Karlsborg

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KARLSBORG

Province (Landskap): Västergötland
County (Län): Västra Götalands län
Additions : 1971 Karlsborg (rural municipality), Mölltorp (partly, 1952 Brevik, Ransberg), Undenäs (partly, 1952 Halna)

Official blazon

Swedish

I silver en av en vågskura bildad stam, däröver i blått en från kant till kant gående fästningsmur av silver, försedd med ett trappstegsformat gotiskt porttorn och tre blå kvadratiska gluggar på ömse sidor|-

English

blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1980.

The village of Karlsborg was founded by King Karl XIV Johann, and took his name. The arms show a canting castle (Borg) above the waters of the Vättern Lake.

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Literature : Nevéus and de Waern, 1992