Holmsund

	HOLMSUND Country: Sweden Province (Landskap): Västerbotten County (Län): Västerbottens län Incorporated into: 1974 Umeå 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":63.707999999999998408384271897375583648681640625,"lon":20.3719999999999998863131622783839702606201171875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Swedish	I blått fält en tvåmastad slätskonare av silver med stående gafflar, utan segel.
English	blazon wanted

The arms were officially granted on June 29, 1964.

The ship symbolises the orign of Holmsund as a place for shipping timber.

Literature: Andersson, 1994; image from Wikipedia (by Lokal Profil)

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