Sävar

	SÄVAR 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":63.901600000000001955413608811795711517333984375,"lon":20.5508999999999986130205797962844371795654296875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Swedish	I blått fält ett svärd och en sabel i kors, med klingor av silver och fästen av guld.
English	blazon wanted

The arms were officially granted on December 2, 1960.

The arms symbolises the Battle of Sävar in 1809 between Swedish and Russian Forces, this was one of the last acts of war of Swedish soil.

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

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