Hammerfest

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HAMMERFEST

Province : Finnmark
Additions : 1992 Sørøysund

Official blazon

En sølv isbjørn på rød bunn.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 16, 1938.

The arms were devised for the 150th anniversary of the city in 1939. The polar bear was chosen as a symbol for the fishing in the polar seas north of Norway. The polar bear itself is not native to Norway itself.

The arms by Ströhl in 1905.

Literature : Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.