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EIDSBERG

Province : Viken (until 2020 Østfold)
Additions: 1961 Mysen

Arms (crest) of Eidsberg
Official blazon
Norwegian

På gull bunn et avrevet bjørnhode is sort.

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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.

Arms (crest) of Eidsberg

The arms on a roadsign (2015)

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Literature:

Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.