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Sør-Fron, Innlandet, Norway
The club is based on a story. It is said that Olaf II Haraldsson met the people of Fron and Dale-Gudbrand at Hundorp. Olaf said "Look, our god is coming with a lot of light," and then Kolbein smashed a statue of thor. It is said that turned all the people Christian.
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daily-coat-of-arms · 2 days
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Hasvik, Finnmark, Norway
The seagull represents the fishing and fish processing industry in the municipality.
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daily-coat-of-arms · 3 days
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Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway
A polar bear on read background with a mural crown above it. Polar bears arnt native to Norway, so the arms represent the Norwegian sea used for fishing. Because the municipality has town status, it has a mural crown.
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daily-coat-of-arms · 4 days
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Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway
The fish hooks represent the importance of fishing in the area.
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daily-coat-of-arms · 5 days
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Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway
The fish hook represents the fishing economy of the municipality. It can also represent the stone age fish hook found in the municipality.
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daily-coat-of-arms · 6 days
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Something I did for school.
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daily-coat-of-arms · 7 days
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Berlevåg, Finnmark, Norway
The yellow represents the sun and the represents the waves
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daily-coat-of-arms · 8 days
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Alta, Finnmark, Norway
A white spearhead on a blue background. The spearhead comes from a quartzite spearhead dating back to the stone age found in the area. The spearhead was quarried in the municipality and similar tools made in the municipality where used all over northern Norway. The blue represents the local river (Altaelva), sea, and mountains (Seilandstuva)
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daily-coat-of-arms · 9 days
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Finnmark, Norway
The arms show the Vardøhus Fortress, a Fortress historically known to be by the Russian border
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daily-coat-of-arms · 10 days
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Røyken, Buskerud, Norway
The fire is sorta a pun. Its ment to represent smoke, since smoke cannot be represented in hearldry. The pun falls short though because of a misunderstanding for "Røyken" as the definite form of "røyk" meaning smoke. The name more translates too "Moutain Meadow"
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daily-coat-of-arms · 11 days
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Nedre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway
The arms are a pun on the name. Eik comes from the world for "oak" so there are oak leaves.
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daily-coat-of-arms · 12 days
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Stange, Innlandet, Norway
The arms represent the significance of farming and agriculture in thr area
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daily-coat-of-arms · 13 days
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Hurum, Norway
The bends represent the pennesula created between two fords: the Oslofjord and the Drammensfjord. It also alludes to the arms of the
Huitfeldt family, an important family of the area
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daily-coat-of-arms · 14 days
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Ål, Norway
The pattern is common of the hand woven designs of the municipality. There is three of them because they represent the three churches of the municipality:  Ål, Torpo, and Leveld
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daily-coat-of-arms · 15 days
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Sigdal, Norway
The lumps represent the mountains surrounding the municipality, the Andersnatten
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daily-coat-of-arms · 16 days
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Rollag, Norway
The arms represent a cairn (stack of something to mark something, like a grave mound) made out of logs.
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daily-coat-of-arms · 17 days
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Skjåk, Norway
The a acanthus represents strength and growth.
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