Tysnes
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TYSNES
Province : Hordaland
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on October 28, 1971.
The arms are derived from the seal of the medieval Onarheim guild. Onarheim is a town on Tysnes island, and was formally a Viking Age center of power in Sunnhordland, now part of Tysnes municipality. To distinguish the arms the chevron was added to the municipal arms.
Literature : Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.