Skanör-Falsterbo

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SKANÖR-FALSTERBO

Province (Landskap): Skåne
County (Län): Skåne län (until 1997 Malmöhus län)
Incorporated into : 1974 Vellinge

Official blazon
Swedish	I fält av silver en från en av en vågskura bildad blå stam, belagd med fem: tre och två ordnade fiskar av silver, uppskjutande krenelerad röd borg med tre krenelerade kupoltäckta torn, det mellersta högst\|-	English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The Castle is from the Skanör city Seal from 1421, and the Wavy and Castle is from the City Seal of 1608. The Herrings symbolises that Skanör-Falsterbo was the Center of the Scanian Herring Fisheries during Medieval times.