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'''EIDSBERG'''
'''EIDSBERG'''


Province : [[Østfold]]<br>
Province : [[Viken]] (until 2020 [[Østfold]])<br>
Additions : 1961 Mysen  
Additions: 1961 Mysen  


[[File:eidsberg.gif|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:eidsberg.gif|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


===Official blazon===
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|+Official blazon
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|'''Norwegian'''
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På gull bunn et avrevet bjørnhode is sort.
På gull bunn et avrevet bjørnhode is sort.
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|'''English'''
| blazon wanted
|}


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on March 16, 1932.
The arms were granted on March 16, 1932.


The arms show a bear, which is taken as a symbol for Arnbj&oslash;rn Jonsson, who lived in Eidsberg. The bear is canting for Bj&oslash;rn. He was a well known warrior in the civil war under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his dead in 1240.  
The arms show a bear, which is taken as a symbol for Arnbjørn Jonsson, who lived in Eidsberg. The bear is canting for Bjørn. He was a well known warrior in the civil war under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his dead in 1240.  


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[[Literature]] : [http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network] and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Norway|'''Literature''']]:  
[http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network] and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.


[[Category:Norwegian municipalities E]]
[[Category:Norwegian municipalities E]]
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