Dragsfjärd

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DRAGSFJÄRD

Region : Varsinais-Suomi
Former province : Western Finland (until 1997 Turku and Pori)
Additions : 1969 Hiitinen
Incorporated into : 2009 Kemiönsaari

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Official blazon

Sinisessä kentässä kultainen potkuri vinoristikkäin.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 16, 1952.

The ship's screw symbolises the local shipping and shipbuilding industry.

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