Sveio

	SVEIO Country : Norway Province: Vestland (until 2020 Hordaland) Additions: 1964 Valestrand 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":59.54429999999999978399500832892954349517822265625,"lon":5.3556100000000004257572072674520313739776611328125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Norwegian	På raud grunn ei kløyvd sølv lilje.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on February 19, 1982.

The arms show a cut fleur-de-lis, an unusual symbol, derived from the arms of Jon Gauteson from Sveio, who lived around 1500. He was the first of his family, who were incorporated in the Norwegian nobility in 1591, to use this symbol.

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

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