Tenhola

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TENHOLA - TENALA

Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomen, until 1997 Uusimaa
Additions : 1977 Bromarv
Incorporated into : 1993 Tammisaari (2009 Raasepori)

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Official blazon

Vihreässä kentässä hopeinen, polvistunut enkeli pitäen molemmilla käsillään kultaista lippua, jossa musta, paaluittainen piilu.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 29, 1953.

The angel already apperead on the Rosenborg county seal in medieval times. The banner with the axe is the symbol of Saint Olaf, the medieval patron saint of the parish.

Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.