Storfjord

Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen

STORFJORD

Province : Troms

Official blazon

I rødt tre gull valmuer stilt i trepass.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on February 9, 1990.

The arms show three flowers of a local poppy species (Papaver laestadianum), which symbolise that the municipality is on th eborder of Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Literature : Heraldisk Tiddskrift 68(1993)