Lohja
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LOHJA - LOJO
Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi, until 1997 Uusimaa
Additions : 1997 Lohjan kunta; 2009 Sammatti; 2013 Karjalohja, Nummi-Pusula
Official blazon
- (1951)Sinisessä kentässä kolme hopeista, hopeapunailiekkistä masuunia vieretysten, tyvessä hopeinen punavaruksinen lohi.
- (1997)Sinisessä kentässä hopeinen halstari paaluittain; sen varren kummallakin puolella saatteena pähkinäterttu.
Origin/meaning
The arms were adopted in 1997 and are those of the Lohja rural municipality (see there).
Until 1997 the city used the arms below, granted on December 12, 1951.
The arms were officially granted on December 31, 1951.
The arms show three burning ovens, as a symbol for the iron industry in the town. The salmon is canting (Lohja comes from lohi-loki, or salmon river).
The arms on a road sign |
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Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.