Kaskinen

KASKINEN - KASKÖ

Region : Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)

Official blazon

(fi) Halkoisen kilven oikeassa sinisessä kentässä hopeinen perämela, vasemmassa hopeisessa kentässä vihreä laakerinlehvä.
(sv) Sköld kluven i blått, vari en stolpvis ställd styråra av silver, samt i silver, vari en grön lagerkvist.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on Apri l9, 1793.

The oar symbolises the town's importance as a harbour. The branch is probably canting for the Bladh family (Blatt-leaf), as due to the efforts of a father and son of the family, the town received city rights in 1785.

In the middle of the 19th century B. Knee proposed to change the arms, by adding the provincial arms to the upper right corner and placing anchors behind the shield. He also changed the oar to a rudder. These arems were never adopted though.