Umeå

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UMEÅ

Province (Landskap): Västerbotten, Ångermanland
County (Län): Västerbottens län
Additions : 1965 Umeå landskommun; 1974 Holmön, Holmsund, Hörnefors, Sävar

Official blazon

I blått fält tre avskurna renhuvuden av silver, ställda två över ett, med hornkrona och tunga röda.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 30, 1947.

Umeå become City Rights in 1622, and in 1646 a Royal Letter prescribed that Umeå should have in its Seal three Reindeer Heads. They alludes to the Reindeer in the Provincial Arms of Västerbotten