Eksjö

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EKSJÖ

Province (Landskap): Småland
County (Län): Jönköpings län
Additions: 1949 Eksjö rural municipality; 1971 Höreda (1952 Edshult, Hult, Mellby), Ingatorp (1952 Bellö), Mariannelund (1952 Hässleby, Kråkshult)

Official blazon
Swedish	I fält av silver en grön ek.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1949.

The arms show a canting oak (ek) tree. The tree already appears on a seal of the town from 1439.

The arms as shown by Liljeblad, 1878

The arms in the Kaffe Hag album +/- 1935

Literature: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992

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