Sandefjord

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SANDEFJORD

Province : Vestfold og Telemark (until 2020 Vestfold)
Additions : 1968 Sandar; 2017 Andebu, Stokke

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Origin/meaning The new arms were adopted in 2916 and became official on January 1st, 2017. The new arms show part of the local whale hunting monument. The whaling monument is reminiscent of the district's whaling in the period from about 1900 to 1968 and laid the foundation for significant growth, especially in the three municipalities that form the new municipality. The monument has become a landmark of the city, because it is both a spectacular sight and because it refers to a very special history from the time when Sandefjord and the surrounding villages were the center of a significant, worldwide industry. The monument shows the original whaling, when man with the help of a single spear conquered the world's largest mammal. The arms also indicate Sandefjord as a leading and committed cultural city, as it shows one of the country's leading artists Knut Steen's most beautiful monuments. His art is represented in several places in the city. The colours are the old colours of Sandefjord. The previous arms were granted on May 9, 1914. The Viking ship symbolises the famous Gokstad ship, that was found near Sandefjord in 1880, one of the best preserved Vikings ships known. The whale symbolises the fact that in the late 19th and early 20th century Sandefjord was a main harbour for whalers in the Southern oceans. The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1930 The arms on a municipal car (image by Jan-Erik Løken) The new arms of 2017 were the result of a local competition, in which 38 proposals were selected in the final round. One of the proposals (nr 18 in gold) was finally selected as the new municipal arms. The proposals were (some colour variations excluded): Proposal nr 1 Proposal nr 2 Proposal nr 3 Proposal nr 4 Proposal nr 5 Proposal nr 6 Proposal nr 7 Proposal nr 8 Proposal nr 9 Proposal nr 10 Proposal nr 10 (variation) Proposal nr 10 (variation) Proposal nr 10 (variation) Proposal nr 11 Proposal nr 12 Proposal nr 13 Proposal nr 14 Proposal nr 15 Proposal nr 16 Proposal nr 17 Proposal nr 18 Proposal nr 19 Proposal nr 20 Proposal nr 21 Proposal nr 22 Proposal nr 23 Proposal nr 24 Proposal nr 25 Proposal nr 26 Proposal nr 27 Proposal nr 28 Proposal nr 29 Proposal nr 30 Proposal nr 31 Proposal nr 32 Proposal nr 33 Proposal nr 34 Proposal nr 35 Proposal nr 36 Proposal nr 37 Proposal nr 38 Contact and Support Contact Facebook Instagram Donate with Paypal Donate with WhyDonate eBay shop Rare heraldic book downloads Partners: Meijerink heraldic bookshop Webaldic heraldic identifying programme Nederlands Genootschap voor Heraldiek Armorial de France Homunculus / Heraldicum Disputationes De Raaf heraldic design Your logo here ? Contact us © since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink Index of the site Literature: Norwegian Municipal Network; Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987. New images obtained from Sandefjord municipality