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'''SELJE'''
'''SELJE'''


Province : [[Sogn og Fjordane]]
Province : [[Sogn og Fjordane]]<br>
Incorporated into : 2020 [[Stad]]


[[File:selje.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:selje.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
 
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====Official blazon====
På blå grunn ein halv sølv kvinnefigur med lyfta hender.
På blå grunn ein halv sølv kvinnefigur med lyfta hender.
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====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on April 5, 1991.
The arms were granted on April 5, 1991.


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[[Literature]] : [http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network] and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Norway|'''Literature''']]:  
[http://www.kf.kommorg.no/ Norwegian Municipal Network] and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.


[[Category:Norwegian municipalities S]]
[[Category:Norwegian municipalities S]]
[[Category:Sogn og Fjordane]]
[[Category:Sogn og Fjordane]]
[[Category:Granted 1991]]
[[Category:Granted 1991]]

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SELJE

Province : Sogn og Fjordane
Incorporated into : 2020 Stad

Coat of arms (crest) of Selje
Official blazon
Norwegian

På blå grunn ein halv sølv kvinnefigur med lyfta hender.

English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 5, 1991.

The arms show the Irish royal daughter, Saint Sunniva, who died in the area as a martyr while trying to convert the locals to Christianity. Later a monastery was founded on the spot, which was one of the oldest religious centres in the Vestland region.


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Literature:

Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.