Somero

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SOMERO

Region : Varsinais-Suomi
Former province : Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Häme)
Additions : 1977 Somerniemi

Somero Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen

Official blazon

Hopeisessa kentässä musta havupuun kanto, josta punaiset kultasydämiset liekit nousevat ylös ja sivuille.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 30, 1950.

The burning pine stump alludes to slash burning during the time when these areas were first cultivated.

In 1946 a first proposal for arms was made, showing a cross and a wheatear. These were not adopted.

Somero1946.jpg
Coat of arms (crest) of Somero

The arms on a road sign

Literature: Pirinen, 1982


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