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Province : [[Innlandet]] (until 2020 [[Oppland]])
Province : [[Innlandet]] (until 2020 [[Oppland]])


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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on February 6, 1987.
The arms were granted on February 6, 1987.


The arms show three spades used to scoop water from the irrigation channels typical for the area. The area is one of the driest in Norway, but the soil is good for agriculture. It thus needs irrigation. In the 17<sup>th</sup> century a system was developed in which melting water from the mountains was transported to the area using wooden channels or aquaducts. The water was further divided using irrigation channels.
The arms show three spades used to scoop water from the irrigation channels typical for the area. The area is one of the driest in Norway, but the soil is good for agriculture. It thus needs irrigation. In the 17<sup>th</sup> century a system was developed in which melting water from the mountains was transported to the area using wooden channels or aquaducts. The water was further divided using irrigation channels.
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Norway|'''Literature''']]:
[http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network]; Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.


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[[Literature]] : [http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network]; Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.


[[Category:Norwegian municipalities L]]
[[Category:Norwegian municipalities L]]

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LOM

Province : Innlandet (until 2020 Oppland)

Coat of arms (crest) of Lom
Official blazon
Norwegian

På blå grunn tre sølv skjeltrekor.

English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on February 6, 1987.

The arms show three spades used to scoop water from the irrigation channels typical for the area. The area is one of the driest in Norway, but the soil is good for agriculture. It thus needs irrigation. In the 17th century a system was developed in which melting water from the mountains was transported to the area using wooden channels or aquaducts. The water was further divided using irrigation channels. Literature:

Norwegian Municipal Network; Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.

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