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| | |[[File:akureyri1.jpg|center|350 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Iceland [[File:Iceland.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''': | |||
* 2004 [[Hríseyjarhreppur]] | |||
* 2009 [[Grímseyjarhreppur]] | |||
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{{#display_map:65.6801,-18.0991|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''Icelandic''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms show an eagle, the 'protector' of Northern Iceland in the Heimskringla Saga in which the history if Iceland is described. Akyureyri is the largest city and capital of North Iceland. The small inescutcheon with the gard is a canting element, Akureyri can be translated as wheat-island. | The arms show an eagle, the 'protector' of Northern Iceland in the Heimskringla Saga in which the history if Iceland is described. Akyureyri is the largest city and capital of North Iceland. The small inescutcheon with the gard is a canting element, Akureyri can be translated as wheat-island. | ||
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The arms from 1930-1987: | The arms from 1930-1987: | ||
[[File:akureyri.jpg|center]] | [[File:akureyri.jpg|center]]'''[[Literature]]''':http://www.akureyri.is/, old image obtained from the Icelandic Association of Municipalities (Samband Íslenzkra Svetarfélaga), 1988 | ||
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[[Category:Icelandic municipalities]] | [[Category:Icelandic municipalities]] | ||