Kållered

	KÅLLERED Country : Sweden Province (Landskap) : Västergötland County (Län) : Västra Götalands län Incorporated into : 1971 Mölndal Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":57.6101000000000027512214728631079196929931640625,"lon":12.0501000000000004774847184307873249053955078125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Swedish	I blått fält en kulle av silver, belagd med en röd stubbe, och däröver två korslagda röjningsyxor i silver.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 21, 1958.

The hill in the base is a canting element, Kålle may be derived from kulle (hill). The axes and tree trunk refer to the importance of forestry and are a canting element for the -red part of the name, which refers to clearing of forest.

Literature: Andersson, 1994; image from Wikipedia (author Lokal Profil)

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