Vestsjælland

VESTSJÆLLAND AMT

Region : Sjælland
Additions 1970 Holbæk, Sorø
Abolished 2007

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1981.

The arms show a gable of a Viking house, which symbolises the Viking stronghold in Trelleborg. The pales (treller or tremmer) are canting for Trelleborg.

Literature: Zeuthen, 2000.

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