Eidsberg
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EIDSBERG
Province : Østfold
Additions : 1961 Mysen
Official blazon
På gull bunn et avrevet bjørnhode is sort.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on March 16, 1932.
The arms show a bear, which is taken as a symbol for Arnbjørn Jonsson, who lived in Eidsberg. The bear is canting for Bjørn. He was a well known warrior in the civil war under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his dead in 1240.
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Literature : Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.