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SANDEFJORD

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

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The new arms were adopted in 2916 and became official on January 1st, 2017.

The new arms refer to the formerly important hunting in the whole area, not only the city of Sandefjord itself. 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 20^th 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 :