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'''Country''' : Iceland [[File:Iceland.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''': | |||
* 1998 [[Kjalarneshreppur]] | |||
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{{#display_map:64.1432,-21.9393|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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|+Official blazon | |||
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|'''Icelandic''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| blazon wanted | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were designed in 1951 and officially adopted by the city of Reykjavík on June 6, 1957. | The arms were designed in 1951 and officially adopted by the city of Reykjavík on June 6, 1957. | ||
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Until 1957 the city used a simple seal showing a fisherman (see image below). This seal was designed for the town in 1815. Reykjavík had received town status in 1786. | Until 1957 the city used a simple seal showing a fisherman (see image below). This seal was designed for the town in 1815. Reykjavík had received town status in 1786. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:reykjavik-seal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The old seal of Reykjavík | |||
File:reykjavik1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The arms on the city hall (2015) | |||
File:reykjavik2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The arms on the city | |||
File:reykjavikcover.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The arms on a manhole cover ([https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksherman/6142904386/in/set-72157594337952999/ source]) | |||
File:reykjaviks1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|Stamp issued 1961 | |||
File:reykjaviks2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|Stamp issued 1961 | |||
File:reykjavikstory.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The story of the pillars on a 1974 coin<br> (image from auction site) | |||
File:2081.wi2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The arms on a Dutch [[Willem II]] cigar band | |||
File:Reykjavik.vgz.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Reykjavík|The arms on a Dutch [[VéGé (silks)|VéGé]] silk | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Literature]] : Image obtained from the Icelandic Association of Municipalities (Samband Íslenzkra Svetarfélaga) and http://reykjavik.is/skjaldarmerki-reykjavikur | [[Literature]] : Image obtained from the Icelandic Association of Municipalities (Samband Íslenzkra Svetarfélaga) and http://reykjavik.is/skjaldarmerki-reykjavikur | ||
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[[Category:Icelandic municipalities]] | [[Category:Icelandic municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1957]] | [[Category:Granted 1957]] | ||