Bergen (Norway)

	BERGEN Country : Norway Province: Vestland (until 2020 Hordaland) Additions : 1972 Arna 1972 Fana 1972 Laksevåg 1972 Åsane Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":60.392650000000003274180926382541656494140625,"lon":5.3195800000000001972466634470038115978240966796875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 15, 1924.

The arms are based on the oldest seal of the city, which dates from 1293. The seal is very unique, as it had separate images on both sides. On the one hand stood the image of a city wall with gate rising from seven hills, on the other a Viking longboat. In the mid 14^th century a new seal was used, which only showed the gate and hills. Even though the shape and size of the gate has changed considerably during the centuries, the composition itself has not changed.

The seven hills on the seal symbolise the seven main mountains surrounding the city: Sandviken (417 m), Fløyen (320 m) , Blåmanen(552 m), Ulriken (643 m) , Løvstakken (477 m) , Damsgårsfjellet (317 m) and Lyderhorn (397 m).

Image gallery

The reverse of the oldest seal
The arms by Ströhl in 1905.
The arms in a German album +/- 1910
The arms in the Coffee Hag album +/- 1930
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in a 1930s album
The arms in the town ((c) ‎Ugnius Mikučionis)

Literature: Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987; Ewe, 1972; names of the hills by Holger Schöttke

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