Kvæfjord

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	KVÆFJORD Country : Norway Province: Troms (until 2020-2023 Troms og Finnmark) Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":68.77469999999999572537490166723728179931640625,"lon":16.170400000000000773070496506989002227783203125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Norwegian	I grønt en gull jordbærplante.
English	Vert, a strawberry plant Or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 4, 1986.

The arms show a strawberry plant. The main source of income in the municipality is agriculture and it is also the northernmost village in Norway where strawberries can grow.

Literature: Norwegian Municipal Network; Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.; Norske by- og adelsvåben, Kaffe Hag.