Etelä-Pohjanmaa

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ETELÄ-POHJANMAA - SÖDRA ÖSTERBOTTEN

Etelä-Pohjanmaa is a region in Finland created in 1997 as part of Länsi-Suomi to which it belonged from 1997-2009. Since 2009 it is a separate region. Until 1997 part of Vaasa province.

Arms (crest) of Etelä-Pohjanmaa

Official blazon

Sinisessä kentässä allekkain kolme juoksevaa hopeista kärppää, joiden hännänpäät mustat.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 1, 1997.

The arms show three ermines, half of the historical arms of Pohjanmaa, which showed 6 ermines.

Arms (crest) of Etelä-Pohjanmaa

The arms on a road sign

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