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SKIPTVET

Province : Viken (until 2020 Østfold)

Official blazon
Norwegian	I rødt en opprett sølv lindorm.
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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.