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The arms show a yellow poppy plant (''Papaver radicatum subglobosum''). The village is near the largest glacier in Norway, the Svartisen (black ice), and the plant is one of the plant growing closest to the ice. The colours symbolise the blue glacial ice and the yellow flowers. | The arms show a yellow poppy plant (''Papaver radicatum subglobosum''). The village is near the largest glacier in Norway, the Svartisen (black ice), and the plant is one of the plant growing closest to the ice. The colours symbolise the blue glacial ice and the yellow flowers. | ||
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[[Literature]] : [http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network]; Nissen, Heraldisk Tidsskrift 54(1986)137-154. | [[Literature]] : [http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network]; Nissen, Heraldisk Tidsskrift 54(1986)137-154. | ||
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MELØY
Province : Nordland
Official blazon
I blått en gull valmueplante.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on December 7, 1984.
The arms show a yellow poppy plant (Papaver radicatum subglobosum). The village is near the largest glacier in Norway, the Svartisen (black ice), and the plant is one of the plant growing closest to the ice. The colours symbolise the blue glacial ice and the yellow flowers.
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Literature : Norwegian Municipal Network; Nissen, Heraldisk Tidsskrift 54(1986)137-154.