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[[Literature]] : [http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network] and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Norway|'''Literature''']]:  
[http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network] and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.


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[[Category:Norwegian municipalities S]]

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SVEIO

Province : Vestland (until 2020 Hordaland)
Additions : 1964 Valestrand

Coat of arms (crest) of Sveio
Official blazon
Norwegian

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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Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.