Vagnhärad

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TROSA

Province (Landskap): Södermanland
County (Län): Södermanlands län
Additions : 1952 Trosa-Vagnhärad (1926 Trosa (parish), Vagnhärad), Västerljung
Incorporated into : 1971 Nyköping (transferred 1992 to Trosa)

Official blazon
Swedish	I rött fält en halsring av guld och däröver en ginstam av guld, vari en uppskjutande, genomgående, svart bandflätning med mönster från ett gravklot, funnet i Vagnhärad.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 16, 1955.

The arms show a ring and a chain-mail from the largest gold treasure from the Bronze Age in the Nordic countries, found in the municipality in 1774.

Literature: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992

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