Umeå

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UMEÅ

Province (Landskap): Västerbotten, Ångermanland
County (Län): Västerbottens län
Additions : 1965 Umeå landskommun; 1974 Holmön, Holmsund, Hörnefors, Sävar

Official blazon

I blått fält tre avskurna renhuvuden av silver, ställda två över ett, med hornkrona och tunga röda.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 30, 1947.

Umeå become City Rights in 1622, and in 1646 a Royal Letter prescribed that Umeå should have in its Seal three Reindeer Heads. They alludes to the Reindeer in the Provincial Arms of Västerbotten

The arms as shown by Liljeblad, 1878

The arms in the Kaffe Hag album +/- 1935

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Literature : Nevéus and de Waern, 1992