Borås

	BORÅS Country: Sweden Province (Landskap): Västergötland County (Län): Västra Götalands län Additions: (to see click on expand) 1971 Brämhult 1971 Lysjö (partly) 1952 Hillared 1952 Ljushult 1952 Roasjö 1952 Sexdrega 1974 Bollebygd (re-established 1995) 1974 Dalsjöfors 1967 Toarp (partly) 1952 Rångedala 1952 Äspered 1974 Fristad 1952 Borgstena 1952 Gingri 1952 Tämta 1952 Tärby 1952 Vänga 1974 Sandhult 1952 Bredared 1974 Viskafors 1961 Kinnarumma 1961 Seglora 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":57.72079999999999699866748414933681488037109375,"lon":12.9381000000000003780087354243732988834381103515625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Swedish	I rött fält två ullsaxar av silver, den högra störtad.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1939 and again registered in 1974.

The two sheep-shears area already seen on the oldest seal of the city dating from 1622. The arms thus never changed composition, although the position of the two shears has changed during the years.

Image gallery

The arms as shown by Liljeblad, 1878
The arms in the Kaffe Hag album +/- 1935
The arms on a municipal cover 1969
The arms in the town (from facebook)
The arms on a local coin

Literature: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992

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