Kalix

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KALIX

Province (Landskap): Norrbotten
County (Län): Norrbottens län
Additions : 1967 Nederkalix, Töre

Official blazon

I rött fält en kalk av guld.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1989.

The arms show a canting goblet (kalk). The goblet already appears in the oldest known seal of the parish, dating from around 1800. The goblet was first used in the arms of Nederkalix and continued by Kalix in 1967.