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|align="center"|[[File:arvika.hagse.jpg|center|Arms of Arvika]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffe_Hag_Sverige|Kaffe Hag album]] +/- 1935 | |align="center"|[[File:arvika.hagse.jpg|center|Arms of Arvika]] <br/>The arms in the [[Kaffe_Hag_Sverige|Kaffe Hag album]] +/- 1935 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:arvika2.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of Arvika]] <br/>On a square in the town<br>with [[Ylojärvi]], [[Kongsvinger]] and [[Skive]]<br>(image from Societas Heraldica Scandinavica facebook site) | |align="center"|[[File:arvika2.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of Arvika]] <br/>On a square in the town<br>with [[Ylojärvi]], [[Kongsvinger]] and [[Skive]]<br>(image from Societas Heraldica Scandinavica facebook site) | ||
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| | In 1811 Arvika was founded as a city named Oscarsstad, buut the name only lasted until 1821: | ||
[[File:oscarsstad.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of Oscarsstad]] | |||
Whether these arms have actually been used is not clear, neither is the meaning. The crown and the I may refer to King Oscar I, but he became King only in 1844, when the town was already re-named to Arvika. | |||
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[[Literature]] : Scheffer, C.G.U.; Svensk Vapenbok, Stockholm, 1967. | [[Literature]] : Scheffer, C.G.U.; Svensk Vapenbok, Stockholm, 1967; https://wermlandsheraldik.wordpress.com/2021/12/27/arvikas-foregangares-eventuella-vapen/ | ||
[[Category:Swedish Municipalities A]] | [[Category:Swedish Municipalities A]] | ||