Kärkölä

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KÄRKÖLÄ

Region : Päijät-Häme
Former province : Häme

Kärkölä Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Punaisessa kentässä kolme hopeista, hirsittäistä havukirvestä alatusten.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 5, 1955.

The arms show three typical local knives, as kärkö means leaf-knive.

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


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