Tammisaari

Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Finland

TAMMISAARI - EKENÄS

Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomen, until 1997 Uusimaa
Additions : 1977 Snappertuna (partly), Tammisaaren maalaiskunta ; 1993 Tenhola
Incorporated into : 2009 Raasepori

Official blazon

• (fi) Hopeakentässä vihreä tammi, jonka terhot punaiset
• (se) I fält av silver en grön ek med röda ekollon.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 14, 1952.

The arms are canting, showing an oak tree (ek in Swedish), the name means oak-peninsula. The oak already appeared on the 16th century seals of the city.

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