Hammerfest
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HAMMERFEST
Province : Finnmark
Additions : 1992 Sørøysund
Official blazon
En sølv isbjørn på rød bunn.
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on December 16, 1938.
The arms were devised for the 150th anniversary of the city in 1939. The polar bear was chosen as a symbol for the fishing in the polar seas north of Norway. The polar bear itself is not native to Norway itself.
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© since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink 
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Literature : Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.