Kemi

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KEMI

Region : Lapland
Former province : Lapland

Official blazon

Jaettu kilpi, jonka yläkentässä on hopeanvärinen, pystyssä oleva laiva-ankkuri punaisella pohjalla ja jonka alakentässä on hopeanvärinen, oikealle käännetty lohi sinisellä pohjalla; kilven päällä on kreivin kruunu.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 28, 1873.

The arms are a combination of symbols for seafaring and the local salmon fisheries.

The arms on a road sign

The arms on the town hall

Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.

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