etelä-Suomi province. When the province of Etelä-Suomi was abolished, it became a separate region.
The arms were adopted again for the sub-region in 1997.
The arms show a salmon and fishing net, as the region is named after the Kymijoki river, a major salmon river and fishing was an important activity in the history of the area.
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