Icebreaker Frej, Swedish Navy

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ICEBREAKER FREJ, SWEDISH NAVY

Official blazon
Swedish	I fält av silver ett blått vildsvinshuvud med tunga och tänder röda\|-	English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Frej was the God of Fertility and Love, he owned the Boar Gullinbursti. At the Midwinter Feast Swine was sacrified to Frej. Hence the wild Boar in the coat of Arms.

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Literature: Christian Braunstein: Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret - Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces.