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Revision as of 13:41, 20 August 2023
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SVEIO
Province : Vestland (until 2020 Hordaland)
Additions : 1964 Valestrand
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På raud grunn ei kløyvd sølv lilje. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on February 19, 1982.
The arms show a cut fleur-de-lis, an unusual symbol, derived from the arms of Jon Gauteson from Sveio, who lived around 1500. He was the first of his family, who were incorporated in the Norwegian nobility in 1591, to use this symbol.
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Literature : Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.