Saarijärvi
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SAARIJÄRVI
Region : Keski-Suomi
Former province :1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi, 1960-1997 Keski-Suomi
Additions :2009 Pylkönmäki
Official blazon
Hopeakentässä kolme yläreunaltaan sahakoroista hirttä, joista keskimmäinen punainen, toiset mustia.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on September 14, 1954.
The arms are canting, the name means island-lake (saari = island, järvi = lake) and thus show some long forested islands in a lake.
Literature :Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.
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